RE: LCD TV

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Who knows what HD is - mebe Sky will decide when they launch
> HD - if they call it HD, then it will become HD - wether they
> dot the i's or dot the p's :-) Surely they will only do 720p
> because of bandwidth ? They may say thats enough for them to
> be able to say it's HD.

What Sky are doing is already pretty well defined and allows for both 720p
and 1080i.

See :

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds19617.html

Or from the horses mouth:

http://hd.sky.com/

Although I do like the well faded out footnotes under their example
graphics
that say "Images used are for illustration purposes only and are not
actual
representations of the difference in picture quality between SD and
HD"

>
> Mebe in 3 years time, we will get Sky1080 for even more money !

For a specific answer to this question:

"WHAT FORMAT WILL SKY'S HDTV SYSTEM USE?
. Sky 's HDTV broadcasting system and HDTV receiver will support two HDTV
formats:

- 720 / P / 50 (Progressively Scanned picture)

- 1080 / I / 25 (Interlaced picture)

. Sky believes the progressively scanned picture format is better suited
for
the delivery and viewing of HD content on large screen, flat panel displays
(mostly plasma or LCD) that are increasingly available in electrical and
specialist retailers. However, Sky does accept that for some types of
programming, the higher screen resolution offered by the 1080 Interlaced
format may be preferable."

Phil