Reserved

 

The YES HD under part time RSNs is the My9 network feed for some Yankees games.

 

The YES HD under part time RSNs is the My9 network feed for some Yankees games.

That was an entire section I meant to go back and clean up...and forgot. Working on it now.

Update: fixed

 

:icon_bb:Gr8 work Hoosier! This is how I should've done it in the 1st place.

 

The RSN's are the trickiest area.

 

Can't pull up the comparison list Hoosier; every time I click on your signature link, it just takes me back to comparison thread. What am I doing wrong?

 

Can't pull up the comparison list Hoosier; every time I click on your signature link, it just takes me back to comparison thread. What am I doing wrong?

The list is in the first post of this thread. The link in my signature takes you to that first post. The list appears as an image. Are you not able to see it?

 

Nice job, Hoosier!

A slightly larger font for the table would be nice. And the black on yellow text would be much more readable if it was bolded. As a matter of fact, all the table's unbolded text should be bolded IMO.

The long "Cinema HD" section seems to me to be a waste of space. If the point is to show there are lots of such channels, there might be a better way to go about it. At the least, you could do like you did with Big 10 Network, letting DirecTV and Dish share rows with each other and labeling the rows just plain "Cinema HD".

 

Can't pull up the comparison list Hoosier; every time I click on your signature link, it just takes me back to comparison thread. What am I doing wrong?

Same thing happens for me. Could be some blocking of images or something by my company. I see it on my phone but not my PC.

 

Good list Hoosier, thanks for taking the time. It really shows the emphasis each service puts on types of HD programming they lean towards.

 

Weird. Went back to check my settings, and images are enabled. Still can't pull up the list. I'll check later. Maybe it's something to do with being at my work computer. I'll check at home tonight.

 

Nice job, Hoosier!

A slightly larger font for the table would be nice. And the black on yellow text would be much more readable if it was bolded. As a matter of fact, all the table's unbolded text should be bolded IMO.

The long "Cinema HD" section seems to me to be a waste of space. If the point is to show there are lots of such channels, there might be a better way to go about it. At the least, you could do like you did with Big 10 Network, letting DirecTV and Dish share rows with each other and labeling the rows just plain "Cinema HD".

All good ideas. I'll work on it and post an update.

Update: I made those changes. I condensed the Cinema HD section. I know that I could just put xx number of Cinema HD per provider, but I think it is nice to have both the numerical value at the top and the visual aide within the list.

 

IMO
- both the directv & dish columns should be the same width just for esthetics.
- 3D should be the next to last block right before provider channels.

 

IMO
- both the directv & dish columns should be the same width just for esthetics.
- 3D should be the next to last block right before provider channels.

I may move "3D" as you suggested. Both the DirecTV and the Dish column are the same width however.

Update: I moved 3D towards the bottom.

 

Provider owned: DishFYI on 101 is part time HD at night. Shows concerts.

 

Provider owned: DishFYI on 101 is part time HD at night. Shows concerts.

It's called DishFYI? I'll add it. Thank you.

 

Also, I'd REALLY recommend making that JPG a GIF. I made it a 32 color GIF and it's 195K instead of 1.5 MB.

Edited to add:
ESPN Full Court (college basketball package) is on Dish and in HD

 

Also, I'd REALLY recommend making that JPG a GIF. I made it a 32 color GIF and it's 195K instead of 1.5 MB.

Edited to add:
ESPN Full Court (college basketball package) is on Dish and in HD

Thanks.

 

Great work!

If I was looking at both providers, it would be simpler to compare if there was one section for the RSNs, with some indication of full time, part time, or missing. Of course that would add more text, or require another color, so that also complicates the chart.

The way that it is now has all the information, you just have to make sure you read it all. (Which, if someone is really comparing the providers, they should be doing anyway.)

Again, great job!

 

Is ESPN Full Court in HD only on Dish Network or on both providers? I want to confirm this before updating the list again.

 

Great work!

If I was looking at both providers, it would be simpler to compare if there was one section for the RSNs, with some indication of full time, part time, or missing. Of course that would add more text, or require another color, so that also complicates the chart.

The way that it is now has all the information, you just have to make sure you read it all. (Which, if someone is really comparing the providers, they should be doing anyway.)

Again, great job!

Hmm...I have an idea for that. I'll work on it and see how it looks.

 

Same thing happens for me. Could be some blocking of images or something by my company. I see it on my phone but not my PC.

Confirmed what the issue is. I viewed page info and noticed the image URL of http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7970/directvdishnetwork14.jpg. Pasted that in my browser and got an access denied message.

Apparently that site is is blocked by my corporate IT department.

 

Also, I'd REALLY recommend making that JPG a GIF. I made it a 32 color GIF and it's 195K instead of 1.5 MB.

That made a huge difference. Thanks again.

 

You should make a distinction between part-time and full-time carriage for channels other than RSNs—for instance, Fox Soccer Plus HD is a full-time channel which DirecTV only carries part-time, while ESPN 3D and NFL RedZone are part-time channels on any carrier. Using a different color for part-time carriage would also allow you to have just one list of RSNs.

 

You should make a distinction between part-time and full-time carriage for channels other than RSNs-for instance, Fox Soccer Plus HD is a full-time channel which DirecTV only carries part-time, while ESPN 3D and NFL RedZone are part-time channels on any carrier. Using a different color for part-time carriage would also allow you to have just one list of RSNs.

Yes, I am thinking of doing something like that. Those changes will likely come tomorrow.Thank you.