HDTV Listings for July 1, 2006

What we're watching: Saturday night is interesting once again, with the big boys lining up Lilo & Stitch, Bridget Jones' Diary and Deep Impact tonight. HDNet also came to play, with a re-air of the shuttle launch (it should be launching about the time this post goes live or not, the launch rumors were debunked by bad weather, they'll try again tomorrow), and the HD premiere of 2001: A Space Odyssey on HDNet Movies. It's Lance Armstrong night on Discovery, where they celebrate the start of a Lance-less Tour de France by reairing a bunch of his specials. Mr. July, Will Smith, checks in with Men in Black on TNT and Independence Day on HBO-HD.

Sports fans are probably watching Brazil vs. France at the World Cup right now on ESPN, while NASCAR queues up night racing at Daytona tonight on Fox.

Our traditional high-def listings continue below.
Here are some other HDTV programs showing on selected networks today. All times are Eastern and reruns are in italics:

ABC (720p): Wonderful World of Disney: Lilo & Stitch (8 p.m.), The Evidence (10 p.m.)

CBS (1080i):  Deep Impact (9 p.m.)

NBC (1080i): Bridget Jones' Diary (9 p.m.), Saturday Night Live: Lance Armstrong (11:30 p.m.)

Fox (720p): NASCAR Nextel Cup Racing: Pepsi 400 @ Daytona (7:30 p.m.)

WB (1080i): Smallville (10 p.m.)

Discovery-HD (1080i):  Chasing Lance (6, 8, 9 & 11 p.m.), Sunrise Earth (7 p.m.), Science of Lance Armstrong (10 p.m.)

TNT-HD (1080i): Blue Streak (6 p.m.), Rush Hour 2 (8 p.m.), Men in Black (10 p.m.)

ESPN-HD (720p): College World Series Finals (7 p.m.), Baseball Tonight (10 p.m.), SportsCenter (11 p.m.)

INHD (1080i): Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (6 p.m.), Mountain Biking (7 p.m.), After Hours with Daniel (8 p.m.), Decades Rock: Bonnie Rait (8:30 p.m.), London Live! (9:30 p.m.), Three Sheets (10 p.m.), Fueled (10:30 p.m.)
 
INHD2 (1080i): Discoveries...America: Arizona (7 p.m), Forensic Factor (8 p.m.), The Rose (9 p.m), Back in the USSR (11:30 p.m.)

HDNet (1080i): Art Mann Presents (6:30 p.m.), Get Out! Mexico (7 p.m.),  True Music (7:30  p.m.), HDNet This Month (8 p.m.), MLS Soccer: LA at Kansas City (8:30 p.m.), Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Coverage (10:30 p.m.)

HDNet Movies (1080i): The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (5:30 p.m.), 2001: A Space Odyssey (8 p.m.), 2010 (10:30 p.m.)

HBO-HD (1080i): A Cinderella Story (6:15 p.m.), Must Love Dogs (8 p.m.), Entourage (9:45 p.m.), Independence Day (10:15 p.m.)

MAX-HD (1080i): Mr. & Mrs. Smith (6 p.m.), The Shadow (8 p.m.), Fever Pitch (10 p.m.)

STZ-HD (1080i): Underclassman (9 p.m.), Mr. 3000 (10:45 p.m.)

SHO-HD(1080i): Walking Tall (7:30 p.m.)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 2nd 2006 11:01AM]

I watched both 2001 and 2010 on HDnet , and it was so good visually that i stopped everything i was doing and literally got sucked in by every frame. Thanks HDnet, IMHO stores should be using 2001 in HD to demo widescreen 1080 stuff. Mostly because the attention to detail and grand scale of the scenes is worth it.

It really comes down to this, NTSC and DVD, and DVD upscaled on a large 1080 wide screen are worse accuracy than my eyes are, and 2001 and most of HDnet stuff is as good as my eyes are, so i sat 5 feet away.
every pixel was worth it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 2nd 2006 9:04PM]

2001 on HDNet movies was amazing, especially in the "warp" scene. If I were into drugs, (I'm not) I would invite all my friends over and watch that scene (it's on the DVR) under the influence. Really Trippy.

I love HDNet and HDNet movies. Hope the space shuttle takes off tuesday, I'll be watching.