http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/ Engadget HD Comments for DirecTV proudly announces its 70 (not so) national HD channels http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 16th 2007 10:17AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 16th 2007 10:21AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 19th 2007 3:11AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/
I actually don't begrudge them either the NY or LA network stations, but not both. But I take issue with HBO east & west (etc) being counted as two stations. I have a DVR and that makes them identical. RSNs I also accept, because I can subscribe to all of them. Yes there are blackouts, but that happens on TBS, FOX, etc, too.

And I really don't count most of the A&E and Turner stations because they upconvert and stretch most everything. Distorting SD edoesn't make it HD.

So, I guess everyone counts differently, and at this point it's still mostly promise.]]>Oct 16th 2007 12:12PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 16th 2007 12:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/
However, I LOVE all the attention HD is getting and I hope it goes even further. I want demand for HD content to reach its tipping point and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. In the end, this will be good for all of us and everyone will be driven to carry the content, be it DirectTV, Dish, Comcast, etc.

- Roger]]>Oct 16th 2007 1:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Many cable companies try to do the same thing, too, with there HD channel counts and it distorts the actual count.
47 National HD channels exist on Directv, regardless of how much HD programming these currently offer (SD stretched and little real HD)are still 47, not 70+.
Counting PPVHD channels in the mix is not correct, either, as it not a full time subscription HD channel.
Adding local HD channels is wrong, too, as availablity can vary from zero available to as many as five in some cities, so thesecannot be added, either.
Directv's offering as many HD channels as it does is a good thing, but counting channels like local HD, PPVHD and non-National HD channels, is just, well,deceptive. ]]>Oct 16th 2007 1:50PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/
Does DirecTV count the Sunday Ticket games that are in HD?]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/]]>Oct 16th 2007 2:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 19th 2007 3:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/Oct 16th 2007 4:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/10/16/directv-proudly-announces-its-70-not-so-national-hd-channels/
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