Best TV for Sky HD box

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Have recently bought sky HD and need to upgrade my TV to 50" Plasma. Would like to know will full HD set give me any advantage when I use this as my primary source (combinaion of HD and SD programmes) or should I stick to HD ready?

 

[Andrew Everard]

An HD ready set will be perfectly adequate for Sky as it is at the moment, but a Full HD model might be a wise investment if you're considering a move to Blu-ray/HD DVD in the future.

There's also the slightest suggestion that TV might move on to 1080p at some point in the future, but any such service will be back-compatible with 720p/1080i-capable TVs, and one could chase future standards forever. There's already talk in the States of 1440p, which is beyond current Full HD screens.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Andrew, I'm in the market for a new TV and the Pioneer 4280XD is on my radar. However, in the light of your comments above about the wisdom of buying a Full HD model, I'm wondering whether I should look elsewhere? Any comment from you on this matter would be appreciated, ta!

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that Andrew. Sounds like HD ready is best for Sky viewing. However if I do aim to future-proof, is it true that images from the sky box will actually be inferior on a 1080p panel due to the need to upscale or whatever?