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Originally Posted by ahardie
If the people I know are anything to go by they are connecting their shiny new HD tv's to their existing boxes by scart and are quite happy with the resulting pq.
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I have got to agree.
I needed a new TV.
I wanted wide screen and it just so happened to be HD ready.
I find it enhances SD very nicely and I am very happy with the PQ.
Due to, for my tastes, the lack of content and high prices for HD I have never even considered it. I am with Sky and am extremely happy with the Sky+ .
Of course now that Freesat with HD promising excellent reception for 98% has been launched or is at least imminent I may have to reconsider my position.
Another possibility may be that Sky may reduce the price for their HD box and waive the monthly surcharge. They will have to do something or I feel their will be a positive surge of defectors.
VM of course do not have the option of reducing the monthly charge for HD as they don't have a charge or any HD of any note. The only thing they can do is waive the £75.00 connection charge for a V+. Not much of an inducement for any HD hungry punters.
I think If Freesat hurts Sky it will devastate VM. But then maybe Neil is right and people don't want HD, even for free? We will see very shortly.