BDB

Nice opening graphics!

Sam Bee looks a little older with the HD! But still good.
Colbert made more use of the new HD in his intro. Overall a massive improvement.

JasonF

Comcast in Chicago doesn't carry Comedy Central in HD, so I didn't get to see the really cool things to Colbert's far left and far right.

coli

Comcast Southern New Jersey doesn't have Comedy Central HD either, as we are in the prehistoric ages here with about 25 HD channels! While FIOS and DirectTV have over 100!

Chew

I was wondering if the SD feed would be letterboxed......I guess not?

zombeaner

Watching Colbert, loved the new opening graphic! The cool stuff on the sides is awesome, too!

Tracer Bullet

I think with this switch I'm going to start watching Colbert on Hulu. I don't get Comedy Central HD (who the hell does?)

E Unit

Got a notice from Time Warner here in Austin they are adding Comedy Central to the standard HD lineup on the 22nd this month. So a little while longer for us. We're also getting Cartoon network in HD, so here's to hoping Metalocalypse finally gets played in HD.

BDB

DirecTV carries it in HD.

zombeaner

I get Metalocalypse in HD on DishNetwork

RobLutter

We've had it for over a year here in Austin on AT&T Uverse.

The only content they had before this was slim (movies, South Park... I think that's it) so it's a definite improvement to get both the Report and Daily Show in HD.

The only network I can think of that's even slimmer for HD choices in G4... but that's even been improving lately (movies... and most of their pretaped original content)

Oh, and you didn't miss much on the HD gag... it was:
heh.

davidh777

My comcast has Comedy Central HD. The schedule is different from SD, though. When Stewart was on SD at 11, Colbert was on in HD, and then neither was on HD latenight like they are in SD. So I missed the stuff on the sides too.

Chew

Colbert letting Cable know what he thinks about them not carrying him in HD

Tracer Bullet

Hulu is still getting the SD version of Colbert.

BDB

He really seems to care about HD - Stewart not so much..

Chew

^^ Yeah, that's really odd. Stewart hasn't said anything about it, while Colbert has every night.

davidh777

I thought Stewart said something about it at the opening Monday but don't remember for sure. Either way he's not running with it like Colbert.

Chew

I was looking out for it and don't think he did.

pinata242

Does this really surprise anyone? Colbert is a caricature and the entire show. Stewart is the straight-man on his show.

Anything that affects The Colbert Report, affects Colbert. He owns the change.

dhmac

Colbert was hilarious on Wed-01/06's show when he gave the finger with both hands to cable networks that aren't showing his show in HD, but with each hand just in the extra space on each side that's only seen in Hi-Def.

BDB

RobLutter

It was mentioned in the teaser before the show... but not during the show itself, IIRC.

slop101

Ack! I didn't know they'd be broadcasting the rally live. And it doesn't seem like they'll be re-broadcasting it either. I would've totally TIVOed it had I known, as it would've been easier to sit through and fast forward rather than watching it online, which I can't stand doing. Oh well...

rocketsauce

I cannot fathom Comedy Central not replaying something a million times. I guess we'll see.

William Fuld

It replays on C-SPAN at 8pm.

slop101

Thanks - it wasn't showing up in the Tivo guide.