HD Espn/Sky Sports

[sjc]

During the free ESPN weekend I noticed how much much better the ESPN HD pic was compared with Sky Sports HD( I'm talking football generally).Is it known to be a stronger signal or something else? Was wathcning through a 60" kuro via Sky if that's relevant?

[FunkyGibbon]

I agree, ESPN HD and Eurosport HD usually look far better than Sky Sports HD.

Oz Open tennis looks stunning.

Edited by FunkyGibbon on Wednesday 27th January 09:00

[im]

Yep - I have to agree - I've been underwhelmed by the HD picture from Sky Sports channels since I got HD a month ago.

Last night I flicked between Sky Sports 2 & Sky Sports 2 HD whilst watching the Spurs v Fulham match and could barely tell the difference. There *IS* a difference but Sky's promotion of it as "Majestic HD" is, frankly, a load of cobblers.

Films, Cartoons and even BBC dramas (Being Human) etc appear to show the difference between HD & non-HD far more.

[Alfahorn]

I also agree.

I watch a lot of Italian football, the picture quality on ESPN is far superior. Although I dothink Sky One HD is very good and is on a par with 4HD and BBC HD.

I may well consider a return to VTV at the end of my Sky contract as I also like their On Demand service.

[aberdeeneuan]

That's interesting, I've got Virgin and the quality of the Sky football in SD on it is much poorer than ESPN in SD, ESPN in HD is fantastic though.