20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

[aholbert32]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

D* is not responsible for the content that a channel shows, so all they can do is provide the feed. Alot of channels start of slow, but then start providing the content in hd. Others have a mix, and looks pretty damn good. premium channels look fantastic in hd compared to their sd counterpart.

TBS seems to stretch alot of their non-hd content, but they are getting better. Watching some of the final brave games in hd looked real good.

Is FX in HD or just upconverted? I ask because if it is this may be the thing that makes me switch.

[Bacardi151]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Is FX in HD or just upconverted? I ask because if it is this may be the thing that makes me switch.

no clue. Havent gotten a chance to check out any of the channels. your best bet is either the avs or dbstalk forums. I assume that if the content is shot in hd, it will be hd, otherwise upconverted...and hopefully no 'stret-o-vision'.

Edit: aaron, here you go

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=101356

seems to be upconverted, not stretched so people are waiting for shows to be shown.

[Bacardi151]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

yeah, it doesn't say HD.

Make sure your favorites list has CN hd selected. Or perhaps you have to press up to get the hd channels. Right now i beleive the regular h20 recievers default to sd first, then hd is one up. New software fixes this.

EDIT: also, hd info might not be populated yet, so give it about 24 hours.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Is FX in HD or just upconverted? I ask because if it is this may be the thing that makes me switch.

are you talking about regular Fox?

[Heelfan71]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Make sure your favorites list has CN hd selected. Or perhaps you have to press up to get the hd channels. Right now i beleive the regular h20 recievers default to sd first, then hd is one up. New software fixes this.

I'm only seeing one CN channel, not one SD and one HD like some of the others. Going to reset my receiver and see if that changes anything.

[Coug00]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

D* is not responsible for the content that a channel shows, so all they can do is provide the feed. Alot of channels start of slow, but then start providing the content in hd. Others have a mix, and looks pretty damn good. premium channels look fantastic in hd compared to their sd counterpart.

TBS seems to stretch alot of their non-hd content, but they are getting better. Watching some of the final brave games in hd looked real good.

I understand that, however I have no patience for upconverted HD Lite signals...even less for stretch-o-vision like TBS and TNT. I have Dish and we don't have Speed yet, but it looks like I'm not missing out on anything if Speed isn't going to start broadcasting in HD from the source until February.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

VOD is coming to d*. if you are interested in getting on the CE ( cutting edge) program, then you need to visit the dbstalk.com forums.

The last few software updates has allowed you to begin getting VOD feeds thru your network. So you plug in the cat5 cable to the back of your reciever ( if it supports it) and you can check out all the VOD content.

Again though, you need to update the software your receiver is running. Usually the window of opportunity to do this is friday and saturday nights for a couple of hours when the announcements are made. Eventually those updates you get will go national, so you are basically a guinea pig; havent had a problem with a receiver ending up not functioning, and you can always rollback.

Thanks man. I'll go to the website and do some more research. VOD would be pretty damn useful with DTV.

[Bacardi151]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

I understand that, however I have no patience for upconverted HD Lite signals...even less for stretch-o-vision like TBS and TNT. I have Dish and we don't have Speed yet, but it looks like I'm not missing out on anything if Speed isn't going to start broadcasting in HD from the source until February.

i agree with you. What you are getting with e* is what you will be getting with d* unless e* is streaming mpg2 and not mpg4; all new d* channels are broadcast in mpg4. I dont know much about it, but according to those that do know they say the difference is substantial. I personally couldnt/cant see it.

I have heard that 'hd-lite' term but not sure what it is referring to. perhaps the same thing i just wrote?

[Heelfan71]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

I understand that, however I have no patience for upconverted HD Lite signals...even less for stretch-o-vision like TBS and TNT. I have Dish and we don't have Speed yet, but it looks like I'm not missing out on anything if Speed isn't going to start broadcasting in HD from the source until February.

upconerted HD lite signals look 10x better than the regular version.

[Heelfan71]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Make sure your favorites list has CN hd selected. Or perhaps you have to press up to get the hd channels. Right now i beleive the regular h20 recievers default to sd first, then hd is one up. New software fixes this.

EDIT: also, hd info might not be populated yet, so give it about 24 hours.

reset my receiver and turned my custom channels to "all channels" and it's there now.

[Bacardi151]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

DIRECTV launched two more HD RSNs today:

• FSN Pittsburgh (Channel 628)
• FSN MidWest (Channel 647-1)

[ehh]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Do they offer MSG in HD yet?

I'm pretty close to switching to DTV, but I've done some research online and their customer service seems absolutely horrific. This seems worse than cell phone contracts too. I've read that if a piece of your equipment breaks they send you a new one but it starts a new two-year agreement, that's ridiculous!

What if I get the service installed (which I've read can be a helluva adventure) and it absolutely blows? Bad reception, drops the signal a ton, etc? I'm just screwed for two years? They charge $70.00 a visit by a repair tech, eff that.

I pretty much hate Comcast, but damn these seem like some really scary stories w. DTV.

[Dispatch]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

My family was all set up to get DTV but the day it was supposed to be installed the guy didn't show up to install it because it was raining. We called them and the guy said he would be here the next day. Then the next day he never showed up. He never called us to tell us he wasn't coming, he just didn't show up. We ended up calling DTV customer service to talk to them and all they said was "were sorry". So we never got it because the customer service we got sucked.

[Sandman42]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

Never had any problems with DirecTV.

[MassNole]

Re: 20-40 HD Channels BY Sept 16th (DTV)

You're in Western MA right? They had one horrible installer who was fired, I'd be willing to bet you, like I, was one of his victims. Don't base DTV off of that one idiot.