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mr,m · 12-02-2009, 08:56

I agree with joff,I know of at least 5 people who bought HD ready tvs over Christmas,3 of them signed up to VM,blissfuly unaware of the almost total lack of HD content.The picture improvemrnt of their new sets and the V+ box even fooled 2 of them that they actually were watching HD.A friend invited me round to see his new wonder tv and the astonishing (compared to his old crt set) picture quality.Even the giant notice on 108 that he was watching in SD did'nt worry him,he honestly thought it was something to do with his tv's settings,which he spent about 1/2 an hour fiddling with.I have a spare HDMI lead and and sorted him out.After discovering the aweful truth about our HD content he is switching to Sky.The point is how many other people think the same? The upscaling of the V+ may be fooling a lot of people,when they realise it,they'll just jump ship.VM need to get their fingers out sharpish regarding HD or it'll be like rats deserting a sinking ship! If people buy a HD tv they expect to see HD programmes.

12-02-2009, 08:56	#261
mr,m Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Liverpool Services: VM XL V+ TV 10MBIT BB VM PHONE Posts: 261	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) I agree with joff,I know of at least 5 people who bought HD ready tvs over Christmas,3 of them signed up to VM,blissfuly unaware of the almost total lack of HD content.The picture improvemrnt of their new sets and the V+ box even fooled 2 of them that they actually were watching HD.A friend invited me round to see his new wonder tv and the astonishing (compared to his old crt set) picture quality.Even the giant notice on 108 that he was watching in SD did'nt worry him,he honestly thought it was something to do with his tv's settings,which he spent about 1/2 an hour fiddling with.I have a spare HDMI lead and and sorted him out.After discovering the aweful truth about our HD content he is switching to Sky.The point is how many other people think the same? The upscaling of the V+ may be fooling a lot of people,when they realise it,they'll just jump ship.VM need to get their fingers out sharpish regarding HD or it'll be like rats deserting a sinking ship! If people buy a HD tv they expect to see HD programmes.