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Shaun
09-12-2013, 06:26 PM
Since there're two threads about the new BBC ones... it dawned on me that although we have HD, I never really bother to put them on :shrug: easier to remember 101 or 103 for the basics.

AnnieK
09-12-2013, 06:29 PM
We always watch the HD channels, particularly for sport....

reece(:
09-12-2013, 06:29 PM
Have a few of them but prefer just the normal channels, less hassle.. and I can't really tell the difference.

Ammi
09-12-2013, 06:30 PM
..yeah I do but it does use up a lot of memory/space if you record the HD one though...which is why most of mine get deleted before I've watched them/sore point....

King Gizzard
09-12-2013, 06:31 PM
Not really, i've only started to watch BBCHD and ITVHD, but I never record programs on HD cus it takes so much space, and we don't have a HD package. I'm fine with normal quality...when is it going to be the norm to have HD so that companies stop charging extra for it? Ridiculous


Say if you record an XF program it takes up 3-4% sometimes, whereas if it's normal quality it is 1% on my box

Jordan.
09-12-2013, 06:31 PM
I hate watching anything in standard since getting HD, it looks blurry.

smeagol
09-12-2013, 06:32 PM
i have a hd tv but no idear what channels are hd or not. i haven't noticed any. i dont really watch bbc there shows suck.
waste of time really not a lot is hd. not much difference anyway

MTVN
09-12-2013, 06:34 PM
At home I don't have HD ans always thought 'ah how different can it be' but at Uni we do have it for our telly so I always use it, makes everything so much more vivid

fingers
09-12-2013, 06:38 PM
It is totally absurd to have to pay an additional fee to watch HD programmes and another additional fee for 3D, Only in the UK can they get away with that. If the government could put a "Green" tax on TV they would!

Locke.
09-12-2013, 06:53 PM
Always watch them, find it hard watching non-HD channels now.

My mum and brother don't really bother though, it's just me.

joe199998293
09-12-2013, 07:05 PM
We always watch them in HD, its easier. When we got our sky+HD box, all the HD channels replaced the old channels, like BBC1 was replaced by BBC1HD on channel 101 so we don't have to go searching for it,

Gstar
09-12-2013, 07:26 PM
I think my dad paid extra for channels 1-5 in HD with sky so I always have to use HD when I watch something on there, what's the point in paying for HD when you're not gonna use it

Me. I Am Salman
18-12-2013, 09:41 AM
Yes because standard looks blurry

Cherie
18-12-2013, 09:50 AM
Have a few of them but prefer just the normal channels, less hassle.. and I can't really tell the difference.

I'm the same.

smudgie
18-12-2013, 09:54 AM
No, too lazy to bother.

We might be more adventurous with our new telly.

I can just imagine the pair of us sat here with or 3D glasses on :laugh:

Jemal
18-12-2013, 10:41 AM
Yea. Its come to a point were if i miss something on a HD channel which is then available an hour later on +1, i won't watch it. Due to it not being hd lol.

arista
18-12-2013, 10:42 AM
Since there're two threads about the new BBC ones... it dawned on me that although we have HD, I never really bother to put them on :shrug: easier to remember 101 or 103 for the basics.


Shaun its better for your eyes.

Jordan.
18-12-2013, 10:43 AM
Yea. Its come to a point were if i miss something on a HD channel which is then available an hour later on +1, i won't watch it. Due to it not being hd lol.

lmao I'm the same

arista
18-12-2013, 10:44 AM
I hate watching anything in standard since getting HD, it looks blurry.



is it connected by HDMI cable?

arista
18-12-2013, 10:46 AM
I'm the same.


Massive
on 1080i HD there is no grain

Better for your eyes


If connected by a scart it will not work

Jordan.
18-12-2013, 10:47 AM
is it connected by HDMI cable?

Of course

arista
18-12-2013, 10:49 AM
Of course


Well then its better in HD
put the i button up to make sure you are watching a HD show.

Last night on ITV4HD was Chris Eubanks in HD
clear - no grain.


tonight ITV1HD 9PM its the final Lucan
in HD its bliss

Jordan.
18-12-2013, 10:50 AM
Well then its better in HD
put the i button up to make sure you are watching a HD show.

Last night on ITV4HD was Chris Eubanks in HD
clear - no grain.

I am watching HD. I meant the none HD channels look blurry http://i.imgur.com/i2BFVD2.png

arista
18-12-2013, 10:53 AM
I am watching HD. I meant the none HD channels look blurry http://i.imgur.com/i2BFVD2.png


Yes no grain


HD is better for you eyes



Shaun is a Lazy Sod

GiRTh
18-12-2013, 11:05 AM
Not really. Most of the terrestrial channels dont broadcast in HD all the time so I think its a bit of a waste of time. The Sky HD channels are good but too expensive for me.

arista
18-12-2013, 11:20 AM
Not really. Most of the terrestrial channels dont broadcast in HD all the time so I think its a bit of a waste of time. The Sky HD channels are good but too expensive for me.



They do now all Free
all new dramas , thrillers are done in HD

BBC3HD
BBC4HD
ITV1HD
BBC2HD
BBCNewsHD
RTHD
BBC1HD
Ch4HD
Ch5HD

GiRTh
18-12-2013, 11:31 AM
BBC3 and 4 are not in HD. BBC are too cheap to convert those3 channels.

arista
18-12-2013, 11:34 AM
BBC3 and 4 are not in HD. BBC are too cheap to convert those3 channels.


They are Now

changed last Tuesday
on all systems
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=241626

Last night on BBC4HD it was a HD docu

GiRTh
18-12-2013, 11:59 AM
Really? I dont think people will appreciate their license fee money being spent on a HD channel that no one is watching, but after further investigation it appears to be true. I can see this becoming a bit of a problem.,