HD Television screen sizes.

cgk1

Inactive wrote: »

So that's a Yes then?

Sky does pay for it, albeit in a convoluted way.

Yes but they have no control on where it appears - I thought your suggestion is that they write nice things on that site because sky pays them?

ukcarper

Perhaps everybody should look at tuggy12’s post (post 20) which shows that I would have to sit closer than 7.5ft to my TV to see any benefit from 1080p and as I don’t want to sit in the middle of my lounge or a bigger Tele HD is not much benefit to me and that’s 1080p which broadcast TV is not.

Inactive

almillar wrote: »

However, if it was BBC HD, which is obliged to show only HD programmes (and even within them, a certain limit of SD stuff) then it sounds like it was proper HD, and I stand corrected and kicking myself for missing it!
We've also established now that you sit too far away from your TV and need a bigger one ;-)

BBC HD.

I sit where I sit, my TV does not rule my lifestyle, I am not prepared to sit in the middle of the room to see the benefits of HD, if that is what is necessary to gain any benefit.

Inactive

liam8282 wrote: »

As far as I can make out, you don't play games, don't watch blu ray, don't watch sports, don't have your setup right, so your opinion of HD vs SD is pretty flawed to say the least.

I do have my set up right, as stated earlier, I don't watch anything in your list, unless you count snooker as sport, but I wasn't aware that HD was only intended for that kind of usage.

If it is, then it is far worse than I first thought.

Inactive

cgk1 wrote: »

Yes but they have no control on where it appears - I thought your suggestion is that they write nice things on that site because sky pays them?

So you are telling us that it is coincidence that a Sky paid for advert ends up on a site dedicated to promoting Sky, or that is how it appears to me.

liam8282

Inactive wrote: »

I do have my set up right,

You said you sit twice the recommended distance? So your set up is wrong, you are sat too far away to notice any difference.

As someone said earlier, although a bit extreme, you wouldn't read a newspaper from the other side of the room.

My tv doesn't rule my lifestyle either, but I do have my equipment set up, which meets the recommendations, albeit by chance.

Inactive wrote: »

as stated earlier, I don't watch anything in your list, unless you count snooker as sport, but I wasn't aware that HD was only intended for that kind of usage.

If it is, then it is far worse than I first thought.

Differences I noticed on the snooker was the arena carpet was starting to pixelate on SD, but on HD was perfect. You could actually see the chalk dust on the table HD, rather than a smudge on SD. Just little things, but all those little extra details combined is what makes HD so much better.

The things I listed were just a few where HD is VERY noticeable from SD.

Your argument seems to be that HD is barely different from SD, but what exactly is your comparison based upon?

I say for certain things there is no point in watching in HD, ie the news, but for the things I listed HD is a must if you have the option.

Inactive

liam8282 wrote: »

You said you sit twice the recommended distance? So your set up is wrong, you are sat too far away to notice any difference.

As someone said earlier, although a bit extreme, you wouldn't read a newspaper from the other side of the room.

My tv doesn't rule my lifestyle either, but I do have my equipment set up, which meets the recommendations, albeit by chance.



Differences I noticed on the snooker was the arena carpet was starting to pixelate on SD, but on HD was perfect. You could actually see the chalk dust on the table HD, rather than a smudge on SD. Just little things, but all those little extra details combined is what makes HD so much better.

The things I listed were just a few where HD is VERY noticeable from SD.

Your argument seems to be that HD is barely different from SD, but what exactly is your comparison based upon?

I say for certain things there is no point in watching in HD, ie the news, but for the things I listed HD is a must if you have the option.

OK, I don't recall reading in my TV handbook that I would need to rearrange my living room in order to see any noticable difference from SD to HD, I certainly don't want to sit that close to my TV.

My " comparison " is based, no doubt like yours, on watching the same programme in HD, then SD. As I have said many times, the difference is insignificant IMO.

Perhaps my TV is better at displaying SD material than yours.

custardy

Inactive wrote: »

So you are telling us that it is coincidence that a Sky paid for advert ends up on a site dedicated to promoting Sky, or that is how it appears to me.

you're not getting this.
its like google ads
they insert an ad that (most of the time) relates to the content of the site.
the site owner doesnt control the content of the ads.
so a site talking about Sky,will of course get ads that would interest someone reading about sky

cgk1

Inactive wrote: »

So you are telling us that it is coincidence that a Sky paid for advert ends up on a site dedicated to promoting Sky, or that is how it appears to me.

There is no coincidence but it's working the way you seem to think it is. The ad software scans the text of the site and serves ads on the basis of the content, there is no manual intervention. To give you another example, if the Guardian newspaper writers an article about IVF, the ad software will often serve up ads about IVF treatment.

So even if the site was writing articles about how Sky absolutely sucked and nobody should buy it under any circumstances, it's would still serve up adverts for sky, the site owner has no control over the types of ads it gets (except for ones related to pornographic materials).

Inactive

cgk1 wrote: »

There is no coincidence but it's working the way you seem to think it is. The ad software scans the text of the site and serves ads on the basis of the content, there is no manual intervention. To give you another example, if the Guardian newspaper writers an article about IVF, the ad software will often serve up ads about IVF treatment.

OK, Thanks for that, it makes sense now.

It doesn't make HD any clearer though..:D