Got a Black V+? Least it doesnt look like this....
 

The new Sky+ designer range. One word, UGLY!

Nice to see Sky spending the customers money on usefull things, like a tripping designer who paints boxes.

Thats bumped up the look of the V+, IMHO.

I mean, who in their right minds will buy these?!

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9982/skynh7.png
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8195/skykm8.png

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Ugliest boxes ever, who in the right mind would buy one of them?

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People want black/silver boxes to go with the rest of their AV equipment, why would they buy these? Even white stands out quite badly

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Unless these designers designed your TV and DVD Recorder, there is a massive chance that this equipment is probably not going to fit ANYWHERE.

The first one, in particular, Id be worried about Kids getting hold of it and thinking it was a toy!

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Looks like someone broke in and sprayed some graffiti on the Sky HD Prototypes.

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Shows what kind of audience Sky are pursuing! ;)

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Since this was about Sky+ boxes, why was it posted in the Virgin Media section :confused: Moved.

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Damn...what is it about the British and bad art that's supposed to appeal to a mass audience (the Olympics "thing").

also..those thumbnail shots at the bottom looks like cushions..

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Or, the other way to look at it is that at least Sky are trying to do something different.. There are (IMO) far to many electronics companies who just manufacture bland (or even ugly) looking boxes that are Black/White/Gray/Silver.

Not saying that everyone would want an STB with a design as extreme as the ones above, but a little variation in colour would be nice. Bear in mind that different colours can go well together. You don't have to have all the devices the same colour (well, you do atm because you can't mix and match the limited selection of colours available now).

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Given that these boxes tend to be just one in the middle of a stack, having the "artwork" on the top of it is just wasted anyway!

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Just a shame that if they get damaged or go wrong guess what box you get sent out in replacement???? That's right a bog standard unit lol

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Doesn't have a dragon on it so not interested ;)

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They should do football ones...

I mean. Sky have many rights, so plaster do 20 Premier League ones!

Sure, youd need about 3,000,000 Man United Glory Hunter ones... about 1,700,000 for the Glory hunter "arent gonna win anything again" Chelsea ones... about 1,500,000 for the Arsenal (cant say anything really) and about 50 for every other club.

Better still, ITS YOUR BOX, SO PAINT IT HOWEVER THE F*CK YOU WANT! :P