Sky F1 channel now live.

bh and moan about it on the Internet.

I shall be doing so anyway.

Is there a sad looking smiley?

Same here.

408 is the HD channel

The way Sky have set it up is that if you have SS 1 and 2, you get F1. If you have the HD pack, you get it. You only need to have one of the two. Obviously it's included in the Sky World package.

It's also available on Virgin, definitely, and BT, iirc.

Bizarre, might try a reboot later and see if they swap around.

How do you get it on Virgin?

If you have HD package the numbers for normal/hd channels are different

SKY are claiming coverage will be broadcast in 5.1 surround sound as well, so.........

Will this come through my HDMi lead to the Yamaha amp I have or do I still need to set up the optical cable and allocate sound and vision inputs accordingly ?????

When you have the HD pack the box swaps the channel numbers so F1 HD becomes 408. Without HD 408 is F1 SD.

I believe hdmi carries only pcm stereo so you'll still need the optical for 5.1.