saxondale. Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 8 days till i have it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I got a HDTV (Not sure if it's got the HDMI connection thou) I do notice from jsut dvds and tv (NTL) the picture does look miles better and watching some episodes of house which source was HD and put in to XVID i do notice how much better it just looked. Telewest have HD but NTL will be waiting ages for it now. NTL don't like to spend money on upgrading the network. It be another year or 2 before ntl even thinks about PVR or HD or anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markko Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5003728.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samg Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 i was talking to my sky engineer about this on saturday. Basically, thompson made all the boxes, sky are subserdising them, so we get them cheaper. But thompson saw how much intrest there was so asked sky for more money! Sky and thompson came to an agreement and it contiuned, but now they face not making the boxes quick enough. And sky cant get engineers to install quick enough either! What a disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Well i ordered mine when we are able to first put the pre orders in, and i havnt heard from sky about any delays, so i might be getting it on the day they said, the 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 i've seen hd football - the championsl eague last year (liverpool vs ac milan) and it looks fabulous- u can see every strand of grass in clear detail. and the world cup will look brillaint. lucky for those who will get it just in time for 9th june. :D i'll be just watching it in digital :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex. Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 ill be watching in SD. My HDTV set and cable box doeesnt look bad at all though. Congrats on SkyHD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 I will be getting it on the 15th :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 It would be nice to have HD in our home, but way to expensive at the moment... Anyone got an example of the difference in quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy2k4 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 if i had a HDTV, would my BBC signal be automatically be changed to HD for the football or what? how would i recieve the HD signal for the world cup on my HDTV? Does it HAVE to go through sky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 It would be nice to have HD in our home, but way to expensive at the moment...Anyone got an example of the difference in quality? I hear you have to see to believe :p if i had a HDTV, would my BBC signal be automatically be changed to HD for the football or what?how would i recieve the HD signal for the world cup on my HDTV? Does it HAVE to go through sky? Only a select few Londoners will be getting HD footy over freeview. Freeview just does not have enough bandwidth to handle HD. So yep, only through Sky HD. Although hasn't Telewest said they'll be showing BBC in HD as well? Edit: Basically, you need an HD decoder. You won't just receive HD without knowing you're paying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy2k4 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 aaah okies, cheers Bhav for clearing that up for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 We have it all installed now, if you want any pictures just ask :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 you must be enjoying the world cup in HD :p i've seen BBC HD and it doesnt seem to look good as the HD from USA :/ at first i thought it was only 720- but then reading the receiver box it said the signal was 1080. but im guessing its cuz its in beta stages. havent seen sky HD yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismaddern Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yeah, a pic of general picture quality would be great? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaperMan Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 someone i know has had a samsung hd lcd tv and the sky hd box, was watching it the other day and i must the hd picture is great, going to be updating my front room set up in a couple of months and going to install a projector and a 300" screen :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 At the moment, i think its only worth it for the discovery and national geo hd channels. The quality is amazing, so much detail. 1080 does make quite a difference, i thought my hd tv didnt support it, but it does and i can see the differences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 We have it all installed now, if you want any pictures just ask :) Go on Saxon, show us your pics, you know you want to :p! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 I will sometime, i have a massive headache, just woke up, hayfever, meh and have to go out soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 any word on them screenshots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Well, here in Quebec (Canada) using Videotron Illico Digital Cable, I had to pay $699 CAN for the PVR Explorer 8300HD, and it did add $15 a month to get all the HD channels. Right now, it's plugged on a SDTV, and when I look at "The Movie Network HD", I can see a diffrence in picture quality, even with a SD set!! I'm waiting for the new line of Sony LCD TV to come out in september. The joy of real 1920x1080p pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 15, 2006 Author Share Posted July 15, 2006 any word on them screenshots? never said i was going to do screenshots :p , i wouldnt know how to anyway, i could take photos of the box and the image on the tv but i dont think will be effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I will sometime, i have a massive headache, just woke up, hayfever, meh and have to go out soon well it looks to me like you said it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 well it looks to me like you said it ;) yer i will take photos but not screenshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Well are you going to take some photo's then? It's the 19th of July now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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