Rypro 525

sorry if there are already threads on this, but this past weekend i've been in heaven . It seems that if the movie is shown in widescreen on TCM, its going to be in HD, so my guess is when 30 days of Oscar comes up in Feb, the DVR will def fill up. I'm watching "the Proposition" on IFC HD, and it looks stunning (and is pretty grusome too) in HD.

Oh and BTW, I have Comcast, and its 890 for TCM and 893 for IFC.

dx23

Hopefully, Dish Networks add both HD channels soon. TCM is one of my favorite channels ever.

Thos19

Hopefully FIOS will add quicker than it took them to add AMC-HD!

Thos.

Groucho

Should have noted the provider in the subject header. This doesn't seem to apply to DirecTV.

chuckd21

Ed Begley Jr. says it's coming though...

aintnosin

Calling Cox Communications! Give me these channels. Now!!!

Please?

TGM

fuckin' directv....

LickTheABCs

IFC HD is terrible. Nothing is ever HD, it's all stretched SD.

cracksky

IFC HD just ran the Monty Python Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) 6-hour special plus the movies in HD but they stretched the Flying Circus episodes...

Groucho

IFC stretches 4:3 content? You'd think they of all people would have more respect for OAR.

Rypro 525

they showed the Proposition in 16x9, although isn't the OAR for that movie 2:35? Watched Rear Window last night. It looked stunning

clckworang

I really want Direct to get on the ball and add these channels. I would record so many more movies!

Rypro 525

Also Comcast added Spike HD (just in time for the ultimate finale sat), cartoon network HD, all the cable news channels, ect. Still no HDNET

My Other Self

We had to drop all of the HD channels here in the house but I don't think we benefited much anyway. The only good station was Universal HD. Everything else was a waste.

TCM HD is like a wet dream.

BDB

It's coming.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2009 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that DIRECTV 12 was shipped Nov. 25 from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the satellite will undergo final preparations for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket.

...The new satellite will increase DIRECTV's high-definition (HD) capacity by 50 percent, and when combined with the DIRECTV 10 and 11 satellites that launched in 2007 and 2008, will enable DIRECTV to deliver 200 national and 1,500 local HDTV channels to millions of U.S. households.

gmanca

I hate that HD versions of channels are stretching content to make it "HD" so that the average viewer isn't pissed that his new 50 inch TV is "missing" the picture. HBO is terrible for this because some older movies will be OAR and some new films will be stretched to 16x9.

GoldenJCJ

I've got Comcast but still no TCM or IFC HD.

Nth Power

I noticed this a couple weeks ago and was so happy. TCM finally! No more small box in a box picture which is really nice.

IFC looks like crap though.

Rypro 525

HBO is fine for me, when i watch it anyways. Only thing i don't like is that they crop 2:35 movies down to 1:78 so it "fills the screen"

cracksky

Forget these movie channels, I need Headline News in HD for Robin Meade!

Rypro 525

which i do get. the only bad thing about having that channel, Nancy Grace in HD

cracksky

Yeah, she needs to be broadcast in VHS.

TheBigDave

Must be regional. I get CNNHD and HDNET, but no TMCHD, IFCHD or SpikeHD.

OscarBluth

It is, I've had these channels for a few months. Your best bet is to subscribe to your local market's provider thread on AVS forum. Even then, some areas take longer to get new channels than others in the same market.

Giles

Moulin Rouge! looked hideous stretched out