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Rypro 525 11-30-09 09:21 PM

Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
sorry if there are already threads on this, but this past weekend i've been in heaven :lol: . 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 12-01-09 08:52 AM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
Hopefully, Dish Networks add both HD channels soon. TCM is one of my favorite channels ever.

Thos19 12-01-09 11:16 AM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
Hopefully FIOS will add quicker than it took them to add AMC-HD!

Thos.

Groucho 12-01-09 11:17 AM

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

chuckd21 12-01-09 12:08 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 9864441)
Should have noted the provider in the subject header. This doesn't seem to apply to DirecTV.

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

aintnosin 12-01-09 12:16 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
Calling Cox Communications! Give me these channels. Now!!!

Please?

TGM 12-01-09 12:38 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
fuckin' directv....

LickTheABCs 12-01-09 01:17 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
IFC HD is terrible. Nothing is ever HD, it's all stretched SD.

cracksky 12-01-09 03:02 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 

Originally Posted by LickTheABCs (Post 9864719)
IFC HD is terrible. Nothing is ever HD, it's all stretched SD.

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 12-01-09 03:03 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
IFC stretches 4:3 content? You'd think they of all people would have more respect for OAR.

Rypro 525 12-01-09 03:09 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
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 12-01-09 03:13 PM

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

Rypro 525 12-01-09 03:20 PM

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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 12-01-09 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rypro 525 (Post 9864994)
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

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 12-01-09 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by clckworang (Post 9864980)
I really want Direct to get on the ball and add these channels. I would record so many more movies!

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 12-01-09 07:01 PM

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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 12-01-09 07:18 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
I've got Comcast but still no TCM or IFC HD.

Nth Power 12-01-09 07:27 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 
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 12-01-09 10:18 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 

Originally Posted by gmanca (Post 9865464)
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.

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 12-01-09 10:42 PM

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

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s...rack/robin.jpg

Rypro 525 12-01-09 10:52 PM

Re: Yay, TCM and IFC HD now availible
 

Originally Posted by cracksky (Post 9865882)
Forget these movie channels, I need Headline News in HD for Robin Meade! :drool:

http://i508.photobucket.com/albums/s...rack/robin.jpg

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

cracksky 12-02-09 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Rypro 525 (Post 9865893)
which i do get. the only bad thing about having that channel, Nancy Grace in HD :yack:

Yeah, she needs to be broadcast in VHS.

TheBigDave 12-02-09 04:15 AM

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

OscarBluth 12-02-09 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBigDave (Post 9866140)
Must be regional. I get CNNHD and HDNET, but no TMCHD, IFCHD or SpikeHD.

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 12-02-09 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 9864956)
IFC stretches 4:3 content? You'd think they of all people would have more respect for OAR.

Moulin Rouge! looked hideous stretched out


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