Buying a new TV?
I am in the process of buying one of those new slim widescreen televisions. However, I am a bit confused about some of the terminology they use these days. For example, is it essential to buy a HD TV? What about a tv with a digital logo. What is the difference between the two? Also, the government is saying that it will be changing to digital from analogue within the next few years. So does that mean I must buy a HD or digital tv? What happens if I buy an ordinary wide screen tv? Would I miss out on tv programmes?
Finally, if I buy a HD TV, would I need to buy another dvd player? At present, I subscribe to sky. With a HD TV would my subscription to sky increase? Would I need a new sky box?
Many Thanks in advance for your response
If you are buying a new tv there are basically two types of tvs out there hd and digital the first one is ready to accept hd signals as it has at least 1 hdmi socket incorporated in it the second type digital just means if you connect a digital source to it ai will work with it ie digital cable or standard sky. secondly if you buy either set you only need to subscribe to sky hd service if 1 you want to but you would need to purchase the hd ste as a digital one would not generally have the hdmi connexion fitted just a scart socket and to answer your question about the dvd recorder a standard one will work on either set but I would hang fire on the hd dvd recorder as they cant make their mind up about which format to use HDD or blue ray or another format and the recorders are anywhere between £500:00 and £1200:00 at present even the film industry dont know which format will win out a bit like the old betamax and vhs wars 20 years ago I hope this helps
Family Guy – Peter The Peacock (1080p HD)