Hi All,

Want to understand the best options for receiving HDTV. SKY is expensive so want to understand what other options there are at the moment out there. Has anyone tried any of these internet satellite tv sites?

What is my best option?

Any info greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

You won't be able to get HDTV over the internet, it needs way too much bandwidth, even for 720p

Sky or NTL are your only options afaik.

Hmm surely all you need is a HD capable receiver?

My mate has a motorised Satellite dish - with a Humax tuner and he programs his card from the internet - gets every station in the world except Sky

Surely with a HD-TV capable receiver you could do the same - you'd just lose the SKY channels, unless you wanted to hack them - or pay for an out of uk service?

HTH

Save your money.... build the car!

Cheers,
James

The BBC HD channels and maybe a few others can be received with an HD compatible reciever, bit like a freeview box.

They are at least £150 maybe £200 though, so not that cheap. But no subscription, although all the decent HD stuff (Movies/Sports) is on Sky.

At the moment there's very little HD programming, even from HD sources. At the moment, free to air HD is a small scale trial in London. It's unlikely to become widespread until after the analogue signal has been switched off, as they'll need that extra bandwidth. Unless you're really keen to be an early adopter, I'd wait. There's just not enough being transmitted to make it worth switching IMO.

If you want an HDTV, make sure the one you choose looks OK with normal terrestrial broadcasts - some non-HD pictures actually look worse on an HD TV.

HTH,


Vince

Cheers guys this helps me as I didn't realize there is so little out there at the moment. The picture on some HDTV certainly does look worse than on a normal telly.

Steve