http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/ Engadget HD Comments for Canadians survey finds most HDTV owners don't receive HD content 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/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/Dec 12th 2008 12:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
HD programming is a joke in Canada, with only the major networks and a few specialty channels even offering HD shows. I have a good HD setup (46" TV with 7.1 surround), and I primarilly use it for watching Blu-Rays, Gaming (PS3 and 360) and downloaded HD content from the web (TV shows that air in HD in the States are a plus).

The programming is crap, the price is too high, and the equipment is meh. To be honest when they cut off the analogue signal, I'll probably cancel my cable TV service and download the shows I want to watch (I have issues requiring a cable box when my TV has ATSC/NTSC and QAM tuners built in). ]]>Dec 12th 2008 12:36PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
I read Americans complaining about their cable and satellite, but they don't appreciate how good they have it compared to Canadians.]]>Dec 12th 2008 1:35PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/Dec 12th 2008 2:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
Boy Wizard,
Techinical Analyst,
Toronto, Canada]]>Dec 12th 2008 3:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
When I had cable, I was watching about 8 hours of television a week. If you don't count re-runs, or when the TV is on for background noise, it's cheaper *dollar-per-hour-of-content* to rent Blu-Rays from Blockbuster, or buy television seasons on DVD, than it is to subscribe to cable tv from Rogers in Canada!

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I've also got a PS3, so I buy and rent Blu-Ray. Better than over-compressed, cropped HD stuff from cable.

My brother makes up for my lack of enthusiasm for cable HD service, though: he's got two HD-PVRs.]]>Dec 12th 2008 7:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
I'm getting 'a' HD channel off my rabbit ears!!!]]>Dec 12th 2008 8:43PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/12/canadians-survey-finds-most-hdtv-owners-dont-receive-hd-content/
renting 2 bluerays a week is cheaper.... and then just download your tv shows off the web...

Canada needs to start getting better TV Plans, Cellphones Plans and internet plans (we can get 50Mbps! but with 50GB limit ]]>Dec 15th 2008 9:33PM