HDMI

[runner05]

hello every 1.

ok im looking to buy a hidef tv in the next few weeks, my question is about HDMI

i know at the moment there is no HDMI lead for teh xbox 360 but im sue there will be soon. my question is would i get a beter picture though

componant
HDMI
vga

[Thrush]

HDMI and DVI offer the best image reproduction.

i tink you ned to chec wot you tipe b4 u sen dit.

[willyboy]

Nah, e iz frm london innit

[kracken]

hello every 1.

ok im looking to buy a hidef tv in the next few weeks, my question is about HDMI

i know at the moment there is no HDMI lead for teh xbox 360 but im sue there will be soon. my question is would i get a beter picture though

componant
HDMI
vga

you wont be able to tell

[Goldberg]

HDMI simply combines sound and video mate. You will see no difference.

SKY HD is going to utilise HDMI so get one that has Component and HDMI, I did

[steve10574]

sky hd is also going to be £400 for the box and a extra £10 a month subs robbing barstards

[Goldberg]

Oh well, thats the PS3 deffo not getting bought now!! I will get Sky HD on release day

[steve10574]

well you will save yourself £99 quid i guess

[runner05]

i think the extra £10 is only if u aint got the full package, same as sky+, i think i will wait coz 400 is loads and at start most channels wont support it

[Goldberg]

After dishing out over £3k for my system, and with the sports and movies getting HD on Sky first (Which is the channels I watch the most) £400 seems ok I suppose. I will utilise it and to be honest £400 for a Sky HD with Sky+ recorder, something that is used every single day, then on comparison to an Xbox 360 it is cheap as chips.

[steve10574]

i guess i am just hoping that sky customers will get some sort of deal or i wont be happy not that they will care!! lol

[runner05]

im asuming signal quality will also effect the picture quality alot, atm i get a ok picture with my sky+ box but if look closely at the tv u can see that there is a blur.

i might get the box( might beeing proberly will lol) i can understand what your saying about using it every day, lets just hope sky give a deal and not " brand new customers only"

[kracken]

i guess i am just hoping that sky customers will get some sort of deal or i wont be happy not that they will care!! lol

they never have done , ive been with them from 1989

[EvilBoB]

HDMI = Digital video and audio signal
DVI = HDMI without the audio signal
Component/VGA = Analogue signal

People say you can tell the difference but I have tried all of these and can't see it myself. Maybe with MUCH higher resolutions it will be noticable but for resolutions up to 1080i you just can't tell the difference. Maybe 1080p will change that.

[runner05]

so bob do i get a tv now or wait for 1080p

[oE]

HDMI simply combines sound and video mate. You will see no difference.

SKY HD is going to utilise HDMI so get one that has Component and HDMI, I did

Sky Have said that the first batch of HD boxes will also have component after allot of complaining from customers.

oE.

[oE]

by the time you wait for a 1080p telly at a resonable price the next standard will be on the horizon :-/

oE.

[Goldberg]

Very True. 720p will be fine thanks.

[EvilBoB]

I'm holding out but a lot of that is that I already have 2 HD-ready displays so I'm not in a rush. I'd say don't spend a ridiculous amount on what you buy now as in a years time you may regret it but like the other posts say for the 360 720p is fine

[Goldberg]

The next Gen of TV's will probably be '2k'. That is a format used now in Movies, and now '4k' has been introduced

'2k' is currently 1556p which is twice as good as 720p obviously. The resoulution used is 2048x1556 so I would expect those TV's are a long long way off! Our CRT broadcast monitors at work cost in the region of £20-£30k and there only 21" and weigh a metric ton (lol)!!

Native HD in the Movie industry is 1920x1080p and I would expect a HD TV with that resolution is a way off too. But I could be wrong.