I've only seen HD TV in action a couple of times. The first was in Harrods and the second in a Sony shop this weekend. There's no doubt the picture is impressive with far more detail than a normal TV, but can they not find any demo material other than what looks like commercials for holidays in exotic locations? I'd like to see footage of action sports, wildlife or spectacular films. I hope that Sky have plenty of good stuff for their HD subscribers, if they can supply enough boxes.

I know a few people who are getting the new service, so I will see what they think. Of course they all have large plasma screens to view it on. I do wonder if it would make any difference on something the size of our 28" CRT. I'd like something bigger, but prices need to drop a bit more. One of the Sonys was UKP4000! I know you can get much cheaper plasmas, but I will want something that gives a quality picture with reasonable power consumption and lifespan.

I doubt we will see HD in our house for a few years yet, especially as we don't consider it worth paying the extra for a subsription service. Our Pace Twin Freeview box suppiles all the channels we really need with no monthly cost apart from the TV licence.

We got around to watching MI:2 this week. It's a load of silliness, technologially and actionwise. I thought it was a bit obvious that the motorbikes in the final chase switched to off-road tyres when they left the road. IMDB has a long list of other goofs.