hi, i'm going for a new tv tomorrow, tv i'm going for says in product features section, HD Ready YES, Full HD NO. what is the difference between the two?

Thanks in advance

HD ready means that it will have a minimum of 720 lines whereas full HD will have 1080 lines.

Full HD does not mean it's a better TV as full HD is only any better if you sit close enough for the given TV size and for the same price and TV size a plain HD ready is likely to be better quality than a full HD (though not necessarily so).

If you want further advice on what to go for you need to state your TV size and viewing distance.

Also depends what you're going to be feeding it.

Unless you have a 1080p source, you won't benefit any from having full HD over HD ready.

My TV is an HD ready only one and it's never been a problem. My main viewing is Sky HD (which is not 1080p), an Xbox 360 (most games are not 1080p) and a laptop which is only powerfull enough to play 720p files (so again, not 1080p).

If you plan on getting a PS3 or bluray player to watch a lot of bluray films, 1080p is more worth considering.

If you sit close enough you will get a benefit from a 1080 line display with a 1080i source just as you will from a 1080p source. The key to what resolution you need is how close you sit compared to the TV size not whether the source is interlaced or progressive.

Of course if you have a 1080p source then it makes sense to have a TV that will accept 1080p signals even if the TV doesn't have a 1080 line display.

its this one i'm getting http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/stor...rmationSection It’s only for Sky+ viewing really, but after the digital switchover and if Sky has a price crash. I would consider getting SkyHD, it’s just so I have the proper equipment when this happens. Will skyHD ever broadcast in 1080 lines, if sky does do this, will it look ok on a 720 line HDTV?

Thanks and sorry for all the questions

All SkyHD transmissions are in 1080i, as they always have been - this was the standard agreed by the European broadcasters.

Very few sets are 720 pixels, most HD Ready sets are 768 pixels - anything HD Ready will work fine on either 1080i or 720P, it's part of the HD Ready spec.

Digital Switchover won't affect Sky. DSO afects Terrestrial TV only. Sky already is digital.

And in any case according to Ofcom figures DTT exceeds Pay Satellite (which may include non Sky satellite services) by a few % points

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/...008_q2/q2_2008

So I doubt DSO will make a great deal of difference to Sky. What may have more impact is if Freesat takes off in the same way Freeview did and starts eating into Sky's subscriber base in a significant way.

Oh and since your TV has DTT tuner built in you can either receive Freeview already or are ready for it when it does come if you can't recieve it at the moment.

But that only applies if you have an aerial connected. if you don't then DSO isn't going to have any impact on you.