HD and You

[kjordan2001]

PS3

My monitor is not "HD" though, but it does fit 720p, just not 1080p.

I am an HD ###### as I rarely play anything that is SD/LQ nowadays.

720p is HD, just not the highest resolution of HD.

[SyntaxError]

Got a 40 inch HD LCD, but an SD DirecTV DVR box. Nothing else HD for me. Not enough content available on DirecTV to make it worth paying extra for it.

Switching to Dish next year. Everything they have is HD only in my area and it's cheaper than our current DirecTV package.

If it was up to me, I wouldn't have any tv service at all, as I don't watch enough tv to warrant the expense. I normally download the handful of shows I watch regularly and play them on my divx player anyway. Better than the crap DirecTV DVR.

[antsy]

And remember folks it's Aitch Dee not Haitch Dee :shiftyninja:

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Haha uhm what am I missing? The resolution is only 1680x1050.

1280x720 is less than 1680x1050.

You can't display 1920x1080 content natively, but you can display 1280x720 content at it's native res (with space to spare)

[Subject Delta]

My monitor can display 720p and I occasionally watch stuff in HD

[kinetix63 Veteran]

This is a very interesting poll :) Thank you!

[Rappy Veteran]

I don't watch normal television in HD, I only game and watch movies in HD

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

I have Sky+ HD, so I try to watch anything in HD when it is available - but to be honest there isn't much to go on. Some BBC shows, the occasional movie, House and Family Guy/American Dad. All of this is connected to my 37" 720p/1080i HD Television.

My Xbox 360 runs through it in HD, and I also have a media centre PC which is connected to the TV via VGA. (And some speakers attached to the PC) - which holds a smorgasboard of movies and tv shows. Some are HD, some are not. I prefer to use it in 720p, and not 1080i. As it's bloody hard to navigate for one, and there is no massive difference in picture quality anyways.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

This is a very interesting poll :) Thank you!

Thank you :)

Amazon have also put the price of the Blue Ray Player I was looking at, down to just ?99! I am sorely tempted but will wait until I have some blue ray stuff to play on it, because if I buy it now, then in a few months it'll be out of date.

Good bargain though!

[John.D]

Yup, I use a DVB-T freeview tuner on this (22' Viewsonic) with HDMI/VGA/DVI. Altho this is connected via DVI. Since the Xbox is connected to the HDMI connection. May get the Samsung SH-B083A bluray player / CD/DVD burner in the near future (for about $180 NZ)

[qdave]

I only watch tv shows and some movies in hd(720p) on my pc.

[Lord Ba'al]

PC

PC

Both (just got a new HD Lcd TV)

[Sir Topham Hatt]

I am suprised more people don't have Blu-Ray players. Like a VHS player or DVD Player that plugs into your TV. . . a "dedicated" blu-ray player

But then after looking further into Blu-Ray and HD, I have found a lot of my HD content is digital (as in, on my computer, not on a disc), so an external HDD hooked up to the TV would negate the need for a dedicated Blu-Ray player. I could even hook up my PC to the TV.

[Wyrdstorm]

Main TV runs @ 1080p

My Laptop runs @ 720p

My PS3 runs @ 1080p

Sky HD runs @ 1080i