Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
19-11-2013, 16:32
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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i always forget 
number of times ive ended up watching SD versions of channels because 1) i can't tell the difference as its a nice picture 2) i just completely forget |
or 3) the Mrs is too lazy to find the HD equivalent, even though i pay the extra £7
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19-11-2013, 17:29
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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or 3) the Mrs is too lazy to find the HD equivalent, even though i pay the extra £7
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Yeah like that round here too.
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19-11-2013, 19:35
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
I'd be surprized if anyone cant tell the difference between hd and sd right now just on the news 103 and 113 to my eyes easily a better pic on itvhd. Obv depends on your tv e.t.c
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19-11-2013, 19:43
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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I'd be surprized if anyone cant tell the difference between hd and sd right now just on the news 103 and 113 to my eyes easily a better pic on itvhd. Obv depends on your tv e.t.c
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HD does make a difference but i'm not sure the comparison is noticeably marked on Virgin. I'd heard a while ago that Sky had dropped the bitrates on their SD channels to drive take up on their HD.
Not sure if this is true or not as I don't know many people with sky.
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19-11-2013, 19:51
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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HD does make a difference but i'm not sure the comparison is noticeably marked on Virgin. I'd heard a while ago that Sky had dropped the bitrates on their SD channels to drive take up on their HD.
Not sure if this is true or not as I don't know many people with sky.
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True the difference does seem even bigger between some channels. Haven't studied things to much recently but sky sports hd an sd the sd is quite a lot worse British eurosport was really bad at one point though huge difference between there sd and hd channel. And the BBC used to have the least difference between hd and sd might all be a little different now though or not.
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19-11-2013, 20:05
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Bravo.
You cant see the difference with SD and HD Channels. Maybe with Sky you can.
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I'd be surprized if anyone cant tell the difference between hd and sd right now just on the news 103 and 113 to my eyes easily a better pic on itvhd. Obv depends on your tv e.t.c
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I can tell the difference between SD and HD very easily, we have a 50" Samsung LED.
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19-11-2013, 20:29
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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19-11-2013, 20:29
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
I have Sky's HD movie channels and they are poor quality for something that's supposed to be premium product, I can see bad MPEG artifacts on the channels particularly during dark scenes or very bright colours.
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19-11-2013, 20:30
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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Originally Posted by johnathome
HD does make a difference but i'm not sure the comparison is noticeably marked on Virgin. I'd heard a while ago that Sky had dropped the bitrates on their SD channels to drive take up on their HD.
Not sure if this is true or not as I don't know many people with sky.
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I stated this in a separate thread a while back and wholeheartedly agree that I believe especially with sky sports their "SD" was not the same "SD" rate as others and thus not "standard"
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19-11-2013, 22:08
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
Some of SD channels on Sky are appalling including their own branded ones.
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19-11-2013, 22:46
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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Originally Posted by Media Boy
Bravo.
You cant see the difference with SD and HD Channels. Maybe with Sky you can.
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You either have terrible eyesight , a poorly calibrated or small TV set or have it connected via scart.  The HD channels are massively better on both Sky and VM in my experience.
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19-11-2013, 22:52
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
You either have terrible eyesight , a poorly calibrated or small TV set or have it connected via scart. The HD channels are massively better on both Sky and VM in my experience. |
Agreed. Sky News HD has a far superior picture to its SD version
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20-11-2013, 00:36
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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Originally Posted by muppetman11
You either have terrible eyesight , a poorly calibrated or small TV set or have it connected via scart. The HD channels are massively better on both Sky and VM in my experience. |
For once i agree with MM  the HD channels are vastly better quality than their SD versions on both VM and Sky.
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20-11-2013, 00:45
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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For once i agree with MM the HD channels are vastly better quality than their SD versions on both VM and Sky. |
yes HD versions are so much better hope we get more HD channels soon
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20-11-2013, 01:38
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Re: Coming soon to Virgin TV (2013) Vol. 6.
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yes HD versions are so much better hope we get more HD channels soon
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I think we will , over the last year VM have really upped their game.
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