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[doog]

Was chatting to SWMBO about going for Freesat.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/

We've got a Philips HDTV and this would be a one-off payment (rather than monthly with Sky). I fancy HDTV!  

Any thoughts?  

£300 for a box then the cost of a twin LNB dish, if you can get a box (we are still looking)

As I understand it, the £300 box is only if you want a recorder. £140 if you don't.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001001&langId=-1&searchTerms=freesat

If you just got a £140 box, could you still record onto a DVD recorder's HDD? (albeit non-High Definition).

Don't understand what a twin LNB dish is, Martin.  :-?

Could you enlighten me?

my local Tescos are selling sky plus hd boxes  pay once watch forever deals for 200 quid i seen them last night

Doug

[Martin_1962]

Was chatting to SWMBO about going for Freesat.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/

We've got a Philips HDTV and this would be a one-off payment (rather than monthly with Sky). I fancy HDTV!  

Any thoughts?  

£300 for a box then the cost of a twin LNB dish, if you can get a box (we are still looking)

As I understand it, the £300 box is only if you want a recorder. £140 if you don't.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001001&langId=-1&searchTerms=freesat

If you just got a £140 box, could you still record onto a DVD recorder's HDD? (albeit non-High Definition).

Don't understand what a twin LNB dish is, Martin.  :-?

Could you enlighten me?

my local Tescos are selling sky plus hd boxes  pay once watch forever deals for 200 quid i seen them last night

Doug

What about the rental for recording?

[Martin_1962]

Nope - you need a PVR to record it - I cannot see any point in buying anything which doesn't record.

It needs 2 or more LNB thingies

I bought something like this
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47174

Just need to find a PVR

Thanks, Martin. I'm enlightened!

I have just read up about the Humax PVR, here.

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/4717

They reckon on a 7-10 day lead time. I've read elsewhere that Freesat PVRs are in very short supply.

Argos had them in at 17:00

[doog]

Was chatting to SWMBO about going for Freesat.

http://www.freesat.co.uk/

We've got a Philips HDTV and this would be a one-off payment (rather than monthly with Sky). I fancy HDTV!  

Any thoughts?  

£300 for a box then the cost of a twin LNB dish, if you can get a box (we are still looking)

As I understand it, the £300 box is only if you want a recorder. £140 if you don't.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001001&langId=-1&searchTerms=freesat

If you just got a £140 box, could you still record onto a DVD recorder's HDD? (albeit non-High Definition).

Don't understand what a twin LNB dish is, Martin.  :-?

Could you enlighten me?

my local Tescos are selling sky plus hd boxes  pay once watch forever deals for 200 quid i seen them last night

Doug

What about the rental for recording?

I will pop back up tommorow morning and find out  
Doug

[Martin_1962]

See my PVR thread - Humax HDR is installed and working and BBC HD IS HD, but only 1080i rather than 1080p

[Mr Skrunts]

See my PVR thread - Humax HDR is installed and working and BBC HD IS HD, but only 1080i rather than 1080p

Whats the difference between i and p

[Martin_1962]

See my PVR thread - Humax HDR is installed and working and BBC HD IS HD, but only 1080i rather than 1080p

Whats the difference between i and p

Interlaced sends half a frame at a time
Progressive sends a whole frame

Interlacing was the first type of video compression

Halves the amount of data

[Mr Skrunts]

See my PVR thread - Humax HDR is installed and working and BBC HD IS HD, but only 1080i rather than 1080p

Whats the difference between i and p

Interlaced sends half a frame at a time
Progressive sends a whole frame

Interlacing was the first type of video compression

Halves the amount of data

I am starting to get confussed with it all.

Are there any sites that show all the abbreations  and standards etc.

[HerefordElite]

See my PVR thread - Humax HDR is installed and working and BBC HD IS HD, but only 1080i rather than 1080p

Whats the difference between i and p

Interlaced sends half a frame at a time
Progressive sends a whole frame

Interlacing was the first type of video compression

Halves the amount of data

I am starting to get confussed with it all.

Are there any sites that show all the abbreations  and standards etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p  

[Mr Skrunts]

So whats next in the way of resoloutions.

As yet I have put off the purchase of a new TV for various reasons.

LCD v Plasma debate
Screen standards
Moving home
and the main one being watching the prices plummet.

I am considering one for when I move in Feb/Mar but if there are any improvemnts on screen standards or technology on the way they I am prepared to wait for things to settle.  Also I will be buting a new console so unttill I have moved and unpacked properly I wont have time to relax and enjoy either.

[Martin_1962]

So whats next in the way of resoloutions.

As yet I have put off the purchase of a new TV for various reasons.

LCD v Plasma debate
Screen standards
Moving home
and the main one being watching the prices plummet.

I am considering one for when I move in Feb/Mar but if there are any improvemnts on screen standards or technology on the way they I am prepared to wait for things to settle.  Also I will be buting a new console so unttill I have moved and unpacked properly I wont have time to relax and enjoy either.

Full 1080P LCD will do you

[Mr Skrunts]

So whats next in the way of resoloutions.

As yet I have put off the purchase of a new TV for various reasons.

LCD v Plasma debate
Screen standards
Moving home
and the main one being watching the prices plummet.

I am considering one for when I move in Feb/Mar but if there are any improvemnts on screen standards or technology on the way they I am prepared to wait for things to settle.  Also I will be buting a new console so unttill I have moved and unpacked properly I wont have time to relax and enjoy either.

Full 1080P LCD will do you

Cheers Martin

Need to pick a tely then.

Originally I fancied a Panasonic Vierra, that stayed thesame choice when they advertised they were fitting freesat.  But most of thiers are plasma.

I dont want to drop under 42"

[Martin_1962]

Viera is a good TV still

[TheBoy]

Seen a freesat viera, suffered a little from artifacts, though unsure whether excessive compression used on freesat, or 'digital enhancements' which invariably are shite

[Banjax]

just noticed this thread while idly leafing through OOF - i just spent the last 2weeks looking for a shiny new TV and went through the whole LCD/plasma - opted for the Panasonic Viera TH42PZ80 42" plasma - due to a number of factors

1 I love watching sport and every LCD I've ever seen has pixel shadows trailing around (plasma has a way faster response time so a good one won't suffer)

2 Playing XBox - worried that plasmas burn - this isn't the case anymore - in fact in all the studies I've read (I had a fair bit of time on my hands) LCD suffers screen burn very very rarely and plasmas not at all nowadays

3 LCD TV's cant handle black (unless you're prepared to pay £££'s - even then the best LCD can't really match plasma)

anyway - the Viera makes XBox360 look stunning, movies off DVD look amazing - SKY+ looks OK - haven't got SKY HD yet or a blu-ray - but they'll be next (PS3 Santa - please)

very very happy- great set - recommend it to anyone - think I went too big tho - 40" would have been more than adequate - dont think there is a 40" Viera plasma tho