New TV, HD question

**IanB** · 26-09-11, 19:38

I have a new Panasonic LED TV & the picture quality is excellent. So much so that I can't really notice the improvement in picture quality when I watch stuff in HD.

I was under the impression that HD would blow my socks off. The difference is marginal at best. Am I missing something?

**protoborg** · 26-09-11, 19:40

The Hype

**nidge** · 26-09-11, 19:40

Originally Posted by IanB

Am I missing something?

A penis? In my experience women cannot see HD or hear surround sound

**Derek Badger** · 26-09-11, 19:41

what HD source are you using?

**Jasper** · 26-09-11, 19:44

How big is it and is it wall mounted?

**protoborg** · 26-09-11, 19:46

Originally Posted by Jasper

How big is it and is it wall mounted?

Longer than my thumb.
No.

**IanB** · 26-09-11, 19:48

Originally Posted by easy now andy

what HD source are you using?

Via Sky & a quality HDMI cable

**Jasper** · 26-09-11, 19:51

Originally Posted by protoborg

Longer than my thumb.
No.

**IanB** · 26-09-11, 19:51

Originally Posted by nidge

A penis? In my experience women cannot see HD or hear surround sound

I can do surround sound so maybe I'm half way there. A penis is like a willy isn't it? Only smaller.

**Derek Badger** · 26-09-11, 19:53

Originally Posted by IanB

Via Sky & a quality HDMI cable

stupid question i know, but it is a sky hd box, isn't it? i noticed a remarkable difference with my sony hd tv.

**IanB** · 26-09-11, 19:57

Originally Posted by easy now andy

stupid question i know, but it is a sky hd box, isn't it? i noticed a remarkable difference with my sony hd tv.

Yes mate, a new Sky HD box installed by Sky "engineer"

**Derek Badger** · 26-09-11, 19:59

Originally Posted by IanB

Yes mate, a new Sky HD box installed by Sky "engineer"

lolz, engineer. mine wouldn't drill through the wall as it was tile hung. i had to do it for him.

anyway, did you change to the new tv and sky hd at the same time? what did you have before to compare against? as i say, i noticed a serious improvement going from a crt to lcd and then another improvement going from sky (scart) to sky hd (hdmi).

**IanB** · 26-09-11, 20:14

Originally Posted by easy now andy

lolz, engineer. mine wouldn't drill through the wall as it was tile hung. i had to do it for him.

anyway, did you change to the new tv and sky hd at the same time? what did you have before to compare against? as i say, i noticed a serious improvement going from a crt to lcd and then another improvement going from sky (scart) to sky hd (hdmi).

My engineer had swallowed the company manual - he drilled a hole in my wall & then tied his ladder to a steele eye in the hole just to climb up one floor to test the signal

Anyway, I swapped from an old school Sony trinitron CRT set to the LED flat screen. But that's not really relevant because what I'm comparing is the "normal" broadcast of a program (eg tonight the gadget show) & then flicking to the HD version of the same program. On the same TV. & I can't tell the difference.

**Derek Badger** · 26-09-11, 21:04

Originally Posted by IanB

But that's not really relevant because what I'm comparing is the "normal" broadcast of a program (eg tonight the gadget show) & then flicking to the HD version of the same program. On the same TV. & I can't tell the difference.

really? as mentioned earlier, check the front of your pants have the correct contents.

**Screwdriver** · 26-09-11, 21:10

What size screen are we talking about? (and what's the model number?)

From standard to HD should be the difference between a fuzzy JPG and a crisp photo.

You won't see it on anything less than 32 inchish but on a 42 incher it should be amazing. Check your settings on the telly for that HDMI input, should be set to 1080i at least (dunno coz I don't have SkyHD). Failing that, check out BBC1/BBC1HD.

Do you have Freesat?

Screwd.