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Generally, their current strategy is to sell the value to you, not to keep you with discounts. At least that was the management strategy when i was there.
Virgin V better picture than Sky+ on 40" LCD?
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Generally, their current strategy is to sell the value to you, not to keep you with discounts. At least that was the management strategy when i was there.
Very nice, yours looks better than mine
How have you set your picture? Mines all set to standard. The Sky image is dire and pixelated on some channels
Out of the box picture settings are crap...too much contrast, too high sharpness.
Surely, if SD image quality was important to you, you wouldve got a plasma instead? Or do you have other reasons for going for the Samsung LCD?
It doesnt surpise me at all that you wife felt the picture was crap.
Now, this is something I am intrigued about. This "upscalar", tell me more about it please.
It doesnt surpise me at all that you wife felt the picture was crap.
Now, this is something I am intrigued about. This "upscalar", tell me more about it please.
I got the Samsung as I'd like to get a PS3 soon for blur ray plus it is rated as a very good TV....
It upscales my current DVD collection I've only just put Matrix on but **** me it looks 10 times better than my old player, plus it can be region hacked with a remote fix that takes 30sec (just about to do this now) plus it plays all sorts of media (below) I also purchased a 24k gold plated HDMI cable for good connection
Playback Media DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
Playback Formats MP3, WMA, JPEG, MPEG-4, DivX
A/V Quality
Progressive Scan Yes
HD Upconversion 720p/1080i/1080p
Digital-to-Analog Converter 14-Bit/108MHz
DTS Output Yes
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Yes
Connectivity
HDMI CEC Yes
Convenience
Child Protection Parental Control
Physical Features Connectivity
HDMI Output Yes
S-Video Output 1(Rear)
Composite Video Output 1(Rear)
Coaxial Digital Audio Outputs 1(Rear)
Optical Audio Output 1(Rear)
Product Weights & Dimensions
Dimension 16.9" x 8.1" x 9.8"
Weight 4.6 Lbs
Shipment Weights & Dimensions
Dimension 20.4" x 5.2" x 11.4"
Weight 7.1 Lbs
Just upscale of the dvd yes...
Just checked my firmware version and its the latest too.....bonus...
I recently upgraded to V+ from a regular Virgin box and am still amazed by the improved picture quality. Regular Virgin TV is just pixelated crap but the V+ box does an amazing job of upscaling the picture to a point where it's almost as good as HD on the higher bitrate channels.
There's also quite a bit of HD content on-demand which is worth watching. As has been mentioned, the EPG can be slow at times, but it's still useable.
There's also quite a bit of HD content on-demand which is worth watching. As has been mentioned, the EPG can be slow at times, but it's still useable.
Exactly..the box's menu system. Sky have always had the upper hand when it comes to quick menu systems. V+ is still very easy to use though. My gf can manage it and she's not great with that sort of thing
Sky is very expensive though £249 for the box £60 for the installation (although I work for a Sky partner so wouldn't pay this) then £10 extra per month there after... Is Sky HD via HDMI..?
Virgin pricing seems more accessible to me at this moment in time....
You do realise the PS3 upscales really well too? Much better than most upscaling DVD players. No region hack that I am aware of though. Unless you have a lot of imported films, you might have been wise just getting the PS3. You could then grab some BDs and be wowed by the difference when you watch your first 1080p movie
You got sucked in by marketing rubbish
Hope you didn't pay too much for it.This is what I thought he was using. My next step would be to buy a separate scalar, however, I'm thinking that my PC is doing as good a job. I honestly cant see, from a technological point of view, how a standalone scalar can beat a computer, at that job. I wouldnt want to spend £500-£1000 on an item that is unable to better the equipment I already have.
Gotcha.
You do realise the PS3 upscales really well too? Much better than most upscaling DVD players. No region hack that I am aware of though. Unless you have a lot of imported films, you might have been wise just getting the PS3. You could then grab some BDs and be wowed by the difference when you watch your first 1080p movie
You got sucked in by marketing rubbish
Yes but the PS3 is £300+ and my 1080p7 was £50 delivered
And no I wasn't sucked in it only cost £12.00
I must say though the picture quality between my old dvd player and this is amazing it looks fantastic.... Going to watch all my fav DVD's again this weekend I think?
Just need a good 5.1 now
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You may want to try and haggle your price down a bit before the install. We're getting a very similar package, XL TV (inc. Sky Sports and Setanta) XL Phone and BB L plus an extra tv box for £55 (maybe £50, I can't quite remember, I think the multiroom added the extra fiver)
SD channels can look very good indeed through the V+ box, I'm very happy with mine, which I got at the start of Jan. Yes the channel changing can be a bit slow but from what I read it's down to the recording/pausing features.