[mraroid]

I see that Direct TV is suppose to announce at CES that it will move to 100 HD channels by the fall of 2007.

Any news that DN will ad more HD channels?

mraroid

 

[JohnL]

I see that Direct TV is suppose to announce at CES that it will move to 100 HD channels by the fall of 2007.

Any news that DN will ad more HD channels?

mraroid

Mraroid,

There are not 100 national channels of HD now nor will there be 100 national HD channels available from the Content owners by the end of 2007.

There will not be be more than 20 more National Channels of HD available to the Third Party Providers by the end of 2007. DirecTV's plan is TOTAL Vaporware. Being capable of 100 National HD channels and having that many channels available is totally different.

John

 

[JM Anthony]

I think their marketing people dropped too much acid back in the 60's. Or maybe their parents did.

John

 

[Koz]

If you count RSNs and all the movie channels, the number goes up pretty quick. Then add in CNN, USA, and other channels that are being talked about, you get to the 60 or 70 that D* is talking about. They'll have the capacity for 100 and hopefully be carrying 60 or 70 in 2007.

 

[James Long]

Already being discussed in other threads in this fair forum, but even though I'm not from Missouri D* is going to have to show me.

A rosy press release does not a promise fulfill, even if issued from CES. Channels count - not promises,

 

[Stewart Vernon]

All DirecTV can promise at this point is capacity once their new satellites launch... and while that may put them in a better position to add more HD than Dish for the short term... that doesn't matter until there are more HD channels to add!

DirecTV can't promise they will have channels online this year that do not exist!

 

[bruin95]

If you count RSNs and all the movie channels, the number goes up pretty quick.

Technically, the RSN's are not 'national" channels, hence the term "regional" sports network.

 

[Nick]

I think their marketing people dropped too much acid back in the 60's. Or maybe their parents did.

John

Since, IMNSHO, most marketing pukes exhibit the mentality of 17-year
olds, perhaps it was their grandparents who dropped the acid.

If either D* or E* has 150 national channels of HD by the end of 2007,
I'll eat a dish on live tv -- in HD of course! :lol:

As much as I would love to see it, trust me, it just ain't gonna happen. :nono2:

 

[debpasc]

My nephew in Minnesota just signed with D* last week and the rep told him he was getting 40 HD channels. Either someone wasn't talking right or someone wasn't listening right -- 40!!!!!!!

 

[James Long]

10 today (if he subscribes to HBO and Showtime and counts PPV). Plus sports in HD if he is in the right area. Not 40.

 

[jldhawk]

Are they counting Locals in HD, either by OTA or Sat?

 

[James Long]

In the 1500 "capacity" for later this year, yes. D* counts locals in their SD package counts so I suspect the "70" could include the 2, 3 or 4 they carry in the 49 markets (65% of US population) that they have HD locals for.

It is a shame that they don't have all four networks in every market but the broadcasters have been stingy with letting their HD feeds be uplinked.

 

[cariera]

Technically, the RSN's are not 'national" channels, hence the term "regional" sports network.

Actually they become "national" channels when they are broadcast as part of the sports subscriptions, NBALP, NHLCI and MLBEI.

 

[RAD]

There will not be be more than 20 more National Channels of HD available to the Third Party Providers by the end of 2007.

I come up with a total of 39 national HD channels available right now that are being carried by various services.

I looked at http://www.att.com/Common/files/pdf/Indianapolis_Channel_Lineup.pdf and they show 23 national HD channels in their line up. Then there's the 15 Voom channels that E* carries, that are available to other companies and there's also InHD, that's not in the counts so far, so that's a total of 39 right now, not including any RSN's that have full time HD channels. Then there's the 16 channels that D* did announce agreements with for HD versions of their channels that they've commited to carry, that's 55. Now I guess you could count the full time RSN's that D* would carry and throw in a few HD PPV channels and bump that number up a bit more.

 

[James Long]

I looked at http://www.att.com/Common/files/pdf/Indianapolis_Channel_Lineup.pdf and they show 23 national HD channels in their line up.

A&E HD
Cinemax HD
Cinemax HD - West
Discovery HD Theater
ESPN HD
ESPN2 HD
Food Network HD
HBO HD
HBO HD - West
HDNet
HDNet Movies
HGTV HD
MHD
National Geographic Channel HD
NFL Network HD
Showtime HD
Showtime HD - West
Starz HD
Starz HD - West
TMC HD
TNT HD
Universal HD
Wealth TV HD​

That is a good list.

 

[Stewart Vernon]

My only quibble with that list would be counting the East & West feeds as unique HD channels. If they are like their SD counterparts, then they are identical programming just 3 hours apart in the schedule... so while it would be nice to have Cinemax/HBO/Sho/Starz East and West... I would rather have just one feed of those and 4 other unique HD channels when it comes to efficient use of bandwidth.

Whenever we get caught up and have "spare" bandwidth, then I say go for the East/West feeds so folks have convenience for their timezone... but especially with DVRs we can timeshift on our own anyway... so lets have the unique channels Dish doesn't have before we go to the East/West ones.

So that, in my opinion, knocks that 23 channel list down to 19 channels... which is still a good list since there are some in there not yet on either Dish or DirecTV.

 

[James Long]

And still a couple not on any of the three lists.

 

[ssmith10pn]

Just give me Speed channel and Fox news in HD and I'm all set.

 

[killzone]

It would be nice to see UPN and WB in HD since it is available.

As far as 100 channels go, every local counts as a channel since they need to broadcast it somewhere. That can suck up a lot of channels fast.

My guess is that D* will start making ALL the locals available in HD. At that point they will at least be equal footing with the local cable companies.

Any info on when E* will broadcast the UPN and WB channels in HD?

 

[BobaBird]

It would be nice to see UPN and WB in HD since it is available.

<valley girl> Um, your post is like so last year! </valley girl>

The CW does have some great shows in HD.