JT! Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Seing as though HD is now getting more and more common, what's it actually like? Is there any noticeable difference? How much does it effect the price tag on TV's?Never actualy seen anything in HD, we've recently bought a widescreen TV after renting a TV since as long as i can remeber, it isn't HD. Are we missing out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Add me to MSN, I have a short video of a cat shot in HD. Was posted on here a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Its the same as normal TV, but in a higher resolution. So images arent stretched as much on bigger screens. Saw some rediculous 60" or something silly HDTV in currys a while back playing an HD DVD. Looked amazing. More like a moving photograph than a normal TV image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Add me to MSN, I have a short video of a cat shot in HD. Was posted on here a while back.But surly you'd have to have a HD screen to watch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Nope, I can watch it on my monitor just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 You need an HD monitor to appreciate it fully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Its still rather amazing.Just think, japan have had a fully HD system for years, its amazing how far we are behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyroo Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Saw some hd tvs in Curry's... from a good few metres away you could still see individual pixels... not too impressed... and you still get the flat panel "fuzz" too... I'll stick with my 7 foot projector screen thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Tom Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I have a HD tv, it's very good, very clear, but not worth buying a whole new tv just for the HD bit.Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Thing is is there any HD sources yet in the UK?I hear SKY are launching their HD service soon. Or have they already?And im sure ntl and telewest wont be too far behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
011001000110010101110010 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 A Sky HD box costs £300.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on that? u must be joking Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 You can watch HD video on your monitor in full resolution without any probs because monitors tend to be able to run in at least the lower HD resolution (720p which is 1280x720) admittedly most of us can't watch in highest res HD at 1920x1080. I don't think you'd really notice the difference HD makes on anything less than 32": we've got a 28" HD LCD at home and a 28" non HD crt telly at uni and i actually think for normal telly and dvds the crt telly looks better.Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) Saw some hd tvs in Curry's... from a good few metres away you could still see individual pixels... not too impressed... and you still get the flat panel "fuzz" too... I'll stick with my 7 foot projector screen thanks thats becasue the sourse wasn't HD.---------------i have a samsung 32" HDTV for my xbox 360, as soon as i switched from my old set i could instantly tell the difference, no jaggys, crystal clear picture, it's so easy on the eyes yet it looks amazing.same with DVDs too, if you have a HDMI output dvd player, picture looks awesome.Its deffinatly worth the upgrade, if it wasn't then people would just be sticking with standard pictures.the only way i can descibe it is if you switch your monitor to 800x600 with 16bit colour, then step it up to say, 1280x1024 with high 32 bit colour.as for price, yeh, they are more expensive than the equivilant size standard tvs, but its deffinatly worth the extra moolah. My tv was £822 from waratah, i could easily have got 2 top of the range sony CRTs for that money but i recon it was worth every penny. If i'm going to sit and watch TV, i might as-well do it properly, and just looking at the thing makes me feel happy.However, imo you might as-well wait for the time being until SKY HD comes out, then give it a couple of months for the prices to drop, and the hiccups to be ironed out, then go shopping. I only bought my TV in January becasue i'm an inpatient b*****d and i wanted to play my xbox to the best of it's abilities before i got bored of it.Oh, and mine also has a built in digital reciever and the picture is sweet.heres a picture i took of project gotham, straight off the screen and only photoshopped the border in: Edited May 18, 2006 by RicH_87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I hear SKY are launching their HD service soon. Or have they already?There's HD channles, so yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 HD is the way foreward for broadcasting , there is an incredible amount of difference between it and SD, There are not any companies fully broadcasting HD yet but there hoping with the cut off line for analogue tvs people will go out and buy a hdtv just for saving time , HD was realesed early in the UK due to the demand and then the equipment wasnt there to back all the uses for it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Come into my shop, I have 3 42" inch Plasma's with HD broadcasts on... The difference is amazing unless you are hard of hearing/sight.Shame Sky are ripping everyone off at the moment ah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Web wise, all my new vids have been shot in HD, but the frame size I exported hasn't been at HD due to the pure size of the files FCP produces with H.264 compression. Although, you can clearly (excuse the pun) see the difference between something like London 1,2 or 3 or even TM2 and the recent Portsmouth ride video I did.HDTV's will drop in price over the next two years so I recon we'll slowly get there but when we do, it'll be ace.J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Is it sad that I only know what HD stands for through pron streaming sites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Sky have a few HD channels I think, the only ones I have seen so far are a movie one. Shoping the other week in Cheltnam I saw one of thease HD tv's infact the biggist tv I've ever seem was hugggge cost about £2000 but as i say this was on of the huge ones and the qualtie was AMAZING ! even right up close it was perfect, I for one was extreemly impressed. Arnt the bbc gonna start broadcasting HD in a few years 2010 I think it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 The UK is only just going digital between 2008-2010, so i dont think HD will be that close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 The UK is only just going digital between 2008-2010, so i dont think HD will be that close?Eventually, that will be everyone. The BBC is currently developing plans to produce all its TV output to meet HDTV standards by 2010. This is what ime on about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzane_2 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 At the moment a broadcast hdtv i dont personally think is worth the money at the moment. Sky hdtv use the existing dishes which can only achieve a max 8mb per channel, unless they use the new standard in america they wont get much more out of it. so the HD pic is compressed as much as a SDTV image. so untill they come up with a new sort of compression then getting the broadcast i dont think is much use. however, getting a HD dvd player, an hd gaming console and a hd tv all of a sudden becomes worth while having. i think that when the price gets cheaper and the techonology genious come up with a slightly better compression then HD tv will be absoultly brilliant, and i would personally like a hd tv now to future proof my self for the future. most hd tvs already have a better screen so normal tv should see an improvement anyway Jono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Get a HD TV. Get a PS3, then get one of the many games that are going to be HD optimized.Just go to e3insider.com or something, and check out the HD game trailers. Gooder reasons as any to go HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Get a HD TV. Get a PS3, then get one of the many games that are going to be HD optimized.Apparently the PS3 is going to be £425. No thanks. At least not until it drops in price substantially. Also I would want to wait to see which will "win" out of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. It's just like Betamax vs VHS all over again. Woop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexymike Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Apparently the PS3 is going to be £425. No thanks. At least not until it drops in price substantially. Also I would want to wait to see which will "win" out of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. It's just like Betamax vs VHS all over again. Woop.how old r u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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