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HD and HD ready

melbury
melbury Posts: 13,251 Forumite
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Apologies in advance if there is an existing thread on this, please point me to it!

I have just bought a plasma TV that is HD ready, so how do I make it full HD? Do I need to? What is the difference? Why is everything so complicated?

Thanks.
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  • sco0ter
    sco0ter Posts: 2,476 Forumite
    Buy a HD box like freesat or Sky HD
  • mymatebob
    mymatebob Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    You need to feed it with HD material from cable, Sky, Freesat or Blu ray
  • Livingthedream
    Livingthedream Posts: 2,643 Forumite
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    Its all about how many pixels can be displayed on the screen the higher the number the better you would think.
    HD Ready = 720p/1080i
    Full HD = 1080p

    So Full HD is Better? well NO only thing delivering a Full HD Content is a Blueray player. X-box360, Sky HD and Freesat HD only deliver 720p/1080i so at the moment unless you have Blueray player or PS3 then HD ready is OK
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  • confused31_2
    confused31_2 Posts: 1,272 Forumite
    Livingthedream wrote: »
    Its all about how many pixels can be displayed on the screen the higher the number the better you would think.
    HD Ready = 720p/1080i
    Full HD = 1080p

    So Full HD is Better? well NO only thing delivering a Full HD Content is a Blueray player. X-box360, Sky HD and Freesat HD only deliver 720p/1080i so at the moment unless you have Blueray player or PS3 then HD ready is OK

    you can also get full hd 1080p on a hd dvd player and theres ome bargain to be had out there.

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  • superscaper
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    confused31 wrote: »
    you can also get full hd 1080p on a hd dvd player and theres ome bargain to be had out there.

    confused

    Yep we picked up a really good one for £30 brand new from QVC outlet store about a month ago, with 3 HD DVDs included. And amazon and play.com still sell them for about £4 each. Not bad for full HD movie watching. Also worth it alone as a replacement for DVD player as it upscales DVDs as well.
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  • melbury
    melbury Posts: 13,251 Forumite
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    Thanks for the replies. I take it that it isn't really that important then to have full HD. Will it make a difference when we are all switched over to digital? TBO the picture looks clear enough to me as it is on the HD ready!
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  • mymatebob
    mymatebob Posts: 2,199 Forumite
    It is not in the slightest "important" just depends what you want to watch.

    Unless you have an HD source linked by an HD cable to your tele then you are watching SD, no matter whether it is digital or analogue
  • Livingthedream
    Livingthedream Posts: 2,643 Forumite
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    melbury wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies. I take it that it isn't really that important then to have full HD. Will it make a difference when we are all switched over to digital? TBO the picture looks clear enough to me as it is on the HD ready!

    I personally don't think its that important at the moment. At digital switchover the BBC are thinking of reorganizing Freeview/Freesat so that more HD channels will be available but they will be 720p/1080i. Sky HD might change in the future to 1080p but with the looming recession and credit crunch will they invest the money required
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  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    The Humax freesat Foxsat-HDR comes out mid November for around £299

    http://www.pvrjunction.co.uk/a-closer-look-at-humax-foxsat-hdr-and-freesat-features/

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  • samhale
    samhale Posts: 413 Forumite
    I have a contact in the inside, and they are convinced that the primary format will be 720, but can't remember which.
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