A Beeb story by Martin Shankleman on how HD (high definition) TV actually took away from the experience of watching the England-Paraguay World Cup match.

An excerpt:

It was 14.03 pm on Saturday 10 June, during England's opening match with Paraguay. Beckham was poised to take a vital free kick.

As the rest of the team jostled in the penalty area, I suddenly heard a loud roar from the pub down the road.

For a split second I was puzzled, but then realised these were England fans celebrating a goal, which according to my set had yet to be scored.

Sure enough, I looked back at my HD set and saw Beckham's kick soar into the back of the net.

The truth dawned, the HD picture was delayed by a second or so. That may not seem much, but it is enough to spoil your enjoyment of a match.

A roar from the pub serves advance notice of what I was about to see on my set.

Shut your windows

In the case of a penalty shoot-out, the delay would ruin the drama completely.

A BBC spokeswoman admitted this was a problem.

"It is something we're aware of, yes", she said, and helpfully suggested the most practical answer might be to shut the windows.

She explained the problem was caused by the complexity of handling the extra information.