Sadly I've had little experience of High Def sports. I've seen a few matches on Sky Sports 1 in standard (shot in HD) and was impressed by the standard, likewise with some of the cricket. I'm not a rugby fan but watched about 10 mins of some of the matches on BBC HD and BBC1 out of interest on a mates Sky HD box. BBC1 was shockingly poor and rugby on BBC HD was a vast improvement.
Yesterday's match picture-wise was disappointing. The picture was not crisp, a few extra details were visible like the stripes on WBA shirts and the crowd looked better but disappointing. TBH the picture on SS1 SD Barnsley v Cardiff looks better
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