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DirecTV and HD

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    DirecTV and HD

    Satellite provider DirecTV at CES 2007 announced that it plans to launch 100 new HD-dedicated channels in the coming months to support what it has dubbed "the year of HD." The company will effectively be offering three times more HD programming than any other distributor by the third quarter of the year. And there are spectacular additions coming, as we'll list below.

    Look out for HD-ized versions of major network channels, including A&E, National Geographic, Bravo, NFL Network, Cartoon Network, Food Network, TBS, FX, The History Channel, HGTV, The Weather Channel, USA Network, MTV, and our personal favorite, the Sci Fi Channel.


    For more than a year, nerds like us have begged for DirecTV to carry the Sci Fi Channel in HD so that we can watch HD versions of Battlestar Galactica as soon as they debut. It seems that our prayers and cries for a response have finally been addressed. Thank you, DirecTV.

    The provider will also extend its sports-based HD programming by offerings hundreds of new games from the Regional Sports Networks around the country. DirecTV will additionally serve up an expanded line of premium movie channels in high-definition.

    "This is DIRECTV's break-out year for HD," said Chase Carey, president and CEO, DIRECTV, Inc. "The launch of our two new satellites will complete the largest capacity expansion in DIRECTV history, and no other video service will be able to match the sheer volume and quality of our HD programming. With HD adoption now reaching critical mass in the U.S., and 40 million homes projected to have HD-capable TV's this year, DIRECTV will be uniquely positioned as the best choice for HD programming."

    The company has not yet revealed when HD versions of these channels will debut, but we'll keep you posted as more details become available.
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    i'm on dish...durnit.
    falnfenix, Jan 17, 2007
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    Now if only the HDMI port would work reliably on their crappy boxes. Oh wait I am thinking of Dish!
    Do they have a HDMI compatible box?

    Also just because it is a HD channel, does not mean the content will always be HD.

    of course YMMV.

    X
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    Good...cuz we just switched to DirecTV once we got our big screen cuz my dad wanted to. Anyways, we got the HD package....and we only have like 10 or so channels that are actually in full HD and there's really only one interesting HD channel (its like the National Geographic documentary channel in HD or something like that) but its amazing switching from one channel then switching to an HD designated channel, the details and sharp images blow my mind.
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    Dish Network has about 30 HD channels right now.......

    100 will be amazing.
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    agreed, 100 will be nuts. i can't wait to get my TV...i think Dish has Discovery HD(can't remember, never bothered to look), and since i spend entirely too much time watching Discovery as it is, something tells me i'll be losing even MORE hours of my life to nature shows.
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    I just looked in our guide...20 channels are solely HD channels...the other HD channels are the local channels and only some shows there are in HD...

    Cant wait to tell my dad the good news tho, lol..
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    Adelphia has Discovery HD....its pretty rad.

    Love Extreme Engineering...Dirty Jobs, MegaBuilders, etc
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    ^^hell yea, those shows always fascinate me
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    i have a hard enought time watching the 30 hd channels, i would be lost with 100. then again, i wonder how much that package will cost.
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