Comparative attendances V Wigan at Headingley with no reduced capacity of 10,000

2008: Challenge Cup: 10,129
2008: Regular SL Round: 18,769
2008: SL Play Off: 13,212

2007: Challenge Cup: 8,582
2007: Regular SL Round: 16,465
2007: SL Play Off: 16,112

I think there's definitely an evidential trend there.

My point stands.

I'm not entering that debate. If I did I'd be joining your 'No' campaign.

I was merely answering Soprano's question.

I know that but the wording of your reply was the most appropriate one to respond to whilst indirectly targeting others

If CC attendances were so healthy during the regular rounds and people were that interested in them, there would have been no need for the RFL and the clubs to give away freebies to all season ticket holders for the initial round of SL club entry in order to boost flagging CC attendances and interest.

Just thinking the same. Every time I go to the States and sit in a bar (which is every time I go to the Sates) and watch football or NBA the quality blows me away. There is no motion blur and they use close up a lot - particularly for football. Maybe they only install plasma TV's in bars?

I'm on my fourth in 18 months. Luckily the Sky man lives round the corner and felt guilty replacing my box with re-furbished models (none lasted the 1 month warranty they come with), and he gave me a new one last time which I think is a new design. It's pretty compact compared to the others with a bigger hard disc, and has been faultless so far - no re-boots required since I got it 6 months ago.

On the HD debate in general, I had a really good 32" CRT TV and the picture was fabulous. I got a 40" Sony - and a good one - and the picture was nowhere near as good on normal transmission. HD allows you to have as good a picture as you used to have, but on a bigger screen. Having said that, I don't really mind the difference. If a program is good it's good in any definition. And you can't polish a .... well, you know what I mean.

Are plasma TV's supposedly superior? I've no idea but I do have a 42" plasma (Panasonic Viera) and even when viewing in HD, motion blur remains an irritant before settling down as the action slows down. I also have to wait a second or so for blades of grass to appear focused in HD clarity during a stoppage in play.

No because the quality in general transfers to our TV's over here.

I agree though as I am the same when im over. As you know im a big football of the US version fan and I get Gamepass HD over here. It's streamed over at up to 3meg/sec and when I hook it up to the LCD (especially the CBS broadcasts) that does blow me away. The colours and the deffinition are all amazing. Even when you are over there and are watching regular shows on CBS like the price is right ect.. it looks so good. Maybe it is a lot to do with the lighting but the quality difference is there to see.

Don't get me started on the need to reboot! I have to do that several times a week otherwise every HD channel comes up with a message about poor signal strength which is absolute bollox.