[Chad]

Originally Posted by Chris

Again, the question is, have they gone back to the original prints and remasterd the broadcast tape, or are they upscaling? If the former then it's no surprise it looks better. If the latter then all well and good, but as you can get home equipment that does a perfectly competent job of upscaling, it draws us back to the original issue ... What, really, is the advantage in having an HD version of a channel on your EPG when that channel's output consists largely of upscaled SD programmes?

I was really disappointed recently when ITV broadcast the original Star Wars trilogy. All 3 were broadcast in 4:3 and were clearly not HD. I couldn't believe how terrible it looked. It's 2011 ITV, not 1985!