Cable Forum - Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)

Well, I'm watching 4HD, Ugly Betty and for the first time ever, I have been amazed with a HD broadcast. The picture quality is absolutely stunning. People say "The picture looks like its coming out of the screen" and most of the time they are probably lying to justify an expensive TV purchase (Usually LCD) but really, the picture looks fricking real. Superb.

I have a plasma by the way, colour balance, richness, reality of image, second to none.

Quite. It's a shame LCDs are dominant as plasma looks so much nicer. LCDs have an artificial, overly contrasty, digital look which makes even high end HD content look unrealistic. A good plasma will win out any day.

one2escape

07-08-2009 11:06

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What about LED? I find the smaller sized ones look really bad but the bigger ones not as

Hiroki

07-08-2009 12:51

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I hope their is finally going to be some decent content to go with these 20/30 hd channels.

Any word of some new sd channels?

toby	07-08-2009 19:14

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When the Wales v England rugby union game was on last season on BBC HD, my mates who came around to watch it said it was like being there in the stadium as the picture quality was that good.

Nook29

07-08-2009 19:32

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Originally Posted by Hiroki (Post 34849453)

I hope their is finally going to be some decent content to go with these 20/30 hd channels.

Any word of some new sd channels?

Keep an eye on this thread and the first post, updated weekly.

Hiroki

07-08-2009 20:04

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Originally Posted by Nook29 (Post 34849667)

Keep an eye on this thread and the first post, updated weekly.

Oh aye, I keep forgetting about the first post :doh:

virginruinedntl

08-08-2009 10:39

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ufc better be in hd tonight or i'll be really annoyed!

Media Boy UK

08-08-2009 10:41

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl (Post 34850088)

ufc better be in hd tonight or i'll be really annoyed!

As far as I know UFC will not be in HD tonight.

Nook29

08-08-2009 11:06

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Apparently ESPN haven't yet got the equipment to broadcast HD. It will be trialled with the start of the EPL season, Everton v Arsenal, and gradually other games and sports will be broadcast in HD. UFC 102 will be in HD.

virginruinedntl

08-08-2009 11:16

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thats probably why its free on virgin in august otherwise tons of ppl would phone virgin up for a refund as ESPN HD isn't HD.

Atleast it makes SD watchable, they only have 1 week till 15th when premiership starts, wonder if they will have hd ready by that time, i'm not convinced.

Fred Fish

08-08-2009 11:30

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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl (Post 34850118)

Oh ye of little faith.....;)

sherer

08-08-2009 12:24

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Originally Posted by Nook29 (Post 34850109)

I have to say I turned onto the German game on the Hd channel and didn't think much of the picture. it looked just as bad as Setanta used to and the pitch wasn't very clear. Not sure if this was true HD though

proby84

08-08-2009 13:12

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Check out the newscastle match on BBC HD today then you'll see what everyone is shouting about

sherer

08-08-2009 13:51

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Originally Posted by proby84 (Post 34850181)

Check out the newscastle match on BBC HD today then you'll see what everyone is shouting about

i've seen a few matches on BBC HD and yes that really is good quality. Just saying the match on ESPN HD looked no better than Setanta SD

ncfc1902