Sky HD
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Ok it was the way you wrote it suggested that 1080p plasma wasn't available. I agree 1080p will not appear anytime soon as a broadcast format. From a high def source thou, such as a Blu-Ray, HD DVD etc then it is worth having.
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Just read on the Sky site
Bugger
My sky HD box has component as well.
Your joking yeh? your eyes have "resolution" beyond anything your tv set will ever give you, if your Tv did ever give you more then you couldn't see it because your eyes couldn't take it in, so by your reckoning 1080p is a pointless tech as we just cant appreciate the detail. what you say is the same as putting a 1080p image on a 720p screen, yes its a 1080p image but its still only running at 720p. You cant put more information on a screen than the screen will let you!
Your eyes see it they are just too subtle a change to make a massive difference at certain distances.
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Hehe, you know technology will have gone too far when opticians start advertising
"Upgrade your specs to true HD today!"
"Upgrade your specs to true HD today!"
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No need to be OTT about it. -Ad- was refering to the eye's power to resolve and how that is a function of distance. Refering to it as resolution is a misnomer, but it allows people to grasp the concept that at, say, 20' from a 42" TV you won't be able to tell if it is NTSC, PAL, 720p and 1080p.
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Should be placing my order next week, glad we waited now.
Lucky git! Only a few of the early Thompson boxes have component. You can capture HD video with that so it was removed.
[DOD]Asprilla;12603647 said:
Wo lol, just having a laugh, point i was making is that the statemant was misleading, to someone that doesnt know any better it puts across exactly what i said it did, that the human eye cant take in all the information that 1080p offers when infact it can and can take in a vast vast amount more.
My second statemant was purely as a joke and in no way directed at -Ad-, im sure if he had taken offence he would have said something!
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How would one go about capturing HD video with it? My PC sits right next to my HD box 
All the Thompsons have component.
Something like this;
http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_hdpvr.html
edit: that might be hard to get at the moment
A quick search shows that there is a Blackmagic-Design card that might do the job too but would need a bit more investigation.
The one that I had didn't.
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One thing I have noticed as I do not usually sit near the screen (only do because my bedroom TV is next to my Dell 24") is that the movie HD channels have a lot of noise. I am not sure yet if it's down to the TV (just got it, Sony 40X3000) and I need to configure it, or Sky HD. From normal viewing distance it's gorgeous.
Playing 1080p from the PC does not have this noise.
Playing 1080p from the PC does not have this noise.
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Agree with Jinxy 110%. The vast, vast majority of all the Sky HD boxes made from release up until only very recently were all made by Thomson and had component outputs across the few different (internals) revisions that they made. Removal of the comp outs has only become commonplace within the last 3 months with the likes of Pace HD boxes etc. Very unusual for your box not to have had component out as well as HDMI and s-video.
