At Last I Am Convinced

[denis567]

I have posted this on a few occasions, but now I have changed my mind.
Since buying a TV with HD, I have never been convinced that the picture was much better than the normal non-HD.
However, today I have been watching Wimbledon and I do admit that the HD picture was much clearer and better

[boxtops]

I thought the pictures on my non-HD TV were particularly good today anyway :-)

[sherrardk]

My telly is always so filthy (small children, not fecklessness (well, some fecklessness)) that I don't notice the difference.

[Mattk]

Are you sure you have been viewing HD images before?

[daffy654]

The difference between HD and non HD is obvious to me and always has been. I'm surprised you weren't able to see it before denis.

[sunny-dave]

The real scandal now is that the BBC is broadcasting some of its best programmes on BBC4 - which has no HD version.

How can this be right when every two-bit poxy satellite channel can have an HD version?

I suspect it's not cost, but some bizarre 'equality' nonsense - which says that because there is no room for more BBC HD channels on freeview we must also be denied them on freesat and/or Sky platforms.

[VHG]

I think many people who buy HD TVs don't connect them up properly (they use a scart lead rather than a HDMI lead), or they watch a non-HD channel.

Then they complain they cant notice the difference.

[murraymints]

If I have a fully hd telly does that mean I get hd if it says in book hd..or do I need another box thingy?

[sunny-dave]

Hello Minty (apologies Denis) :

Unless your TV very specifically says 'HD tuner' (or possibly 'T2 tuner') it will not receive HD programmes from freeview or freesat. If you don't have an HD tuner in the TV then you need an external freeview/freesat/Sky box to get the HD channels

There is huge confusion on this matter - 'Full HD' does not guarantee an HD Tuner, it merely refers to the maximum resolution of the screen display - it is actually possible to have a 'Full HD' set that does not have a digital tuner of any sort built in - merely an hdmi input that will accept HD signals.

[murraymints]

Thanks Dave !