Where Is HD? lays out your options when selecting a provider
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 14th 2008 3:01PM
posted Mar 14th 2008 3:01PM
posted Mar 14th 2008 3:01PM
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It says TBS HD is "100% HD", that is just wrong, I haven't seen any HD on it since they played Baseball games
that show 10 items or less is in HD... but i dont know many others that are... So you sir, are correct... or were both wrong lol
It also says TNTHD is 100%. Stretch-o-vision does not make it HD!
It's wrong for my area code, there are channels missing from the time warner list, at the very least is DiscoveryHD.
I think they list a lot of standard-def over-the-air DTV stations as HighDef.
"Please note that all channels listed may not actually carry HD programming, but are capable of doing so. These situations will show either 0% for the HD% or have a blank HD%. This is often the case with the 'Local Broadcast' listings."
Right, but I wonder if it's based on what the signal is at the destination. If it's 720p or better, then it will probably get listed as "HD" even if the content wasn't shot or properly upscaled for it. Fox comes up as 480i most of the time, but then flips to 720p when HD content comes through, whereas the 100% HD channels probably keep the signal at its target size no matter how craptacular the content will turn out (see early road racing on SpeedHD for more examples).
Oh, stop. That's silly.
If we are talking about format ALL of DirecTV's "HD" channels are HD all the time. Matter of fact, since my box is set for 1080i only, ALL of their SD channels are 100% HD, too!
What matters is the CONTENT format, and TNT-HD and TBDS-HD are completely fraudulent when they mark their programming "HD".
I wonder why DirecTV lets those stations expose it to such an obvious class action suit. If Apple can be sued for only having 65,000 screen colors instead of 65,536 when they claimed "65K", then this ought to be a slam dunk.
I didn't state that it was accurate or a great idea, but if the individual program "claims" to be in HD, and it's broadcast at an increased resolution, then that's probably how they calculated it. My TV upscales everything anyway, so to take your statement one step further EVERYTHING I see is "HD". However, the statements were "why is it showing as 100% when it isn't", and I bet it's calculated on the claim. The claim, sadly, is based on the resolution that's puked out and not by how well the content was transferred to it. This is a lot like the first HD DVD and Blu-Ray movies I saw with the horrible graining and blurring.
So, technically, the site is "correct" but a bit sad as well...
It is also incorrect for my zip code. They are claiming 25 HD stations from Comcast where I only have 21 stations. It has DSC HD, Scifi HD, TBS HD, and CNN HD listed for my zip and I do not have those stations.
Comcast lists those stations on their TVPlanner page, but that doesn't change the fact that they are unavailable on the real lineup when you log into your comcast account.
Now I remember why I switched from Cox AZ to Dish Network. I was about to switch back since the cost for HD is definitely less with cable, but I see why - there's hardly any HD channels offered. The wife would need HGTV-HD and TLC-HD to care about a switch. Now I either threaten Dish that I'm moving to D* or tell D* to sweeten their deal to gain back a former customer. The HD channels that matter are common - but Dish does make it nice to have 2 receivers and up to 3 tv's connected. And I KNOW - only one of those tv's would get HD. My setup is 1 hdtv and 2 non-hdtv's anyway for now.
What gets me is that they list out all those premium channels, and add them to the count. I want a list that only includes the standard level. Remove all those and the number that DirectTV has on Dish gets alot smaller.
Yeah, and they would still have more channels. What's your point?
They don't make you buy those channels, but atleast they give you the option. You don't even get that option with Dish.
To me, it doesn't matter how many HD channels one is currently receiving. What good does it to count a channel that has less then 25% content in HD? Its like asking me how many running shoes do I own even though I may have no plans to ever run.