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NON-PREMIUM HD CHANNELS OFFERED ONLY IN SD* BY DIRECTV (43):
Bloomberg Television
BYU TV
Chiller
C-SPAN
C-SPAN2
Centric
Cooking Channel
EWTN
Fox Movie Channel
Fuse
Galavision
Game Show Network
Gospel Music Channel
H2 (formerly History International)
Headline News
Home Shopping Network
IFC
Investigation Discovery
ION West
Jewelry TV
Lifetime Movie Network
Logo
Military Channel
MTV2
NASA TV
Oprah Winfrey Network
Outdoor Channel
Ovation TV
QVC
Reelz Channel
RFD-TV
Shop NBC
Sportsman Channel
Sprout
Style Network
Sundance Channel
The Hub
TBN
TV Guide Channel
TV Land
TVOne
Universal Sports
WeTV
* Channels in blue have HD VOD content available.
NON-PREMIUM HD CHANNELS LAUNCHING SOON THAT DIRECTV CURRENTLY OFFERS IN SD,
WITH POTENTIAL HD CARRIAGE CHANCES UNKNOWN (2):
Fox College Sports (2012???)
TVG Network (2012)
DNS CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV CURRENTLY OFFERS IN SD, BUT NOT HD (3):
CW East (WDCW)
CW West (XETV)
PBS
SPANISH LANGUAGE CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV CURRENTLY OFFERS IN SD, BUT NOT HD (11):
A Toda Musica
Azteca America
Azteca Mexico
BeIN Sport Dos
ESPN Deportes
Fox Deportes
GolTV
Telemundo (East & West feeds in the 400s. Local Telemundo affiliates may be available in HD)
TeleNoticias 24
Television Espanola
SPANISH LANGUAGE HD CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY IN SD (1):
Univision Deportes Network
SPANISH LANGUAGE PREMIUM CHANNELS COMING SOON THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY AT ALL (1):
Encore Espanol (2012????)
NON-PREMIUM CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY AT ALL (29):
Africa Channel
Aspire
BBC World News
BlueHighways TV
Catholic TV
Comedy.TV
C-SPAN3
ES.TV
Fashion TV
FearNet
FUNimation Channel
G4 (SD channel removed from DirecTV lineup on November 1, 2010)
Halogen
Havoc TV
Longhorn Network
MavTV
Military History Channel
MyDestination.TV
NHK World TV
Nuvo TV
Pac-12 Network
Pentagon Channel
Pets.TV
PixL
Recipe.TV
SWRV
Veria HD
WealthTV
World Fishing Network
NON-PREMIUM HD CHANNELS LAUNCHING SOON THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY IN SD (4):
HBCU Network (February, 2012)
Legacy.TV (1Q 2012)
RLTV (December, 2012)
WWE Network (???)
PREMIUM CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV CURRENTLY OFFERS IN SD, BUT NOT HD (2):
Encore Action
Encore Drama
PREMIUM CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY AT ALL (6):
Epix 1
Epix 2
Epix 3
Indieplex
Retroplex
OuterMax
RSN CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV CARRIES IN HD PART TIME (????):
Fox Sports Cincinnati
Fox Sports Kansas City
Fox Sports Ohio
Fox Sports San Diego
RSN CHANNELS THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY AT ALL (????):
Comcast Sports Northwest
CSN Houston (October 1, 2012)
CSN Philadelphia
CSN Philadelphia +
CSS
HRTV
Longhorn Network
Pac-12 Washington
Pac-12 Oregon
Pac-12 Northern California
Pac-12 Southern California
Pac-12 Arizona
Pac-12 Mountain
TCN Philadelphia
RSN CHANNELS COMING SOON THAT DIRECTV DOES NOT CARRY AT ALL (???????):
"ADULT" CHANNELS LAUNCHING SOON THAT DIRECTV CURRENTLY OFFERS IN SD, WITH
POTENTIAL HD CARRIAGE CHANCES UNKNOWN (2):
Hustler HD
Playboy HD
Channels marked in red are channels currently not available.
Omitted (non-DNS) all West Coast feeds due to previous comments made by Satelliteracer,
except for ION HD West given it's status as a broadcast network.
other than more sports, still looking for cooking channel, style and maybe h2. two of my main channels (bbc america and diy) have come off the list. i am a happy cmaper!
CW HD-DNS (channels #394 & #395)
While I will continue to hold out hope that it will come prior to the start of the new
Fall season (October 2nd is when it starts for The CW), I don't expect them until D14.
TV Land HD (channel #304)
My hope is that the recent Viacom deal included TV Land HD. Of all the channels on my
wishlist, it's the one that I feel I have the best chance of receiving this year.
Lifetime Movie Network HD (channel #253)
Overall, I only watch this channel around November/December, so with it being October,
it's higher on my list than it might usually be.
Cooking Channel HD (channel #232)
Watched frequently at this home.
While I'd LIKE to have multiple other channels, including The Hub and Fox Movie Channel, if I could get the channels listed above (particularly the top two), I'd be pretty much satisfied with their national channel lineup for the time being.
