old.user4556
Has a sexy sister. I am also a Bodhi wannabee.
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Well,
Freesat launched in mid-2008, I was an early adopter as I'm not that big into TV but was looking to get maybe 5 to 10 decent HD channels (eventually): BBC HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD, E4 HD with maybe BBC 2 HD and News 24 HD down the line. Two years on and still a fucking pawltry selection of two channels, just two!!. Even then, BBC HD just shows rehashed shite most of the time.
So, you can expect my excitement when I FINALLY heard this morning that the rest of ITV's mediocre channels were going to be available in HD, it got me thinking that the BBC would follow suit and I'd get my "5 to 10 channels". But no, they're going to be exclusive to Sky just like Channel 4 HD and E4 HD (also available on Virgin). Well suck my cock.
Q&A: ITV's new HD channels | This is Money
What is / was the fucking point in Freeview HD or Freesat HD? A total white elephant. I'm just tired of the utterly botched HD TV situation and I feel like a mug for buying into it early. I'm not angry at Sky, I guess if you want good HD TV, you need to pay for it. I just wish Murdoch would buy out the Beeb, scrap the licence fee and if you want TV you can get a basic Sky package for licence-fee-per-month money but with some decent HD content on "basic channels".
(...then there is the downloadable content angle which I am all for given the quality of the 720p downloads I've seen lately...)
Thoughts?
Freesat launched in mid-2008, I was an early adopter as I'm not that big into TV but was looking to get maybe 5 to 10 decent HD channels (eventually): BBC HD, ITV HD, Channel 4 HD, E4 HD with maybe BBC 2 HD and News 24 HD down the line. Two years on and still a fucking pawltry selection of two channels, just two!!. Even then, BBC HD just shows rehashed shite most of the time.
So, you can expect my excitement when I FINALLY heard this morning that the rest of ITV's mediocre channels were going to be available in HD, it got me thinking that the BBC would follow suit and I'd get my "5 to 10 channels". But no, they're going to be exclusive to Sky just like Channel 4 HD and E4 HD (also available on Virgin). Well suck my cock.
Q&A: ITV's new HD channels | This is Money
What is / was the fucking point in Freeview HD or Freesat HD? A total white elephant. I'm just tired of the utterly botched HD TV situation and I feel like a mug for buying into it early. I'm not angry at Sky, I guess if you want good HD TV, you need to pay for it. I just wish Murdoch would buy out the Beeb, scrap the licence fee and if you want TV you can get a basic Sky package for licence-fee-per-month money but with some decent HD content on "basic channels".
(...then there is the downloadable content angle which I am all for given the quality of the 720p downloads I've seen lately...)
Thoughts?