Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2011) Vol. III.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

The Competition Commission are just in a meeting with Rupert Murdoch.

Many a true word.... Seriously, I don't mind Sky getting exclusive rights to their channels, as long as other providers can provide the channels at an appropriate price. But if that is to be denied, it should be possible for providers such as VM to give us access to these programmes via the internet. The whole system is so biased to Rupert Murdoch, David Cameron might be taken more seriously if he were to address this issue!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Many a true word.... Seriously, I don't mind Sky getting exclusive rights to their channels, as long as other providers can provide the channels at an appropriate price. But if that is to be denied, it should be possible for providers such as VM to give us access to these programmes via the internet. The whole system is so biased to Rupert Murdoch, David Cameron might be taken more seriously if he were to address this issue!

l don't think anything is going to happen in the life of this parliament l am afraid with David Cameron and the Competition Commission.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Many a true word.... Seriously, I don't mind Sky getting exclusive rights to their channels, as long as other providers can provide the channels at an appropriate price. But if that is to be denied, it should be possible for providers such as VM to give us access to these programmes via the internet. The whole system is so biased to Rupert Murdoch, David Cameron might be taken more seriously if he were to address this issue!

I'm not saying its right I agree with you , Atlantic should now be on VM in my eyes. I can understand Sky having say a 6 month exclusive period however then it should be available to other platforms. Your question as to how much have they paid

The agreement, which is worth a reported £150m over five years, will ensure that all new HBO-commissioned shows and series will be broadcast first on Sky channels in high definition.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

l don't think anything is going to happen in the life of this parliament l am afraid with David Cameron and the Competition Commission.

I am afraid that you are probably right. However, David Cameron could get himself out of a hole with those who say he's in cohoots with the Rupert Murdoch empire just with that one simple change. Grrr!



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Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'm not saying its right I agree with you , Atlantic should now be on VM in my eyes. I can understand Sky having say a 6 month exclusive period however then it should be available to other platforms. Your question as to how much have they paid

The agreement, which is worth a reported £150m over five years, will ensure that all new HBO-commissioned shows and series will be broadcast first on Sky channels in high definition.

Yes, but once shown, can it then be broadcast on other channels or On Demand?

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

What, you mean up the road and through the window?

No. If the room allows, try viewing your 37" screen from 16 feet away. Even with perfect eyesight, your eyes won't be able to see the individual pixels of SDTV (which are about 1 sq mm). So making the pixels 4 times smaller (HDTV) will make no difference to the detail you can see.

The only difference you may see is fewer encoding artifacts on moving scenes due to the higher bitrate.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

No. If the room allows, try viewing your 37" screen from 16 feet away. Even with perfect eyesight, your eyes won't be able to see the individual pixels of SDTV (which are about 1 sq mm). So making the pixels 4 times smaller (HDTV) will make no difference to the detail you can see.

The only difference you may see is fewer encoding artifacts on moving scenes due to the higher bitrate.

So maybe those who can't tell the difference are just sitting at the wrong distance from their screens?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

So maybe those who can't tell the difference are just sitting at the wrong distance from their screens?

What distance is that.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

What distance is that.

I dunno - ask Spiderplant!

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by denphone

What distance is that.

For a 32inch TV, around 1m for 1080p, 2m for 720p.

[pythagoras]

Originally Posted by denphone

What distance is that.

There you go:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/tvs/3...-distance.html

[denphone]

Originally Posted by TheDon

For a 32inch TV, around 1m for 1080p, 2m for 720p.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by pythagoras

There you go:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/tvs/3...-distance.html

Thanks as well.

[OLD BOY]

Now, after all that, let's hope that we get some good box sets of programmes through Lovefilm or the like on the TIVO box. If anyone hears anything credible about moves in that direction, this would be much appreciated. Particularly if it involves HBO shows.

[muppetman11]

Yep could be possible , Netflix are streaming TV shows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_845371.html

[zantarous]

Come on streaming v HDTV? HDTV will trounce streaming services for quality everyday of the week. I have not used Lovefilm streaming but from what I read the streaming is of quite poor quality.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by zantarous

Come on streaming v HDTV? HDTV will trounce streaming services for quality everyday of the week. I have not used Lovefilm streaming but from what I read the streaming is of quite poor quality.

Couldn't agree more , I've watched MLBTV HD and Acetrax via my TV and none come close to Broadcast HD , I also tried Lovefilm via the PS3 and that wasn't an enjoyable experience.