Hitchcock marathon to ring in the New Year on HDNet Movies

Got any big plans for New Year's Eve? If not, HDNet Movies is hoping you'll spend the evening glued to the Alfred Hitchcock marathon that will be broadcast as 2008 rolls in. Starting at 3:30AM on December 31st, viewers can catch nine of Hitchcock's classics before the feature presentation takes over at 10:30PM. 'Course, we needn't tell you that Psycho will indeed be the main act, but horror aficionados will also appreciate the likes of Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Birds and Rear Window (just to name a few). Reportedly, each of the movies were "meticulously converted from original film sources" in order to be shown in 1080i, and hey, if you've already made plans to get out of town, just pick up a capacious new DVR and catch up when you return.

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[sophistical Posted Dec 15th 2007 3:34PM]

They've been playing these movies for awhile now. They are right about the quality. They are very sharp. Worth checking out even if you aren't a Hitchcock fan.

[ZeroCorpse Posted Dec 17th 2007 12:43PM]

DirecTV just pulled a fast one.

It used to be that HDNet Movies, along with MGM HD, MHD, Universal Movies HD, and Smithsonian HD were part of the HD package which costs you an extra $10 a month, but included these channels and HD versions of many channels in your particular package.

Now, however, they have separated these five channels from the HD package, and they are considered the "HD Extra" package, which costs an additional $5 a month. They just yanked the channels in the middle of the night without letting us know that they were removing them from the standard HD lineup, and now we're expected to pay extra for something we used to get as part of our HD package.

Dirty pool.

I'm miffed because HDNet movies, MGM HD, and Universal HD are some of the best channels in the HD lineup. My DirecTV bill is growing too big through all this nickel-and-dime B.S.. The fact that they can just yank channels out of a package and make them part of a different "upgrade" makes me wonder when they're going to yank other HD channels off my lineup and make me pay ala carte for each one?

Please, if you're a fan of HD on DirecTV, give them a call and let them know that you don't like having channels re-assigned like this.