V+ hd

Christopherj_2

I recently took out a Virgin Media contract, having television, telephone & the Broadband.

Is it me, or does HD on Virgin Media look the same as normal television?

moneybuster

hi i have the V+ box as well and no it looks entirely different are you sure you have your settings right.

regards MB

Christopherj_2

moneybuster wrote: »

hi i have the V+ box as well and no it looks entirely different are you sure you have your settings right.

I've just tried it and the quality is clearer than standard television. Tell me, is Sky HD better than Virgin HD, or are they both the same?

tfspark

Christopherj wrote: »

I've just tried it and the quality is clearer than standard television. Tell me, is Sky HD better than Virgin HD, or are they both the same?

I have to agree with Moneybuster, it is different.

Have you tried all of the HD channels?

The Proms on Saturday night was particularlly good. If watching BBC HD the studio shots are always far better than SD. Try switching between HD & SD to see the difference.
However if you have not seen HD before it is not a huge leap in faith. Not like it was when going from black and white to colour. (yes I'm old enought to remember it :eek: )

Sorry I've never seen HD on Sky so can't comment.

irish_eyes_r_smiling

moneybuster wrote: »

hi i have the V+ box as well and no it looks entirely different are you sure you have your settings right.

regards MB

i'll second that, much better quality, can't speak for Sky HD though

moonrakerz

Christopherj wrote: »

I recently took out a Virgin Media contract, having television, telephone & the Broadband.

Is it me, or does HD on Virgin Media look the same as normal television?

Where are you sitting ? You need to sit much closer to the TV for HD. About 1.5 times the diagonal measurement of the TV screen.

Is your TV HD ?

Pokerlad

Not sure about the V+ box but the Sky box has both Scart and HDMI connections. Scart can not show a HD picture. Does V+ have the same connections and are you watching through scart by mistake?

Christopherj_2

moonrakerz wrote: »

Is your TV HD ?

It's a HD ready TV.

moneybuster

try a web site like AV forum and get the settings for your TV and the set top box there are setting in the V+ you can alter but it is a combination of both setting on TV and set top box. like virgin only send a signal in 1080 wide or somthing like that, it was so long ago when i set it up.

Regards MB

are you using a HDMI cable then

Christopherj_2

moneybuster wrote: »

are you using a HDMI cable then

Yes I am...

Christopherj_2

Don't Virgin Media customers receive Sky 1 HD?