Sky+HD vs Virgin Media TiVo
Is it Sky+HD or Virgin Media TiVo that has the best picture quality? We find out with our exclusive tests
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FINE DETAIL IMAGE COMPARISON
For our next test we used a close-up of some kids standing by the road, looking to see how each service and set-top box dealt with fine detail.
The original Full HD frame
A little brighter than Sky and sharper in places, but not a huge amount of difference between the services
Lots of lovely detail in this shot and very similar to the Virgin Media TiVo box
The largely still sequence holds together well on iPlayer on the Virgin Media TiVo, but fine detail is still lacking. You can see this in the lack of hair on the distracted child, and the missing T-Shirt textures. iPlayer also adjusts the aspect ratio, slightly stretching the picture
A pixel-perfect copy from Sky’s on-demand service, preserving all of the detail