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Old 27-12-2016, 23:42
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What's SD and HD? Is it a bit like old money and new money? We have a basic colour Freeview telly which says it's "HD ready" but never understood what that means. Maybe when this mysterious HD starts it'll pick it up automatically then?
Colour, eh? Posh.

"HD Ready" just means that it's got enough pixels (1920x1080) to display HD channels, but the Freeview decoder doesn't pick them up. You can get Freesat, which is like Freeview but with a few HD channels. Or of course you could pay for Sky or whatever, or watch a Blu-Ray in HD.
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Old 27-12-2016, 23:48
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...Sorry, what I meant to say was you're such a moron! I'm off to start a thread about you.
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Old 28-12-2016, 00:05
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BBC1 is understandable, but you really wouldn't choose SD when you have HD available.
Some people who have eye conditions find SD easier on the eye and less likely to cause headaches.

This woman gave the OP life - complaining about her watching HER tv in SD is just silly.
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Old 28-12-2016, 00:57
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Could it be that she switched over in anticipation of the local news bulletin on BBC1, which isn't available in HD? Or perhaps she forgot to switch back after watching the local news.
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Old 28-12-2016, 04:28
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Most people dont really give a shit between sd and hd. I dont.....

Im watching bbc4 in sd right now. I dont have to, i just dont give a shit one way of the other...
Actually they do. Most people prefer to watch in HD over SD, that is why people buy HD tv's

This

I cannot see the difference
If you can't see the difference then you haven't seen anything in HD before. It's impossible not to see a difference.
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Old 28-12-2016, 06:44
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Back in my day we only had four channels and a bit of teletext to look at!
The other day I was watching an episode of Inspector Morse on ITV3 and someone found out about a murder using teletext, it made me feel all nostalgic.
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Old 28-12-2016, 07:14
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My brother is a professional video editor and reckons my ancient Panasonic widescreen CRT with Freeview PVR is as good as his modern HD edit suite screens.

Half the time they nick low-res footage from t'Internet anyway.


To comment on the moron mother scenario, my car can do 120mph. Most of the time, I choose not to to drive at that speed.
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Old 28-12-2016, 07:37
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I've had Virgin cable for years but only got an HD box a few months ago

I tend to still watch in SD because I know the channel numbers.............

to be fair though on Virgin cable I can't tell the difference between SD and HD.
I'm sure my mum does it for the same reason. But I know with SD, it's sometimes regional.
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Old 28-12-2016, 07:54
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The only time I bother with HD is for the footy or wild life, for most things the difference is marginal ~ anyway I never have space to record in HD.
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Old 28-12-2016, 08:13
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You young'uns are spoiled for choice. Living on the North Norfolk Coast, when intermissions were grainy windmills and we waited for booster stations, it was a gamble and atmospheric pressure that decided whether it was British or Dutch programmes we watched.
To the present. Many HD pictures from fixed studio cameras are rubbish. We made a mistake last year by buying a new TV and the latest DVD recorder that boasted 4K.
We waited anxiously a year for the £25 4K discs, to find our magic machine only streamed 4K. Anybody want a 4Kdisc?
Did you see the short BBC 4K transmission recently. It was stunning. Most of the streamed stuff is++++.
With regards the original contributor. Your mum should give you a good spanking for being disrespectful.
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Old 28-12-2016, 08:29
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What's SD and HD? Is it a bit like old money and new money? We have a basic colour Freeview telly which says it's "HD ready" but never understood what that means. Maybe when this mysterious HD starts it'll pick it up automatically then?
Colour, eh? Posh.

"HD Ready" just means that it's got enough pixels (1920x1080) to display HD channels, but the Freeview decoder doesn't pick them up. You can get Freesat, which is like Freeview but with a few HD channels. Or of course you could pay for Sky or whatever, or watch a Blu-Ray in HD.
There are some HD channels on freeview too.
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Old 28-12-2016, 08:30
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With these HD TV's why do they even come with SD? why are they not just HD?
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Old 28-12-2016, 08:59
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Because not all transmissions are HD?
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:37
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Why can't you just show her how to find the HD channels? How would your mother feel if she knew you'd made this thread about her?

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:47
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Back in my day we only had four channels and a bit of teletext to look at!
You were bloody lucky!! When I was young it was one channel, like looking through a snowstorm, with the picture doing flip flops. All this after 23 hrs down t' mine!! 😀
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:48
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Colour, eh? Posh.

"HD Ready" just means that it's got enough pixels (1920x1080) to display HD channels, but the Freeview decoder doesn't pick them up. You can get Freesat, which is like Freeview but with a few HD channels. Or of course you could pay for Sky or whatever, or watch a Blu-Ray in HD.
'HD Ready' usually means that the set can accept a 1080i input (such as HDTV over Freeview) but downscales it to 1336x768, which is the resolution of the screen. Most 'HD Ready' sets can decode and display the Freeview HD channels, but the resolution is just scaled down.

However most HD TV sets 32 inches or over and many smaller ones are now 'Full HD 1080p', which means they can offer the full resolution of broadcast HDTV without scaling as they have a resolution of 1920x1080, and can also accept 1080p inputs.
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:50
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SD is good enough for me. We used to get awful pictures in the past. These days, the television when I watch it is a lot more defined.
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:59
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She has a 42 inch plasma TV and a Virgin Media TiVo box, but is choosing to watch BBC One right now in SD rather than HD! What's the point in spending the money on such a big TV just to not watch HD when available to watch?
42 inch is big? I thought 50 felt tiny...
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:02
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It's the same old shit whether its in sd or hd.
This^^^^^
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:07
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If you can't tell the difference between HD and SD then the chances are you haven't set up your TV properly. Out of the box settings are generally quite poor.

There are a couple of sites out there which will give you good ballpark settings for your TV. You'll notice the improvement.
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:07
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42 inch is big? I thought 50 felt tiny...
Just bought a 50 this year. It's about the right size. It's a Samsung and I am very pleased with it.
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:10
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Thats the new feeling though. Months later it feels small. To me 50 feels like a 40.
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:21
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I've been in a house before where the same football match was being watched in 2 different rooms. One was in HD the other in SD and the HD was about 2-3 seconds behind the SD. I knew there was going to be a goal before it happened from the cheers coming through the wall.


I've had Virgin cable for years but only got an HD box a few months ago

I tend to still watch in SD because I know the channel numbers.............

to be fair though on Virgin cable I can't tell the difference between SD and HD.
Well the SD numbers are easier to remember. 101-105 for BBC 1, BBC 2 , ITV, Channel 4, and Five. Perfectly logical.

HD for the same channels is 108, 162, 113, 141, 150. That's all over the place. You'd think they could do something like 111-115, 151-155 or 901-905 for the HD versions but that would be too simple.
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:22
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Only way people should be watching SD now is when both the TV and there receivers do not have the HD channels. That and the local news on BBC1.
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Old 28-12-2016, 12:32
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To call your mother a moron is totally unacceptable. It is rude, disrespectful and insulting. Like others have said on here, 'tis you who is the moron. What has it got to do with you that you need to broadcast such a trivial matter to all on here? Grow up! 😬
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