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charliestumpy · 12-05-2008, 07:10

... re Whicker (above -post) - similar experience - 10 years Cabling-TV-phone-BBand 5 years ago.

Quite happy with 4:3 CRT, then decided to give V+/flat-widescreen a go Jan. 2008.

V+ PVR is jolly good - only 1 BBC HD channel on part of day - occasionally shows fine material quite well.

I have concluded (having also Blu-Ray) that all of this Hi-Def 16:9 if you're lucky (films are c. 22-24:9...) is a big con, but I like Cable/hate Murdoch-dishes/have managed to pay for Sky Sports only for 1 month in 10 years (to see League Cup Final in 1998).

The quality of much TV broadcasting is quite adequate even on the much-savaged Freeview SD in my experience.

Often the V+ output is very good upscaled from SD.

It is the quality of the TV programme that counts, not whether you can see in HD that Man Utd are penalty-kings.

On another V+ forum people were rabbiting on about Indy Jones in HD - I watched on V+ 1st great sequence till Jonesie was out of stone-ball cave/into 'plane - it was fine - just as good as via my ordianry DVD upscaled from PS3 Blu-Ray m/c into good TV (which is in fact no better than my Beta and VHS Indy tapes into good CRT).

IMO it's all a capitalistic marketing con like everything, but I'm happy to pay for V+ as best PVR with occasional option of comparing that HD is often not significantly more worthwhile than SD...

Some 'HD' content was in fact broadcast last week with no HD logo (hooray.. fortunately I deliberately chose anyway not to have screen burn-in plasma). and IMO/that of people watching with me the prog was NOT HD (Dan Cruikshank's architecture thang last Tuesday)...

I don't know what the best deal is currently - I ring up weekly to try to blag good one for Sky (ugh) Sports, but fortunately no luck, and footie season almost over again - (come on The (Samsung & all of the other) Blues).

'Sometimes via the senses, mostly in the mind' (and/or pocket).

12-05-2008, 07:10	#9
charliestumpy Inactive Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 38	Re: Best deal at the mo? ... re Whicker (above -post) - similar experience - 10 years Cabling-TV-phone-BBand 5 years ago. Quite happy with 4:3 CRT, then decided to give V+/flat-widescreen a go Jan. 2008. V+ PVR is jolly good - only 1 BBC HD channel on part of day - occasionally shows fine material quite well. I have concluded (having also Blu-Ray) that all of this Hi-Def 16:9 if you're lucky (films are c. 22-24:9...) is a big con, but I like Cable/hate Murdoch-dishes/have managed to pay for Sky Sports only for 1 month in 10 years (to see League Cup Final in 1998). The quality of much TV broadcasting is quite adequate even on the much-savaged Freeview SD in my experience. Often the V+ output is very good upscaled from SD. It is the quality of the TV programme that counts, not whether you can see in HD that Man Utd are penalty-kings. On another V+ forum people were rabbiting on about Indy Jones in HD - I watched on V+ 1st great sequence till Jonesie was out of stone-ball cave/into 'plane - it was fine - just as good as via my ordianry DVD upscaled from PS3 Blu-Ray m/c into good TV (which is in fact no better than my Beta and VHS Indy tapes into good CRT). IMO it's all a capitalistic marketing con like everything, but I'm happy to pay for V+ as best PVR with occasional option of comparing that HD is often not significantly more worthwhile than SD... Some 'HD' content was in fact broadcast last week with no HD logo (hooray.. fortunately I deliberately chose anyway not to have screen burn-in plasma). and IMO/that of people watching with me the prog was NOT HD (Dan Cruikshank's architecture thang last Tuesday)... I don't know what the best deal is currently - I ring up weekly to try to blag good one for Sky (ugh) Sports, but fortunately no luck, and footie season almost over again - (come on The (Samsung & all of the other) Blues). 'Sometimes via the senses, mostly in the mind' (and/or pocket).