Mario Andretti Grand Prix Rain delay is a blessing in disguise

[rowdymon]

As much as I wanted to see the actual race, I'm having even more fun checking out HDNet's offerings. It's actually interesting to watch instead of being just eye candy (like DiscHD).

[Phil T]

HD Net ran a nice demo of their programming from 5:00 to 5:30 MST and Dish has left the feed up after the cuttoff time. It is now showing a soccer game. :)

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yup I have been watching the soccer game, very nice.

I can't wait until I have HDNet full time!

[Phil T]

Dish must have seen the comments about the early cuttoff yesterday. :)

Now if they would leave it in free preview untill it goes full time, a lot of us would be happy campers! :D

[Bobby94928]

Dish must have seen the comments about the early cuttoff yesterday. :)

Now if they would leave it in free preview untill it goes full time, a lot of us would be happy campers! :D

Very happy campers at that..... I'm really enjoying this little preview. Soccer looks absolutely fantastic. Chick Corea looked and sounded great.

[Scott Greczkowski]

I watched the Soccer, then the basketball, then the show that ran after that, and now am I watching some thing about a rock slide.

The graphic on the screen says the race will resume at 6:30, this was a nice little preview. :)

[Cyclone]

This is cool. The Super Speedway movie which was a $5.99 PPV on Friday is airing now for free on HDEvents. :D

[SD493]

This is cool. The Super Speedway movie which was a $5.99 PPV on Friday is airing now for free on HDEvents. :D


Was gone much of the weekend so I didn't see a lot of HDNet.
However, what I saw looked great. I saw a little late this afternoon but had to leave for a couple of hours. Was hoping it would still be on when I got back. I got back around 7:15. The events channel is now PPV. Why can't (or maybe I should say why want) E* give us HDNet for a month or so until the package is announced. After all, D* subscribers had it free for a year. We need more than little tidbits of HD. Maybe E* is counting on the fact that we have invested not a little money with E* and are unwilling to make a financial commitment to D*. If things don't change soon, I'm afraid more people may consider the move. Like I said, the HDNet preview this weekend was great (what I saw) but it's not enough.

[Cyclone]

It must have just stay on for me after the race. I eventually tuned away and when I tried to return it was PPV. Sorry if I mislead.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Did anyone notice that if you did not change the channel after the race you got to watch the PPV movies for FREE? :)

Nice Imax films.

[Cyclone]

Yeah, I just kinda said that.