grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Well I know a few channels have been so far, but from tomorrow there's about 70 channels going HD on Skyperfectv. So for people who have it and a hd tv, might be worth a change of package. Pretty much all of the movie/drama channels that we probably watch from time to time (AXN, Fox, Super, movies channels etc) but curiously not BBC or CNN. Anyway thought I would just mention it. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 hmm, you mean which one? E2 or regular sky? They broadcast from different satellites, the one I have shows BS+CS and has some HD channels. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 And don't forget discovery HD as well as National geographic too! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 The regular original Skyperfect service (not e2). With this change, Skyperfect is by far the best if you have a setup that gives you a choice. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 But I imagine original sky reciever cannot handle HDTV, so I think you must buy a new reciever (not dish). Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Will Columbo look much different in HD? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 my wife always says.... Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Got a question about this lot. e2 is really easy to record from as it uses the same satellite/whatever as BS. So the digital records pretty much come with at least 1 of those tuners in them. I can understand how Skyperfect uses a different satellite, but why don't makes pack the tuner into the machines like the bs one? It's inconvenient and makes it more difficult to record. I find the whole sky/e2 setup pretty confusing in general actually. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I have wondered that too. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 As e2 shares the same dish as BS, which is in most of the machines, I presume that's the reason. Funny thing is, e2 and skyperfect are actually the same company but it is fairly complicated. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 it used to be (relatively) simple: - e2 = 'the new one with bs/cs on one dish, and some HD channels' - skyperfect = 'the old one with no HD and more channels' then came hikari to confuse you more, and now they are blurring the lines yet again - ARRRGGHH! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Here's my summary for the moment skyperfect is best as most of the decent channels are now in hd. BUT you are more restricted in recording/viewing, by that I mean with e2 and the 2 tuners in the machines you could be taping two at the same time or watching one and recording another. with just the one external tuner you are limited to the one at a time and when it's recording you can't watch another. Now in reality though you can time it to avoid any time clashes and it's not as if most people watch it THAT much. It's just of those small niggling minuses that you got to live with along with the pluses ... why does there always seem to be some minus? Link to post Share on other sites
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