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Rubbish its better because its HDMI.
My previous sky box produced a much much better SD picture.. Now, I think my tv had a much better built in scaler, But the HD box outputs a signal in 720p or whatever, and its just not a good. (this also depends on channel and its bandwith).
However, the HD is ok, its obviously not Blu-ray quality, but it good, not stunning, but good. The colour has more pop for sure, the the detail is NOT what you think its going to be.
My previous sky box produced a much much better SD picture.. Now, I think my tv had a much better built in scaler, But the HD box outputs a signal in 720p or whatever, and its just not a good. (this also depends on channel and its bandwith).
However, the HD is ok, its obviously not Blu-ray quality, but it good, not stunning, but good. The colour has more pop for sure, the the detail is NOT what you think its going to be.
Doubt its worth anything - mine is 3yrs old and has massive heatsoak issues which I think/hope the newer ones don't.
I'm just gonna keep mine and use it for Sky Multiroom if I decide to get a tv for the bedroom (the bird wants to).
Sky said I should have it by May31st/Jun1st so I will report back then!
I'm just gonna keep mine and use it for Sky Multiroom if I decide to get a tv for the bedroom (the bird wants to).
Sky said I should have it by May31st/Jun1st so I will report back then!
dewaltman said:
I've got a Sky+ box and package at the moment, does anyone know if I buy a Sky HD box from Ebay will I get access to any HD channels at all (i.e. the free ones) or do I have to pay £10/mth extra and get them all?
As far as i know yes, however you will need to call sky for them to pair the card with box. Do they go for much less than £120? If not you are better off getting a new one with 12 months warranty from SKY.D
I'm currently pondering the same, move into a new place soon and want sky but won't bother with movies/sports (don't watch football/rugby/golf, and figured you can buy a few blu-ray discs per month instead of subscribing to movies)
but is Hd worth it? I like the docs, and the HD stuff looks great, but how much of the disco/nat geo stuff sky currently output is native HD and how much is merely upscaled?
but is Hd worth it? I like the docs, and the HD stuff looks great, but how much of the disco/nat geo stuff sky currently output is native HD and how much is merely upscaled?
Well they delivered my new 1 Terrabyte HD box last night. Is an Amstrad one andis probably about 1/3rd smaller than my old Thompson box which pretty much died on me. Seems a lot quieter as well.
Didn't have a proper play with it as had to head out but will report back after the weekend after i've used it a bit more.
Didn't have a proper play with it as had to head out but will report back after the weekend after i've used it a bit more.
Whether HD is worth it is IMHO very much a function of screen size. People watching on dinky little 32" (yes it is a glib comment, but your money buys a lot of screen these days if you want it) sets aren't going to see a lot of value, but (depending upon how close you sit) the bigger screen you have the more worthwhile HD becomes. By the time you are up to 42" and above, standard definition looks simply horrible by comparison. Especially ITV sports coverage for some unknown reason.
mcflurry said:
Sky sell the box for £99 + £60 installation if you don't take the service, or the boxes go for £100-150ish on fleabay.
May as well pay Sky £120 and get a warranty and some more channels IMHO
(ours was delivered last week)
Way it's looking is sky HD @ £120 a year over boggo sky+, which is why I'm wondering if it's worth the extra for non movie/sport viewers.May as well pay Sky £120 and get a warranty and some more channels IMHO
(ours was delivered last week)
I suppose if I have SD sky I'll only be tempted to buy a HD freeview/freesat PVR, so going skyHD "saves" the £300 odd cost of that.
What d'you reckon the chances are of getting the 1TB box for free as a new subscriber?
hairyben said:
mcflurry said:
Sky sell the box for £99 + £60 installation if you don't take the service, or the boxes go for £100-150ish on fleabay.
May as well pay Sky £120 and get a warranty and some more channels IMHO
(ours was delivered last week)
What d'you reckon the chances are of getting the 1TB box for free as a new subscriber?May as well pay Sky £120 and get a warranty and some more channels IMHO
(ours was delivered last week)
^^^ yeah agree wouldn't have thought they'd give you the 1TB for free seeing as they've only just started offering them.
With regards to the new 1TB box that I have. Installed with no problems but now the menu's and logo's are half off the screen. Checked the settings and they're set to 16:9 on the Sky menu but still can't read the banners etc at the bottom of the Sky News channel for example. Any suggestions..??
With regards to the new 1TB box that I have. Installed with no problems but now the menu's and logo's are half off the screen. Checked the settings and they're set to 16:9 on the Sky menu but still can't read the banners etc at the bottom of the Sky News channel for example. Any suggestions..??
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