Quote ="Rob Wire"If you like your sport then Sky HD is worth every penny, if you do get it installed then ask for either a Pace or Samsung box, don`t get a Thompson as they are prone to numerous failures. As an example of how good Sky HD is, the engineer did a test while he was here doing the installation, he put flicked to sky sports HD 1 which was showing some football and the picture was amazing, he then put the sky sports 1 normal SD feed on and it was really blurry and grainy and the picture was soft, your eyes go funny as if your eyesight is out of focus. HD all the way if you like your RL and sport, only get it if you have a minimum of the sports pack as it wouldn`t be worth it just for the free BBC HD channel, you can get ITV HD as well if you have the new EPG (Electronic programme guide), ITV HD isn`t on the sky platform but their is an option to add channels on the new EPG, you just input the frequency and you can watch things like the champions league football in HD. Personally i would only get HD though if you have a full HD TV, you can get HD ready TV`s but they downscale the picture to fit the size of the screen resolution, it would still be a great picture but technically its won`t be full HD. A full HD TV is 1920 x 1200 which in TV terms is full HD at present, HD ready TV`s have a lesser resolution which means they can`t display as much information and picture detail. This is how you add ITV HD to your sky for those that don`t already know how to do it. www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92/33 ... ky-hd.html'"

Quote ="Rob Wire"If you like your sport then Sky HD is worth every penny, if you do get it installed then ask for either a Pace or Samsung box, don`t get a Thompson as they are prone to numerous failures. As an example of how good Sky HD is, the engineer did a test while he was here doing the installation, he put flicked to sky sports HD 1 which was showing some football and the picture was amazing, he then put the sky sports 1 normal SD feed on and it was really blurry and grainy and the picture was soft, your eyes go funny as if your eyesight is out of focus. HD all the way if you like your RL and sport, only get it if you have a minimum of the sports pack as it wouldn`t be worth it just for the free BBC HD channel, you can get ITV HD as well if you have the new EPG (Electronic programme guide), ITV HD isn`t on the sky platform but their is an option to add channels on the new EPG, you just input the frequency and you can watch things like the champions league football in HD. Personally i would only get HD though if you have a full HD TV, you can get HD ready TV`s but they downscale the picture to fit the size of the screen resolution, it would still be a great picture but technically its won`t be full HD. A full HD TV is 1920 x 1200 which in TV terms is full HD at present, HD ready TV`s have a lesser resolution which means they can`t display as much information and picture detail. This is how you add ITV HD to your sky for those that don`t already know how to do it. www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92/33 ... ky-hd.html'"

Sky won't let Virgin have it, I have a 42'' 1080 and even though some transmissions are really good in HD the difference is in imo not worth paying an extra £10 for.

You can record a Warrington game thats being broadcast in HD direct to your dvd recorder but it will be downscaled to standard definition (it will be slighlty better than a normal SD picture), their arn`t any dvd recorders at the moment that support recording HD direct from one HD platform like a Sky HD box to a dvd recorder, i can`t see it happening in the near future either. It will probably only happen when HD is standard in every household and that will take some time and even then their is no guarentee, the closest at the moment are the Panasonic DMR BS750 and BS850 bluray recorders but they don`t have HDMI in, i think this maybe something to do with sky where they have encrypted the feed to stop people distributing their HD content and to try and get more people to buy HD.

Its no problem recording the HD game to your sky HD box which will obviously play back in HD, what i do is record the odd game of ours to the HD box and at the same time have it recording to the dvd recorder just incase its a good game that i want to put on disc.

You wouldn`t fit a full HD recording onto a stndard 4.7GB dvd disc anyway, it would have to go onto a bluray disc which as you already probably know they are expensive to buy at the min.

Thanks for the info I may well give it a go now.

Quote ="Rob Wire"Personally i would only get HD though if you have a full HD TV, you can get HD ready TV`s but they downscale the picture to fit the size of the screen resolution, it would still be a great picture but technically its won`t be full HD. A full HD TV is 1920 x 1200 which in TV terms is full HD at present, HD ready TV`s have a lesser resolution which means they can`t display as much information and picture detail. This is how you add ITV HD to your sky for those that don`t already know how to do it. www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92/33 ... ky-hd.html'" Sky broadcasts in either 720p or 1080i, depending on your preference (720p is less lines but it "scrolls" through them, so always 720 lines showing. 1080i is more lines, but it alternates them, and so only 540 on at any one time - in the milisecond world - but gives the appearance of 1080 lines. No real difference when viewing, they are just processed differently). "Full HD" is 1080p, which is the best of both worlds, but Sky doesn't broadcast in 1080p, and so it will make no difference to your rugby viewing whether you get a "Full HD" TV or not, although it is not worth having HD if your TV is 28" or less, and even at 32" the increase is marginal. HD is definitely worth it, especially if you have the movie channel and your TV is 40" or above. It's a bit of a shock at half-time though, when you have Stevo in full HD!

Quote ="Rob Wire"Personally i would only get HD though if you have a full HD TV, you can get HD ready TV`s but they downscale the picture to fit the size of the screen resolution, it would still be a great picture but technically its won`t be full HD. A full HD TV is 1920 x 1200 which in TV terms is full HD at present, HD ready TV`s have a lesser resolution which means they can`t display as much information and picture detail. This is how you add ITV HD to your sky for those that don`t already know how to do it. www.cableforum.co.uk/board/92/33 ... ky-hd.html'" Sky broadcasts in either 720p or 1080i, depending on your preference (720p is less lines but it "scrolls" through them, so always 720 lines showing. 1080i is more lines, but it alternates them, and so only 540 on at any one time - in the milisecond world - but gives the appearance of 1080 lines. No real difference when viewing, they are just processed differently). "Full HD" is 1080p, which is the best of both worlds, but Sky doesn't broadcast in 1080p, and so it will make no difference to your rugby viewing whether you get a "Full HD" TV or not, although it is not worth having HD if your TV is 28" or less, and even at 32" the increase is marginal. HD is definitely worth it, especially if you have the movie channel and your TV is 40" or above. It's a bit of a shock at half-time though, when you have Stevo in full HD!

I'm not getting HD until I get a decent TV.
I'm waiting till I can afford a full monty Sony Bravia I saw one in Marks and Spencers at Westbrook and found myself stood there standing at the picture trying to work out if it was real...!!! the quality was like nothing ive ever seen.....

Ive seen these £400 quid Lcd Hd ready tv's and the picture is shocking and I can only imagine its what having cataracts is like...

I'm happy with my Sky plus and my old fashioned widescreen Telly with crystal clear (but not HD) picture.

Ive got surround sound so I can get the full effect of the Halliwell jones Boo boys.....