A few weeks with HD

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As some of you know, I bought a new TV set, AV receiver and surround speaker set a couple of weeks ago. Anticipating on the arrival of all the gear, I upgraded my cable connection to High Definition a month before.

I've retuned the sound system after I installed all the new cables (I bought new cables and connectors as well) and although the sound while watching TV or DVD is good, the sound with radio broadcasts is cr@p. The bass is much too heavy, it is 'booming' and the overall sound stage is very poor. I still have to look into that but it takes up so much time.

I'm pleased with the picture quality. As the receiver will scale-up every signal to 1080p, even non-HD transmissions benefit and sometimes produce amazing results.

The eight HD channels I can receive now are just a sign of things to come. The three public TV channels in The Netherlands will start broadcasting in HD this year (in May) and that will be the beginning.

I pay an extra 9 Euro a month for the HD set-top box. Is it worth the extra money? For me it is. It provides a few extras that makes it worth my while. TiVo like recording features, HDMI and Toslink output and 1080i signal. Plus a larger hard drive.

I took the opportunity to replace my speaker cables and replaced all the connectors (banana plugs) as well. If this has added to the overall improvement of the sound I don't know because I replaced everything but at least it looks neat

If i sound like a boy with a new toy that is correct As just a common guy, being able to buy stuff like this makes me very happy