To HD Or Not HD

scoobie_wrc said:
is hd worth an extra tenner a month? ive heard some ppl say they dont notice any difference between the 2, ive just bought a new tele and think the pic is damn good and dont wanna fork out an extra tenner a month for the same quality pic.
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it's hardly night and day, I wouldnt pay the extra tenner (I dont, we get all our services on staff for £21 a month ;) )
 
I like having an HD TV (42" Samsung plasma) for Blu-Ray more than anything, the difference is amazing. :D I don't notice it so much on Virgin media, although Discovery HD often knocks my socks off with the amount of detail you get!
 
I dont think its worth the tenner extra, I was an early adopter to sky HD when the first boxes came out, I ditched it when I moved in June. It is good, it is better, but like TV size, it didnt really affect the pleasure I got when watching something, it just becomes "the norm" and makes you less likely to watch something in SD.

I packed up sky completely when i moved and just watch regular TV, I have freeview HD now, but I rarely bother with it, the only time id switch it on if if there is football on in HD because ITV's coverage is normal is a really shockingly low bit rate.
 
I've had Sky HD for 10ish months now, got it through an offer someone posted on here, so got free HD and half price package, so went for movies that I wouldn't have otherwise and multiroom. Not sure what I'm going to do in a couple of months when it runs out, something will be being dropped and I think it's more likely to be HD than multiroom. It is good for films, just not £120/year better. How long will it be before they start dropping the charge? How many years did it take with sky+?
 
Not sure if its worth £10 a month unless you have sport or movies to watch. I went the Freesat HD PVR route and also watch films in bluray and both look stunning compared to SD and this is with a 4 yr old Samsung 32" LCD TV.
 
No. Most HD "content" isn't really that it is just up-scaled and the actual HD stuff isn't that good. I think it is just a ploy to get people to buy new TV's and expensive subscriptions.

The worse bit is a good two thirds of TV seems to be repeats of 1970's TV programs anyway.
 
Well the difference is not as great as adverts would lead you to believe, but then what ever was?

Sport is definately a lot better, I have ESPN HD but SD Sky Sports at the moment and the difference is quite obvious.

Nature programs are superb as are animated programs, but I usually end up buying the ones I want to watch on Bluray.

HD f1 as others have said will be superb.
 
I'm sorry but if people cannot tell the difference between HD and SD then there must be something wrong with their eyes. I envy them though, they don't get fleeced.
 
ive got a panasonic g20 42inch ,there is a massive differance on hd but i just have the freeveiw hd programs and im looking to get a sony blu-ray with the streaming iplayer ect.
maybe some of the people who cant tell apart have a 720p set not the full 1080i ? (or 1080p on blu-ray) sd programs are upscaled very well but the fine detail is not there ,sd on virgin media is terible
 
I've become a complete HD snob in the past year and a half. All films and TV series I watch are HD, few exceptions. Through my media server and we have Virgin HD for the normal TV.

I have the Mrs getting used to watching shows in HD if they are available. The difference now from being used to it is extremely noticeable. (40" Sony Bravia).

Everything in SD looks so grainy now it is so noticeable. I don't even watch a lot of sport. Although F1 on BBCHD is going to be epic!

Is it worth £10 a month? Well, depends if £10 isn't really a big deal to you and you want the best quality viewing. If you watch a lot of TV and you have a decent TV then I'd say it's worth it.

I for one couldn't go back now. Ever.
 
People that say they can't see any difference either need their eyes checked or are not actually watching something in HD.

When i have been watching HD and flick to a SD channel the quality looks terrible in comparison.
 
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