just moved from virgin media to sky

[gazzajamerson]

Have had virgin media for a while now. Had there xl package with a v+ box.

There bband is awsom with a 20meg dload speed. But there tv is average at best. tends to freeze alot and they only have 6 hd channels.

Also virgins customer service is piss poor.

So i took the plunge today whilst out shooping and got the sky hd + box free with a £30 install. Sky world package with all there hd channels for £58 pm.

Anyone know how big the hdd is on the sky+ hd box?

Also do they have many hd channels and are sky movies and sports on hd at 720 or 1080p?

Cheers

 

[Griff]

Anyone know how big the hdd is on the sky+ hd box?

300gig. 140 of that reserved for Anytime.

are sky movies and sports on hd at 720 or 1080p?

1080i

 

[gazzajamerson]

cheers griff, Whats the difference between 1080p and 1080i?

 

[JR]

1080i = 720p iirc.

 

[Jason_E]

1080i is the same as 720p essentially. The difference is very fine.

 

[Mike_182]

1080i = 720p iirc.

1080i is half a frame changing every frame if you get me - given that 1080p is usually 1080p25, it's no better than 1080i.

 

[Mike_182]

1080i is the same as 720p essentially. The difference is very fine.

No it's not. You've got 1920x1080 resolution on 1080i still, but it's interlaced.

 

[McBunny]

No it's not. You've got 1920x1080 resolution on 1080i still, but it's interlaced.

except when its displayed the tv re combines it to progressive as hdtv's cant do interlaced

 

[Mike_182]

Well, yeah, but to all intents and purposes it's still 1080i.

 

[Dink]

i always thought 1080i is only really 540p as it only updates every other line when it refreshes a frame

 

[McBunny]

i always thought 1080i is only really 540p as it only updates every other line when it refreshes a frame

nope lol
1080 i or p is 1080 but it shows 60 or 50 frames per second instead of 25 or 30

lcd/plasma cant show interlaced pictures they de-interlace them into a progressive picture to display them


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinterlacing

 

[Dink]

so there is a device in an lcd that bulks up the 1080i picture to give a 1080p signal to the screen?

 

[McBunny]

there is in every hd tv or tv that is capable of showing a progressive picture it doesnt bulk it up it just combines the 2 frames back to their original single frame