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Having just splashed out on a new 40' Sony Bravia LCD TV, I must say that
the picture is awful!!!!!!!

That being said, it looks amazing when rigged up to an xbox 360, reassuring
me that HD is incredible, and not just the demo of fishes in comet or
curry's. I want to hop on the hi-def bandwagon!!

Does anyone have any clues about sky's hi def service in terms of how it's
going to be rolled out, approx costings, timings etc?

thnaks!

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the_niner_nation wrote:
Having just splashed out on a new 40' Sony Bravia LCD TV, I must say that
the picture is awful!!!!!!!

That being said, it looks amazing when rigged up to an xbox 360, reassuring
me that HD is incredible, and not just the demo of fishes in comet or
curry's. I want to hop on the hi-def bandwagon!!

Does anyone have any clues about sky's hi def service in terms of how it's
going to be rolled out, approx costings, timings etc?

thnaks!


I've seen a 40-inch Sony Bravia LCD TV in my local TV shop recently and
the picture looked pretty fair to me just off the internal Freeview
tuner - certainly as good as my oldish plasma. HDMI delivered pictures
from DVD also looked good, although I couldn't see any real difference
between the 576p picture and the upscaled 720p and 1080i versions.

If you're getting an 'awful' picture that it sounds like (a) you haven't
tweaked it enough or (b) it's duff. How does yours compare to a display
model in a shop on non-HDMI sources/off-air?

These things aren't cheap, so putting-up with an 'awful' picture doesn't
sound right to me, unless of course you've just won big-time on the
lottery and can afford to go and buy something else, perhaps donating
the Bravia to a man servant. Heh.


Clem

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I've seen a 40-inch Sony Bravia LCD TV in my local TV shop recently and
the picture looked pretty fair to me just off the internal Freeview
tuner - certainly as good as my oldish plasma. HDMI delivered pictures
from DVD also looked good, although I couldn't see any real difference
between the 576p picture and the upscaled 720p and 1080i versions.

If you're getting an 'awful' picture that it sounds like (a) you haven't
tweaked it enough or (b) it's duff. How does yours compare to a display
model in a shop on non-HDMI sources/off-air?

These things aren't cheap, so putting-up with an 'awful' picture doesn't
sound right to me, unless of course you've just won big-time on the
lottery and can afford to go and buy something else, perhaps donating the
Bravia to a man servant. Heh.


Clem

LoL...No, I havn't won the lottery...the biggest challenge I faced when
choosing a large(ish) sized LCD from almost every retailer was " the picture
looks grainy because theres interference and a shared ariel amongst all the
TV's".....not being savvy to these things, i assumed it to be a reasonable
point, whilst glancing over at the hi-def images across the way.
I do believe that it is a question of tweaking the settings, and I do
relaise that perhaps the pic isnt going to be as good as a traditional CRT.

on non-HDMI sources, I'd have to say my pic is somwehat better than the
store displays...

i got a samsund HDMI dvd player with it , and whilst the reviews on the dvd
said "it would bring hi-def restoration to your dvd collection'' id say that
was certianly stretching the truth a little bit.

Until Hi def comes out ( hence this posting) i suppose i'll keep
tweaking..the TV's manual is not much help!!)

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On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:13:59 +0000, "the_niner_nation"
wrote:



I've seen a 40-inch Sony Bravia LCD TV in my local TV shop recently and
the picture looked pretty fair to me just off the internal Freeview
tuner - certainly as good as my oldish plasma. HDMI delivered pictures
from DVD also looked good, although I couldn't see any real difference
between the 576p picture and the upscaled 720p and 1080i versions.

If you're getting an 'awful' picture that it sounds like (a) you haven't
tweaked it enough or (b) it's duff. How does yours compare to a display
model in a shop on non-HDMI sources/off-air?

These things aren't cheap, so putting-up with an 'awful' picture doesn't
sound right to me, unless of course you've just won big-time on the
lottery and can afford to go and buy something else, perhaps donating the
Bravia to a man servant. Heh.


Clem

LoL...No, I havn't won the lottery...the biggest challenge I faced when
choosing a large(ish) sized LCD from almost every retailer was " the picture
looks grainy because theres interference and a shared ariel amongst all the
TV's".....not being savvy to these things, i assumed it to be a reasonable
point, whilst glancing over at the hi-def images across the way.
I do believe that it is a question of tweaking the settings, and I do
relaise that perhaps the pic isnt going to be as good as a traditional CRT.

on non-HDMI sources, I'd have to say my pic is somwehat better than the
store displays...

i got a samsund HDMI dvd player with it , and whilst the reviews on the dvd
said "it would bring hi-def restoration to your dvd collection'' id say that
was certianly stretching the truth a little bit.

Until Hi def comes out ( hence this posting) i suppose i'll keep
tweaking..the TV's manual is not much help!!)


Have a look in at the avfourms a big thread on the Sony V40 and a few
setting from others you might want to try.
James
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Take the FUN out of my email address to reply.
They think it's all over.... it is now.

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the_niner_nation wrote:

i got a samsund HDMI dvd player with it , and whilst the reviews on the dvd
said "it would bring hi-def restoration to your dvd collection'' id say that
was certianly stretching the truth a little bit.

The Samsung is not a very good DVD player.

That aside, I wonder if you have studied the correct way to connect
and set up your digibox and TV, as described in the FAQ?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

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"Jomtien" wrote in message
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the_niner_nation wrote:

i got a samsund HDMI dvd player with it , and whilst the reviews on the
dvd
said "it would bring hi-def restoration to your dvd collection'' id say
that
was certianly stretching the truth a little bit.

The Samsung is not a very good DVD player.

That aside, I wonder if you have studied the correct way to connect
and set up your digibox and TV, as described in the FAQ?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

Yes..i have connected the system just fine...got someone else to check it
over for me and made sure I was using decent quality scart connector for the
sky digi box.

My set up is

TV ariel in the ' thingy' for the TV ariel..( LoL!)
Xbox 360 with the supplied cables ( i believe they are ' component' cables?)
Sky Digi Box via a decent quality belkin scart
Samsung HDMI dvd player via the HDMI input.

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the_niner_nation wrote:

Sky Digi Box via a decent quality belkin scart

And have you set the digibox to RGB as mentioned in the FAQ?

--
Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/8vef5
UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
BBC reception questions? ; http://www.astra2d.com/
Fed up with on-screen logos? : http://logofreetv.org/
----
Only the truth as I see it.
No monies return'd. ;-)

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On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:54:02 +0000, "the_niner_nation"
wrote:

Having just splashed out on a new 40' Sony Bravia LCD TV, I must say that
the picture is awful!!!!!!!

That being said, it looks amazing when rigged up to an xbox 360, reassuring
me that HD is incredible, and not just the demo of fishes in comet or
curry's. I want to hop on the hi-def bandwagon!!

Does anyone have any clues about sky's hi def service in terms of how it's
going to be rolled out, approx costings, timings etc?

thnaks!

To answer the original question - go to sky.com/hd
There's very little info at present, but according to the site Sky
roll out HDTV in 2006.
There are some prerequisites and no pricing info is on the site ATM.