HD TV on Sky

"Julian Richards" wrote in message
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Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I noticed
how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the satellite
link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.

Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with the HD
picture?
HD is meant to be better. And it is.
Anyone who has seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel)
will know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

Loz

I certainly wouldn't pay Sky £10 for HD and £10 for recording
"services".


Why not?

"Bobby Internet" wrote in message
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I certainly wouldn't pay Sky £10 for HD and £10 for recording
"services".


Why not?

Because he is a tight fisted cantankerous old bugger.


Loz

loz wrote:
"Bobby Internet" wrote in message
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I certainly wouldn't pay Sky £10 for HD and £10 for recording
"services".


Why not?


Because he is a tight fisted cantankerous old bugger.


Loz



LMAO

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:01:40 +0100, "loz"
wrote:


"Julian Richards" wrote in message
.. .
Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I noticed
how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the satellite
link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.

Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with the HD
picture?
HD is meant to be better. And it is.
Anyone who has seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel)
will know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

My point was that if the footie is sent to the UK on a rather dodgy
link then there is no way you can get a decent quality picture. The
only people getting there money's worth out of that are the Alan
Hansen fetishists watching the half time analysis from the UK studio.
--

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

"Julian Richards" wrote in message
...

. ..
Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I noticed
how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the satellite
link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.
Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with the HD
picture?
HD is meant to be better. And it is.
Anyone who has seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel)
will know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

My point was that if the footie is sent to the UK on a rather dodgy
link then there is no way you can get a decent quality picture. The
only people getting there money's worth out of that are the Alan
Hansen fetishists watching the half time analysis from the UK studio.

What "rather dodgy link"?

The same "dodgy link" that is currently providing a superb HD picture on HD
football and Cricket?

Loz

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:49:10 +0100, "loz"
wrote:


"Julian Richards" wrote in message
.. .

...
Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I noticed
how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the satellite
link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.
Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with the HD
picture?
HD is meant to be better. And it is.
Anyone who has seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel)
will know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

My point was that if the footie is sent to the UK on a rather dodgy
link then there is no way you can get a decent quality picture. The
only people getting there money's worth out of that are the Alan
Hansen fetishists watching the half time analysis from the UK studio.

What "rather dodgy link"?

The same "dodgy link" that is currently providing a superb HD picture on HD
football and Cricket?

I watched England vs Hungary and the picture quality was poor. One
must put it down to the quality of the satellite link from Budapest.
If the link from Germany is no better (although it might well be) then
all those people who bought HD to watch the World Cup will be
disappointed.
--

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

Julian Richards wrote:

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:49:10 +0100, "loz"
wrote:


"Julian Richards" wrote in message
...

...
Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I
noticed how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the
satellite link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.
Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with
the HD picture? HD is meant to be better. And it is. Anyone who has
seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel) will
know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

My point was that if the footie is sent to the UK on a rather dodgy
link then there is no way you can get a decent quality picture. The
only people getting there money's worth out of that are the Alan
Hansen fetishists watching the half time analysis from the UK studio.

What "rather dodgy link"?

The same "dodgy link" that is currently providing a superb HD picture on
HD football and Cricket?

I watched England vs Hungary and the picture quality was poor. One must
put it down to the quality of the satellite link from Budapest. If the
link from Germany is no better (although it might well be) then all those
people who bought HD to watch the World Cup will be disappointed. --

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword
IV"

But wasn't England v Hungary from Manchester?!

--
Keith Porter

Keith Porter News wrote:
Julian Richards wrote:


On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:49:10 +0100, "loz"
wrote:


"Julian Richards" wrote in message
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om...

Having watched the last England match on plain vanilla Sky, I
noticed how poor the picture was. Presumeably that was due to the
satellite link. That can't bode well for HD footie from Germany.

Why on earth would the SD picture quality have anything to do with
the HD picture? HD is meant to be better. And it is. Anyone who has
seen HD transmissions from Premiere (the German HD channel) will
know how good the PQ they can expect from the World cup will be.

My point was that if the footie is sent to the UK on a rather dodgy
link then there is no way you can get a decent quality picture. The
only people getting there money's worth out of that are the Alan
Hansen fetishists watching the half time analysis from the UK studio.

What "rather dodgy link"?

The same "dodgy link" that is currently providing a superb HD picture on
HD football and Cricket?

I watched England vs Hungary and the picture quality was poor. One must
put it down to the quality of the satellite link from Budapest. If the
link from Germany is no better (although it might well be) then all those
people who bought HD to watch the World Cup will be disappointed. --

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword
IV"


But wasn't England v Hungary from Manchester?!



lol yes m8 it was

"Julian Richards" wrote in message
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I watched England vs Hungary and the picture quality was poor. One
must put it down to the quality of the satellite link from Budapest.
If the link from Germany is no better (although it might well be) then
all those people who bought HD to watch the World Cup will be
disappointed.

what are you on about?

England vs Hungary was at old trafford. Or did Man U relocate to Budapest,
and somehow I missed that?

And regardless, the quality of the link between one broadcaster to another
(e.g. German TV to the BBC) is removed from the quality of the link from the
BBC to you. For example, BBC MOTD has had some poor quality broadcasts
recently inspite of the fact that those same matches were filmed in HD on
Sky (and were very good according to those who saw them in HD), and they
were in very good quality on Sky SD. That was a consequence of the BBCs
tranmission, not Sky's link to the BBC.

There is absolutely no reason to suggest that the BBC world cup coverage
will be in poor quality. And watching SD transmissions is no indication of
that.
And if it is, it wont be because of the link from Germany to the BBC which
will be a very high bandwidth HD link.

Loz