Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
06-08-2009, 22:20
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by akki007
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.
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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.
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07-08-2009, 09:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
What about LED? I find the smaller sized ones look really bad but the bigger ones not as
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07-08-2009, 10:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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?
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07-08-2009, 17:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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.
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07-08-2009, 17:32
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by Hiroki
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?
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Keep an eye on this thread and the first post, updated weekly.
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07-08-2009, 18:04
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by Nook29
Keep an eye on this thread and the first post, updated weekly.
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Oh aye, I keep forgetting about the first post
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08-08-2009, 08:39
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
ufc better be in hd tonight or i'll be really annoyed!
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08-08-2009, 08:41
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl
ufc better be in hd tonight or i'll be really annoyed!
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As far as I know UFC will not be in HD tonight.
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08-08-2009, 09:06
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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.
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08-08-2009, 09:16
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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.
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08-08-2009, 09:30
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl
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.
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Oh ye of little faith.....
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08-08-2009, 10:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by Nook29
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.
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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
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08-08-2009, 11:12
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
Check out the newscastle match on BBC HD today then you'll see what everyone is shouting about
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08-08-2009, 11:51
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by proby84
Check out the newscastle match on BBC HD today then you'll see what everyone is shouting about
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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
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08-08-2009, 17:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009)
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Originally Posted by virginruinedntl
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.
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Why would anyone ask for a refund? There is no extra charge for HD.
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