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Sky HD
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:23 amby Dave
Is it worth it, when I first got Sky in they couldn't give me Sky plus because I don't have a landline, this policy has since changed and is now possible, but I'm thinking that while I change over to Sky Plus, is it worth it to consider upgrading to HD... I have a HD TV and even the difference with the playstation 3 HD games in comparison to normal tv is unbelievable...
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 amby mcgon1979
its savage alright if you have a 1080p TV but what do you watch.. Alot of stuff is not shown in full HD. mostly discovery channel stuff and Sports.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:00 pmby Muad_dib77
I was gonna go down this route but decided that the number of HD channels out there doesn't really justify the cost..once the number of channels and programming improves the picture might change (sorry, that was lame I know)..
mind you - I'll be repurchasing large parts of my dvd collection on BluRay once I take delivery of the PS3.. HD is king.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:02 pmby Myfeckin FTO
You can take a look at the SKY HD set-up I have at home on Saturday night and male up your own mind. I think that its esp nice to have for sports (rugby etc) - none of the graining that you get with fast moving pictures.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:05 pmby Dave
Yeah I seen you had it last year MyfFTO... I'll get a good look this year...
I do have a 1080p TV and it's a 50" so I tend to get the graining more so, I also tend to watch a lot of sports and films too so it may well be worth it!!
And yes Janus... that was lame!!
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:22 pmby mcgon1979
yeah if you watch sports I'd go for it.. meant to be a savage difference especially on such a large screen as 50"
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:25 pmby Bernard
All I have is an indoor aerial...I really need to do something about that
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:15 pmby Muad_dib77
Bernard wrote:All I have is an indoor aerial...I really need to do something about that
Would you ever move it outside?? Indoor aerials are SO last year
-> Dave - which Telly did you get been on the lookout for a 50"full HD for a while but there aren't many options out there and I don't want to get one that isn't full HD as it'll be in the sitting room.. Relegating the current one to kitchen duty I think - Either that or I'll be flogging it.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:21 pmby Dave
Janus, it's a Sony, I have it a good year and a half and I'm only beginning to utilise the HD properties with the PS3 and blue ray etc...
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:30 pmby Muad_dib77
Cool thanks - yeah they're pretty fab alright
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:45 pmby pergau
I went the cheap route and bought a dish from LIDL and a Freesat HD box from argos in the north.
Srtup was easy and you get BBD HD channel and ITV occasionally shows stuff in HD.
HD is amazing - I still sometimes just watch the HD channel for the sheer joy of the picture quality. The Olympics was brilliant in HD, as was Wimbledon but I'm not big into sports so I'm not too worried about the lack of HD.
One thing I found was that the HDMI output gives much better picture quality than NTL digital.
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:47 pmby Dave
I reckon I'll price it up and see what kind of deal can be got!! I'll need those cartoon channels in HD for the little man afterall!!
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:56 pmby Marie
You do know sky plus boxes are only free to the "new" customer's not the loyal customer's don't you?
Bad memories I don't want to talk about it anymore!
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Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:17 pmby Dave
Yes I'm aware of that Marie, thinking of just cancelling my existing account and getting a new one set up in my girlfriend's name to take advantage of the new customer discounts...