Sky High Definition Television Broadcast

[squids]

I have heard from somewhere (?) that there isn't a lot of picture quality diffence between a standard 28 inch LCD television and a 28 inch television showing an HD picture. As I understand the difference is more prominant on the larger screens. Can anyone confirm this.

The question arises because I am pondering on whether to upgrade my (standard) sky subscription to the HD Sky+ box, but not sure if I will see much of a difference on a 28 inch screen, as I am quite happy with the picture I already receive. Has anyone been in this position and made the 'change' - and can comment.

[Ethel]

If you are happy with your picture, it is pointless upgrading.

There is still relatively few programmes broadcast in HD format, so I really wouldn't bother yet.

Save your money - there will be a cheap deal sooner or later to hook you in.

[PLIVELY34]

just upgrade to the sky plus box, you'll save yourself �10 / month and i can't really see any difference anyway. there aren't enough channels in hd on sky to justify the extra expense every month. the sky+ box does all the things the hd box does anyway without the suppossed extra sharp picture

[Mattk]

i have sky hd and of course it is better. maybe the article you read was referring to standard braodcasts which will of course look no different. there is a noticeable improvement however in hd broacasts although having said that some are far better than others. the movies are sharper but far from being hd quality imho. the best hd quality is found on the documentary channels and also bbc hd.

strictly speaking it is also not true that a sky+ box does all the things an hd box does. 1 the hd hard drive is 6-7 times larger (i think) and 2 you will receive 'sky anytime' which cherry picks progs/movies etc that are instantly available to watch 'anytime' with no adverts.

[cluemein]

It would depend on your television. If you have a 28 inch HD TV set you would of course notice the difference. If you have a non HD TV set then no you won't notice the difference.

[PLIVELY34]

you receive sky anytime on the sky plus box too. So the only diff is the larger hard drive which is not 6-7 times larger, it is in fact two times larger with the standard sky plus box at 80GB and the HD at 160GB of recording time and the sharper picture for which i would not pay �10 a month for.