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My housemate can't though, claims not to be able to tell the difference.

It might be the new can-you-roll-your-tongue for the YouTube generation

Even on our shitty old TV you can instantly tell the difference between BBC One and BBC One HD - for football especially.

It looks shit, though, so you're not missing anything.

It doesn't bother me massively though, and since it does make an aesthetic difference, I wonder if people are going to start reverting to standard definition out of choice.

Maybe it's like dogs and colours or something.

Women genuinely can't see HD?

I keep showing here that clip on the BBC HD holding page where the ice drips but still... nothing.

I can usually tell best on graphics and text. Though the Premier League trophy in particular always looks spectacularly shiny on MOTD 2.

To me, watching 3D feels like what HD should be. I don't get things flying at me out of the screen, just a more vibrant image.

Not worth it at all.

we do have excellently clear reception though and a screen that makes everything look good

Mrs knees and the boys can apparently tell the difference

The rugby is HD is full on stunning

for example you're flicking through the channels and you catch a glimpse of 'Embarrassing Bodies' whilst having your tea. Not good.

get the channel. Do you have to pay extra for it?

with sports and wildlife programmes.

Some TV shows, not so much.

especially with sports/nature shows

Not much else

and shiny the food is - and Greg's bonce - in glorious HD.

so you might not be able to tell THAT much difference. But that's because it's not true SD you're comparing the HD to, not because HD isn't much better.

 "eh? there's no difference, pal."

My eyes w/ lenses are fine. Maybe it's their TV that's not been set up properly.

Which makes a movie look like watching VHS camcorder recordings of the rehersals for the movie while on ketamine

to say 800 x 600. Its the same thing; Double the number of lines.

BAM!!!

It's a dinosaur

makes the film/tv show look cheap - like it's been shot on local news cameras

dear everyone telling me my TV's not set up properly: MY BOYFRIEND CAN SEE IT. Unless he's lying to me. It is possible.

but personally I just cant see it yet

but i dont notice unless its pointed out to me.

''We comprehend... that nuclear power is a real danger for mankind, that over-crowding of the planet is the greatest danger of all. We have understood that the destruction of the environment is another enormous danger. But I truly believe that the lack of adequate imagery is a danger of the same magnitude. It is as serious a defect as being without memory. What have we done to our images? What have we done to our embarrassed landscapes? I have said this before and will repeat it again as long as I am able to talk: if we do not develop adequate images we will die out like dinosaurs.'' - Werner Herzog

The biggest difference is for sports- watching football in SD seems so muddy now- like you can't identify individual players as easily.
It's even more noticable now I have a 46" bastard vision tv- though the best picture comes from blu-rays, planet earth and that icy one still look incredible.

If you can't tell the difference- are you connecting your set top box to the tv via an HDMI cable?

I've got a little media player that I plug into my telly. It works fine apart from when the picture is really dark. Pretty sure it's not my telly and probably the media player's fault but could it be because I have a bottom of the range HDMI cable?

looked like it was an episode of eastenders

Partly because not every programme they put on the HD channels is actually filmed in any sort of lush or HD way and partly (I presume) because they had to compress the fuck out of the signal to get it to your home.

I was flicking back and forth between the channels on my mum's 26" TV the other night and honestly you could see a small difference but nothing very big. Again, the programmes in question were pretty dully filmed.

If you go into the shops then you can see the difference amazingly well when they run one of those DVD vs. BluRay comparisons.

NO DIFFERENCE that I could see anyways

the sound quality is much better as well, from what I can hear anyways

ARE YOU BLIND and DEAF?

Are you sure you're using an HDMI cable?

Are perfect for demonstrating HD. Flick between the two and compare.

not for any indie reasons, just the fact that it makes everyone look haggard and films look like they were made with a budget of about £20.

I think it's a girl thing

You really notice it on the 42"+ sets. Come round mine with your "boyfriend" one day and I'll show you the difference.

You can actually read the text!

I work with HD and SD all day long and it makes looking at the SD seem like going cross eyed.

they just made SD worse and hoped no one would notice