High Definition Cricket

I’ve always been a bit of a technogeek, although I’m not old enough to remember the introduction of colour, I just about remember the transition from Betamax to VHS, definitely remember Cassette to CD and I was using a Digital Versatile Disc before any of my friends could say Multi-Region. I’ve had (at least) 5.1 sound, 100hz and 28 inches (so to speak) for the best part of 8 years.

But the introduction of High Definition television hadn’t really piqued my interest, until I read this:

Cricket in HD

Cricket has been billed as a killer app for HD and Sky hasn’t disappointed us. Those greens certainly look green and you could see tremendous detail when the cameras tracked the crowds at the England vs Sri Lanka game today. You could also see the marks the ball had made in the batsman’s crease and the graphics were amazing. The difference between the pictures in SD and 720p was phenomenal. I can’t wait to see the Premiership in HD.

Apart from the shock of seeing cricket on The Reg, I was amazed that the reviewer considered the contrast to be so marked. Although I now use a projector for my big screen requirements, I think it’s HD ready in which case it might be time to upgrade the Sky box.