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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey
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!!
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. |
Thanks for that TM, I watched Lost Land of the Jaguar in HD it was brill, and I have Premium Movies and Sky Sports too, and there is a big difference in picture quallity, but with more and more HD channels coming on line its well worth it