Why is Sky Hd not 1080p?

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As an avid home cinema fan and therefore owner of both blu-ray and sky hd, i came to wonder why sky hd is not 1080p? With the current attention turning to full hd tvs [ this months cover feature ] and sky increasing the amount of hd channels it broadcasts [ compared to other digital services ], will 1080p become the norm?

 

[daveh75]

Bandwidth! the same reason it only carries 5.1 DolbyD opposed to HD audio formats.

 

[Andrew Everard]

1080p takes up a lot more bandwidth, and that means less space for more channels.

 

[Anonymous]

What about Virgin...assume not 1080p either but thought there may be more potential here due to cable.

Is it worth even getting full hd if most HD signals are hd ready?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Gavin C:What about Virgin...assume not 1080p either but thought there may be more potential here due to cable.

No, it's 1080i

Gavin C: Is it worth even getting full hd if most HD signals are hd ready?

Well, there's always Blu-ray...

 

[D.J.KRIME]

Gavin C:

Is it worth even getting full hd if most HD signals are hd ready?

There is also the benifit that with a Full HD pannel the TV only has to de-interlace the image giving a pixel-pixel image rather than also having to down-scale the image as well, so you should get a sharper image on a Full Hd set over that of a HD Ready one.