Just bought my first HD TV

Trotter

Hi all,

I just bought a 42" HD TV and first off Im well impressed with it!!

Just wondering.. I have NTL so I've read that I'll need to wait until the end of the year before having HD quality coming through from them.

Until then, to watch anything at all in HD, will I need a HD DVD Player and new HD DVDs??

Im guessing thats another €250 ish for the player and then whatever else for the DVDs?

What have I done... ?

Del2005

Trotter wrote:

Hi all,

I just bought a 42" HD TV and first off Im well impressed with it!!

Just wondering.. I have NTL so I've read that I'll need to wait until the end of the year before having HD quality coming through from them.

Until then, to watch anything at all in HD, will I need a HD DVD Player and new HD DVDs??

Im guessing thats another €250 ish for the player and then whatever else for the DVDs?

What have I done... ?

Dream on. Your looking at over EUR600 for a player, or buy as PS3/Xbox360.

Trotter

Del2005 wrote:

Dream on. Your looking at over EUR600 for a player, or buy as PS3/Xbox360.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=326269

This one's €400.. The one I was looking at originally was a HDD.. thats where I got mixed up.

Sideshow Mark

Get an Upscaling DVD player, they aren't as good as HD/BR players, but are much better than a regular player. It will play all your existing DVD's, and only cost around €120.

SteM

Sideshow Mark wrote:

Get an Upscaling DVD player, they aren't as good as HD/BR players, but are much better than a regular player. It will play all your existing DVD's, and only cost around €120.

Yup, I'd agree with this. I picked this up while back although I think there's a newer version (the 5980) available for about €80 from Pixmania now. There's a noticable difference even in normal DVDs upscaled on my Tosh 37" LCD. It'll do me until HD sources come down in price.

watty

An upscalling DVD player is a waste of money as it the HD TV is any use for regular TV it already does just as good or better upscaling.

HD on NTL could be a few years away. it's barely on Satelitte.

Blu Ray seems to be the winning format, get an PS3?

Trotter

watty wrote:

HD on NTL could be a few years away. it's barely on Satelitte.

According to the head fella in UPC, HD will be on NTL Digital by the end of the year. Believe it if you wish

watty

Yes, but there is little content for next few years.

User45701

Trotter wrote:

Hi all,

I just bought a 42" HD TV and first off Im well impressed with it!!

Just wondering.. I have NTL so I've read that I'll need to wait until the end of the year before having HD quality coming through from them.

Until then, to watch anything at all in HD, will I need a HD DVD Player and new HD DVDs??

Im guessing thats another €250 ish for the player and then whatever else for the DVDs?

What have I done... ?

http://www.kompustore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=430

HD 1080p DVD player for 100, good deal im getting it, as for HD DVD's themselves go to amazon and type into search HD and then it will bring up a list of every DVD in HD, i ordered serenity and v for vendetta a few min ago

dave13

User45701 wrote:

http://www.kompustore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=430

HD 1080p DVD player for 100, good deal im getting it, as for HD DVD's themselves go to amazon and type into search HD and then it will bring up a list of every DVD in HD, i ordered serenity and v for vendetta a few min ago

Thats not a HD DVD Player, its a DVD player with a HDMI output. It won't play HD DVD's, only normal DVD's

Mossy Monk

User45701 wrote:

i ordered serenity and v for vendetta a few min ago

You might want to cancel those. That's not a HD-DVD player.

vinnyor

Sideshow Mark wrote:

Get an Upscaling DVD player, they aren't as good as HD/BR players, but are much better than a regular player. It will play all your existing DVD's, and only cost around €120.

This HDD recorder upscales everything to 1080, including any TV channels you run through it. I run my NTL box through it into a HD TV and the picture is much better than the standard didge picture. Don't know if you can get one without the speakers to do the same thing though.

SteM

Yup, there's this.

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/551931/art/panasonic/dmr-ex77-dvd-player-recor.html#avisconso

Sideshow Mark

vinnyor wrote:

This HDD recorder upscales everything to 1080, including any TV channels you run through it.

And its about €300 more than the original poster wanted to spend. Seriously, am I the only one who actually bothers to read all the posts in the thread before replying?

Anyway, that Phillips Upscaling DVD mentioned a few posts up (the 5980) is only €99 in the Phillips Store in Dublin (Dame St) an extra €40 should see you set with a decent enough HDMI cable. Probably much cheaper online. They give a good picture when compared to SD and they're very easy to make region free.

vinnyor

Sideshow Mark wrote:

And its about €300 more than the original poster wanted to spend. Seriously, am I the only one who actually bothers to read all the posts in the thread before replying?

Anyway, that Phillips Upscaling DVD mentioned a few posts up (the 5980) is only €99 in the Phillips Store in Dublin (Dame St) an extra €40 should see you set with a decent enough HDMI cable. Probably much cheaper online. They give a good picture when compared to SD and they're very easy to make region free.

Well, actually, if you read his post correctly, nowhere does he mention what he wanted to spend. He said he 'guessed' it would be around €250, not a limit is it? Seriously...

Also, the Philips upscaler is fine if you just want your DVD's to be upscaled. The LG player can upscale everything you watch. Worth the extra few bob in my opinion.

SteM wrote:

Yup, there's this.

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/551931...html#avisconso

Cheers for that, might let my bro know, he's looking for one thats not a home cinema system like mine.