Hi,
Just got brand new HD tv panasonic.
Now enjoying HD channels. Found just 9 of 28 supposed HD channels in full crisp pin sharp HD, quite a few in semi HD (someway towards HD from SD but certainly not as detailed and with the clarity of HD) and some clearly SD quality, sharing same matching pic as the SD channel of the same name.
I am VERY shocked to see that Channel 4 HD is not in HD I have yet to find it in true HD. Tonight I am watching Snow White and the Huntsman, a film totally able to be in HD, filmed a few yrs ago, yet its in soft HD, not quite SD but certainly not HD, having played BBC1 Michael Macintyre show which is crisp perfect HD makes my HD look like 4K. Dragons Den is in HD as is The Repair Shop. superb quality looks as good as shop displayed 4K fed 4K signal.
Eden HD yesterday was not HD, today it is., ditto Dave HD.
Broadcasters are putting a label on their channel of HD but then NOT transmitting in HD. If its Morecambe and Wise one might expect it to be the original footage redigitised as HD, but looking softer being unable to attain the detail a movie filmed back then designed for a massive screen and digitised as HD would give. However its as soft as hell, so no accessing original and digitising it as HD. Surely though a movie filmed for a big screen is capable of being broadcast as true HD, instead they take the SD version and transmit it to the HD channel. its a con.
Just why is the aforementioned Snow White and the Huntsman in semi HD on 4HD though.
9 out of 28 HD channels with crisp HD at time of survey earlier today, is appalling.
Should Virgin Media make comment of this to the channel broadcasters , as they take our money, and charge more for access to HD channels.
Who polices the broadcasters putting out less than true HD ? Its not as if the signal is less than 1920x1080, (or maybe it is) but they havent taken the prime quality original and turned it into 1920x1080 with settings that retain max detail.
I see that they deny me ITV 2 ITV3 and ITV4 all in HD, must pay us more they say.
having yet to see ITV (113) showing true HD I am disinclined now to even want to pay more for what could be more semi HD if that.
All in all I have a HD tv and only 9 channels to choose from. and as for 4K buyers where 4k upscales x2 HD, hate to think what they see .
Merlin
Just got brand new HD tv panasonic.
Now enjoying HD channels. Found just 9 of 28 supposed HD channels in full crisp pin sharp HD, quite a few in semi HD (someway towards HD from SD but certainly not as detailed and with the clarity of HD) and some clearly SD quality, sharing same matching pic as the SD channel of the same name.
I am VERY shocked to see that Channel 4 HD is not in HD I have yet to find it in true HD. Tonight I am watching Snow White and the Huntsman, a film totally able to be in HD, filmed a few yrs ago, yet its in soft HD, not quite SD but certainly not HD, having played BBC1 Michael Macintyre show which is crisp perfect HD makes my HD look like 4K. Dragons Den is in HD as is The Repair Shop. superb quality looks as good as shop displayed 4K fed 4K signal.
Eden HD yesterday was not HD, today it is., ditto Dave HD.
Broadcasters are putting a label on their channel of HD but then NOT transmitting in HD. If its Morecambe and Wise one might expect it to be the original footage redigitised as HD, but looking softer being unable to attain the detail a movie filmed back then designed for a massive screen and digitised as HD would give. However its as soft as hell, so no accessing original and digitising it as HD. Surely though a movie filmed for a big screen is capable of being broadcast as true HD, instead they take the SD version and transmit it to the HD channel. its a con.
Just why is the aforementioned Snow White and the Huntsman in semi HD on 4HD though.
9 out of 28 HD channels with crisp HD at time of survey earlier today, is appalling.
Should Virgin Media make comment of this to the channel broadcasters , as they take our money, and charge more for access to HD channels.
Who polices the broadcasters putting out less than true HD ? Its not as if the signal is less than 1920x1080, (or maybe it is) but they havent taken the prime quality original and turned it into 1920x1080 with settings that retain max detail.
I see that they deny me ITV 2 ITV3 and ITV4 all in HD, must pay us more they say.
having yet to see ITV (113) showing true HD I am disinclined now to even want to pay more for what could be more semi HD if that.
All in all I have a HD tv and only 9 channels to choose from. and as for 4K buyers where 4k upscales x2 HD, hate to think what they see .
Merlin