Virgin Media upgrade to HD box

[tom2b]

Till recently, I have used an old 32"Panasonic CRT TV on Virgin media cable (SD)box, and found the picture quality''very acceptable'.

I have now bought a Samsung UE37EH5000, and unsurprisingly the picture quality ranges from poor to acceptable~this is supposed to have Freesat HD, but this presumably is not routed through the VM box.

The answer to this seems to be to get a VM HD box, and I will then enjoy fabulous HD quality.....?!, or are there any other considerations??

 

[laserman16]

Well, if you want to use the Freesat HD tuner installed in the TV you will need a Satellite dish put up and connect the TV direct to that.

 

[hammill]

Till recently, I have used an old 32"Panasonic CRT TV on Virgin media cable (SD)box, and found the picture quality''very acceptable'.

I have now bought a Samsung UE37EH5000, and unsurprisingly the picture quality ranges from poor to acceptable~this is supposed to have Freesat HD, but this presumably is not routed through the VM box.

The answer to this seems to be to get a VM HD box, and I will then enjoy fabulous HD quality.....?!, or are there any other considerations??

Surely the answer is to get a satellite dish and tell Virgin you don't need to pay them anything.

 

[laserman16]

🙂 Beaten to it. 🙂

 

[tom2b]

Thanks for reply guys,

Was Really looking for confirmation that if I upgrade to an HD box, that I will then have an improvement in picture quality, both for SD channels and HD channels. ..?

 

[laserman16]

Well, you did also ask "or are there any other considerations??" 🙂

 

[f1only]

Thanks for reply guys,

Was Really looking for confirmation that if I upgrade to an HD box, that I will then have an improvement in picture quality, both for SD channels and HD channels. ..?

The SD channels will be upscaled by the box & the HD channels can be output up to 1080i

 

[Anonymous]

If you want HD, get Sky. Far better choice of HD channels than Freesat or Virgin.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi. I'm thinking about buying the 37" Eh5000 and was wondering if you recommend it?

 

[bigboss]

I bought the 32" EH5000 for my sister-in-law. It's a brilliant TV for the price. I was gobsmacked at the performance after tweaking the settings a bit.