Hi Roy,

You can count me as one, i watch via freesat although the HD content is very limited at the moment, now if SKY where to slash prices, i may consider the jump to thier camp ? but thats not going to happen until people put pressure on them to change thier monopoly over HD content ??

The difference - on Little Dorrit for example - is even more than I expected with much more than just the enormous sharpness improvement.  The pictures are much smoother and there's no 'tizz' around graphics and title sequences, which often look startlingly clean.  The sound is in full surround as well.

I only have BBC HD so far - on Virgin+ cable into a 50inch 1080i Panasonic plasma.

Being able to record to the hard drive on the Virgin+ box means I'll soon be running out of space.  The ethernet and eSATA ports on the box look interesting - perhaps to extend storage at some time in the future. Hope Virgin have this in mind as well as taking on more HD programming.

I didn't believe HD could be so much better than standard digital on a good plasma.

Nature and sports programmes are particularly good. 

Thanks Mike for reminding me about nature and sport.

Not much into the latter but is was fascinating being able to see every bit of the mesh of the net at Wimbledon - it's just mush on SD.

That arial shot flying over the edge of the waterfall on the BBC HD taster still makes the hair stand up on my neck and the Planet Earth episodes I've managed to record on my Virgin+ box are incredibly detailed and smooth as silk.