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Originally Posted by jaysay
Thats good news TM, where did you hear that. Also as anybody heard anything about ITV going HD, keep seeing ads which say ITV HD, but ain't seen nothing moving yet
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Over on the Digital Spy forums it's all the rage.
See their site too:
Satellite - News - Sky adds more HD movie channels - Digital Spy
No Classics in HD, but the others will do for a start.
As for ITV HD, well I'm in no rush for it. They're still playing with their HD provision, paid for largely with Sky's investment!!
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Originally Posted by panther
I have a HD telly but never subcribed to HD channels, so I still dont know what the channels are like 
Is it really differnt picture quality or can ya not really tell? |
To be honest HD is a luxury item, which is still in its infancy. The present HD boxes from Sky aren't the most stable in the world and much of the advertised HD content isn't true HD, but upscaled. For example, Channel 4 HD trainsmits simultaneously with the normal channel, but the majority of the programmes are upscaled and not true HD. Other channels such as BBC HD only transmit for a few hours each day, although virtually all their content is true HD. The Olympics in HD have been great and the documentary series,
Lost Land of the Jaguar was sublime in HD.
If you have Sky Sports and Movies then I think that it's well worth it and it's great to have football or movies in HD with 5.1 dolby surround sound (if you have the facilities to hear it). There is a big difference in the quality of the picture in true HD broadcasts, but there isn't a massive amount of content on the HD channels unless you pay for the premium movies and sports channels.