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nialli · 13-09-2013, 20:57

They shouldn't be "all over the place". Assuming that you have your TV calibrated and is from a good manufacturer, connected via HDMI, then the HD output from the TiVo should be spot on. Having said that, not all HD channels are equal and certainly not all programmes are. I've long suspected that the Sky HD channels are compromising on bitrate these days (the Sky SD channels being almost unwatchable), especially when compared to BT Sports, ESPN and Film4. Sky Movies in HD isn't as good a picture as the HD via OnDemand and for my money isn't what it should be for the price charged. That's not VM - I'd say the same is true with a Sky box, too. BBC can sometimes be a little lacklustre but ITV and C4 are normally on the money, as are Nat Geo, Eden, Watch, Alibi and even Five.

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nialli Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Greenwich, SE10 Services: Sky Stream, Sky broadband Posts: 865	Re: Picture Quality on VM They shouldn't be "all over the place". Assuming that you have your TV calibrated and is from a good manufacturer, connected via HDMI, then the HD output from the TiVo should be spot on. Having said that, not all HD channels are equal and certainly not all programmes are. I've long suspected that the Sky HD channels are compromising on bitrate these days (the Sky SD channels being almost unwatchable), especially when compared to BT Sports, ESPN and Film4. Sky Movies in HD isn't as good a picture as the HD via OnDemand and for my money isn't what it should be for the price charged. That's not VM - I'd say the same is true with a Sky box, too. BBC can sometimes be a little lacklustre but ITV and C4 are normally on the money, as are Nat Geo, Eden, Watch, Alibi and even Five.