HD TV advice

[steveo]

I have a Sony Bravia HD ready telly, cable and a Tivo box. There is a lead going from the HDMI socket on the Tivo to the TV, yet I'm not seeing HDTV, unless it's so crap I can't tell the difference.

Que?

[StraferJack]

what channels are you watching? maybe they are the SD versions of the channel

[*Bob*]

Are you watching HD channels - ie BBC1 HD rather than BBC1 old-stylee?

On our box BBC1 S(tandard) D(ef) = channel 1, BBC1HD = channel 101

102 = BBCHD (which is some of BBC2 plus some other BBC stuff)

103 - ITVHD

104 = C4 HD

Most of the rest of the channels are not broadcast in HD yet (and a lot of them probably never will be.

Jonathan Dimbleby's chest hair is most alarming in HD.

[steveo]

I am fairly stupid but yes I am watching channels with HD written after their name.

Perhaps the mince pies are the problem

[*Bob*]

Sounds like you've done all you can.

Personally I think you need a telly over a certain size to see all the benefits of HD clearly.

[steveo]

32 inch no good?

[*Bob*]

Too small to get the full benefit I would say.. depending on how close you sit.

It should still look better though!

[steveo]

If I were rash enough to invest the wife's money in a new TV, what would you suggest?

[????]

steveo Wrote:

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> If I were rash enough to invest the wife's money

> in a new TV, what would you suggest?

Flowers, chocolates, multi-apologies and a period of quiet contemplative celebacy

[El Pibe]

Is it definitely full HD, rather than HD ready, ie 1080p?

If not then the benefit is limited.

Also some HD channels really aren't much to write home about and some programmes look better than others.

BBC HD should look at least pretty crisp and their nature shows should make your eyes bleed a bit with the clarity, if not something is wrong in your setup somewhere along the chain.

[*Bob*]

steveo Wrote:

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> If I were rash enough to invest the wife's money

> in a new TV, what would you suggest?

A giant Panasonic plasma.

[steveo]

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> Flowers, chocolates, multi-apologies and a period

> of quiet contemplative celebacy

She gets at least two of those already

[pablogrande]

The resolution on the TiVo box may be set too low, there should be somewhere in the setup menu a way to change this. If tv I'd hd ready set it to 720p if it's full HD then 1080p there also maybe a setting for auto which will pick up your tvs highest resolution. If you leave the tv on and pull out the hdmi when the TiVo box is on, when you plug the hdmi back in most tvs flash up the resolution in the corner momentarily