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DIRECTV HD Channel Anticipation (Official Q1-13 Thread)

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Please use this thread to discuss your feelings about upcoming national HD channels.

This thread will not be as tightly moderated as the rest of the site, but here's the tradeoff...in exchange for being able to rant a bit more, you can be assured that absolutely no one at DIRECTV will be using this thread for reference.

You can ask for all the new HD you want, but DIRECTV's marketing department knows that the 100-150 contributors to this thread are only a small part of the nearly 20,000,000 total subscribers.

*Please remember that all forum rules are still in effect.
*Please do not "bump" this thread.
*Other threads that do nothing but anticipate HD channels for which there is no information will be closed.
*This is not a DIRECTV vs. Dish thread, there are other threads for that.

If you have any questions as to what belongs in this thread or an individual channel thread please read the latest DIRECTV Programming Forum Rules (Link).
 
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cypherx said:
Does that include people with Cable who have HD but never watch HD because the HD feeds are on weird numbers?
No, its only for DIRECTV subscribers;

Specifically it was stated in the LOA (Launch and Operate Authority) filing for the upcoming D14 satellite.

Section I.

GRANT OF THIS APPLICATION WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST

Over the past seven years, DIRECTV has demonstrated the suitability of Ka-band spectrum for delivery of high quality multichannel video programming directly to consumers, helping to unlock the enormous potential of this band. With five Ka-band satellites currently providing direct-to-home services, DIRECTV has been able to achieve a quantum leap in the amount of HD digital television programming - including local broadcast stations in HD - available to consumers throughout the country. Nearly 60% of new DIRECTV subscribers, and over 50% of the total DIRECTV customer base, subscribe to HD services. ...
 
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Also "subcribing to HD services" doesn't mean every TV in the house has HD service. We have 2 CRTs that we got from Crazy Eddie's in 1983 that are still going strong and outlasted another CRT we purchased in 1998.

Not to mention there's a nice chunk of us who rather watch pre-HD content on the SD feeds than watch it cropped and/or distorted like what Turner and Discovery do with their HD channels.
 
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RAD;3198909 said:
Like my mother, who after 4 years STILL doesn't tune to the HD channel?
That's why I LOVE DirecTV! Inlaws come over and they are automatically watching HD here! I go to their house and its really gamble. Sometimes they tune to those HD duplicates in the 600+ range (on their cable), but most tikes they just type in the one or two digit number and watch SD. Cable blows!
 
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dpeters11 said:
I believe I saw in an FCC filing last year, that 60% of new customers have HD. That means that 40% of customers that just recently joined directv were SD only.
Jeez, that's discouraging. 40% total SD I wouldn't have had too much trouble believing, but 40% of new subs in 2012 is really depressing.
 
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cypherx said:
That's why I LOVE DirecTV! Inlaws come over and they are automatically watching HD here! I go to their house and its really gamble. Sometimes they tune to those HD duplicates in the 600+ range (on their cable), but most tikes they just type in the one or two digit number and watch SD. Cable blows!
I printed a page of hd channels and their numbers so my Mom would know which channels she gets are in hd. It's really pretty simple.
 
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sangs;3199286 said:
Is it available as a stand alone option though, like with FiOS? I didn't think it was (without having to jump through hoops).
No, it is not.

But, for channel listings, that does not matter. Different systems use different packaging in channels. It exists. AVS acts as if it doesn't.
 
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tonyd79 said:
No, it is not.

But, for channel listings, that does not matter. Different systems use different packaging in channels. It exists. AVS acts as if it doesn't.
Is the RedZone Channel that is available as part of Sunday Ticket the same channel that cable subscribers get as a stand alone?

The last time I asked they were separately produced channels ... with the stand alone coming from the NFL Network cable channel. It would be nice to see the stand alone channel be made available to DirecTV subscribers who subscribe to NFL Network (channel 212) but I suspect that would affect sales of Sunday Ticket.
 
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James Long said:
Is the RedZone Channel that is available as part of Sunday Ticket the same channel that cable subscribers get as a stand alone?

The last time I asked they were separately produced channels ... with the stand alone coming from the NFL Network cable channel. It would be nice to see the stand alone channel be made available to DirecTV subscribers who subscribe to NFL Network (channel 212) but I suspect that would affect sales of Sunday Ticket.
They're different.
 
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mrro82 said:
Hell my mother tells my father she can't tell the difference between SD and HD. The old man thinks she nuts. :D
Does you mom need glasses by chance? Or an updated prescription? Or maybe shes watching on an SD TV or on a 20" HD TV? Otherwise, the difference between an SD and HD picture on DIRECTV are pretty obvious.
 
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RACJ2 said:
Does you mom need glasses by chance? Or an updated prescription? Or maybe shes watching on an SD TV or on a 20" HD TV? Otherwise, the difference between an SD and HD picture on DIRECTV are pretty obvious.
In her defense it isn't DirecTV. It's Brighthouse. They don't compress their SD like DirecTV does. In all honesty she's one of the types who doesn't really care how clear it is as long as she's seeing it. Pops on the other hand loves him some HD since I introduced him to it some years back.
 
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fleckrj;3199547 said:
My parents could not tell the difference either. I turned out that even though they had HD cable, the box was connected to the TV using the RF modulator My nephew brought them an HDMI cable, so now they are seeing HD.
My brother (retired) had the same problem when they replaced his cable box with a dvr years back. He actually went from HD back to SD without seeing it. His wife kept saying something was wrong and he laughed at her.
 
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