Of course, on the locals front, I'm still waiting on ABC-HD, and will continue to hold out hope that I won't have to wait on CW-HD when it launches next year.
With the new fall season on the major broadcast networks in full force, my DVR has plenty to keep it busy. New HD would be nice, but right now, there's plenty to watch.
And one more "thank you" shout out to D* for adding BBC-A and DYI (and the others) last quarter.
Lifetime Movie Network HD
Overall, I only watch this channel around November/December, so with it being October,
it's higher on my list than it might usually be.
I presume because of the Christmas movies? All Christmas movies made by Lifetime (and/or broadcasted by Lifetime) will also show on the regular Lifetime network in the Christmas period, so you don't have to worry about missing them in HD.
I presume because of the Christmas movies? All Christmas movies made by Lifetime (and/or broadcasted by Lifetime) will also show on the regular Lifetime network in the Christmas period, so you don't have to worry about missing them in HD.
You are correct regarding the reasons, but... that hasn't always been the case... is that new?!
Either way, only the first two channels are really a sense of frustration on my part... I just included LMN on the list as it's one I'd like to have...
I'll go for H2/IFC since they were on the 2011 top 10 wants list..so I'm hoping they're on the radar somewhere..
my reach out of the top 10 would be Sundance
and honorable mentions for ID..
I'll pass on the PMS channel of LMN..we have enough depressing channels. Last I need is one more for my girl to watch and start up sh__ with me over some nonsense she saw on there..
Also..isnt IndiePlex & RetroPlex on the dotted line somewhere for D??*.. Kinda like when D* signed fresh ink for ESPNU and it came about a year later?
He added that with standard-def transmissions converted to high-def, it would free up 1 gigahertz of satellite spectrum for upcoming Ultra HD signals, now better known as 4K.
No, not new. It's just that Lifetime Movie Network might show em first, and they pretty much rinse, repeat Christmas movies 24/7, whereas on the Lifetime Network they may show each movie only once with no or fewer repeats.
I do believe however the movies shown are the same, you just run a lot higher chance of catching them on LMN as they repeat them 24/7.
The quality of Lifetime Christmas movies has been dismal since 2010 or so.... they older productions from the early 2000s are much better in storyline/quality - it seems they ran out of good Christmas stories. Maybe the 2012 productions will be better, but the 2010 and 2011 movies were really, really bad and cheesy. Nevertheless, I like my Christmas goo in December. Let's just hope they bring back some quality.
No, not new. It's just that Lifetime Movie Network might show em first, and they pretty much rinse, repeat Christmas movies 24/7, whereas on the Lifetime Network they may show each movie only once with no or fewer repeats.
I do believe however the movies shown are the same, you just run a lot higher chance of catching them on LMN as they repeat them 24/7.
Back in 2010, there was a Christmas movie that aired on LMN, but never on Lifetime... unless the guide data was incorrect. After my Grandmother died on Halloween last year, the holiday season was kind of a blur to me, so I honestly don't remember if LMN had anything new that Lifetime did not... or even what Lifetime had at all.
Sometimes like to go back and watch some of the older ones, and it's not unusual for Lifetime Movie Network to air one repeatedly, but Lifetime may not air it but once or twice during the season... sometimes on Christmas day or the like, so it would be a welcome addition, but I won't really be upset either.
Hopefully Ion will have some new ones this year as well.
I know there are some that want them, but I personally hope the shopping channels are low on the list, unless DirecTV makes a lot of money on them and lowers our rates. Since that won't happen...
Let's go H2, NASA, Investigation Discovery and TV Land.
Yes, particularly when transponder bandwidth for the DBS Ku band has long been established by international agreement at only 24 MHz for our region (ITU's AP 30/30A Region 2 Plan).
Unless they plan on changing the rules or something, they're contemplating to try and squeeze 4k TV through that?
Yeah... I suspected that was the case, or PG has no idea what he's talking about.
HoTat2 said:
Yes, particularly when transponder bandwidth for the DBS Ku band has long been established by international agreement at only 24 MHz for our region (ITU's AP 30/30A Region 2 Plan).
Unless they plan on changing the rules or something, they're contemplating to try and squeeze 4k TV through that?
Might work, requiring all new equipment on both ends of course.
But the High Efficiency Video Coding ("HEVC") standard is new and all on paper as a draft standard. I'd have to see it in action first outside of vaporware.
I mean half the bit rate of (AVC/H.264) MPEG 4 with no perceptible loss in PQ?
I wouldn't argue about adding more Encore in HD, but if I had a choice between that and adding the Epix channels, I'd take the Epix group. Different studio represented in the newest releases from what the other premiums have.
And Reelz, if it ever actually goes HD all the time would be welcome for some of their original series.
Might work, requiring all new equipment on both ends of course.
But the High Efficiency Video Coding ("HEVC") standard is new and all on paper as a draft standard. I'd have to see it in action first outside of vaporware.
I mean half the bit rate of (AVC/H.264) MPEG 4 with no perceptible loss in PQ?
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