BHN here in Orlando confirmed a September 17th start date for all these channels. What floors me is we're getting the Big Ten Network, with none of those schools being anywhere CLOSE to central Florida, and yet they are still twiddling their thumbs with Fox Sports Net FLORIDA to carry their signal. Only in FloriDUH!
Here's my e-mail to TBS-HD (one of the newest additions to HD, but definitely the WORST offender of stretch-o-vision!) The only thing on that channel that's actually HD is the baseball, what are they going to do when the playoffs are over?? Anyway, here's my e-mail:
Subject: TBS-HD stretch-o-vision
To whom it may concern,
I was very happy to wake up on October 2nd to 4 new HD channels in my area, one of which was TBS HD. I couldn't wait to watch my favorite shows (Family Guy, The Office, Seinfeld, etc.) in HD quality. I am no stranger to HDTV and I know most old shows have not been converted to HD yet, so I was expecting to see these shows in full screen but in much better quality through your HD feed. Instead, like TNT has been doing for way too long, you insist on stretching your content to fit the screen. This makes these shows exteremly difficult to watch, because everything is way too WIIIIIIIDE. Not to mention, once the baseball playoffs are over, I'm wondering how much actual HD coverage your channel will have. And The Office (which has been filmed in HD since its inception) isn't even presented in HD on TBS HD!! As an avid TBS viewer, I would love for you guys to cater to your HD fans (there are plenty out here in TV land, and our numbers are growing larger by the second!) and present shows in their OAR (original aspect ratio) until the studios decide to re-master their shows in HD. Thank you very much.
TBS HD was turned on here in Central Florida on Bright House Networks this morning in addition to History Channel HD, Food Network HD and HGTV HD. The only thing I HATE is how they insist on STREEEEETCHING everything out. Why not just keep everything in its original aspect ratio while still transmitting in HD? I would much prefer that over watching Seinfeld or Saved by the Bell in stretch-o-vision. Someone needs to go to Atlanta and straighten TNT and TBS out!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I've been begging for new HD what seems to be FOREVER now and Bright House finally comes through! It took them long enough with ESPN2HD. I just wish National Geographic HD was one of the channels being added. They show a lot of good crap on that station!
WESH is the NBC affiliate in Orlando, not CBS. And what exactly does this mean? I didn't know we had COX here in Orlando. Bright House Networks pretty much has a monopoly on the cable market. Its either that, or switch to satellite for most of the Central Florida area...
YES! Finally! Been waiting for ESPN2HD since I bought my HDTV 15 months ago! We got it here in Orlando too through BrightHouse Networks. All I can say is its about time! Now all we need is National Geographic HD and we're set.
Yeah, Brighthouse Networks here in Orlando finally decided to add a new HD channel to the lineup and of course its A&E HD. The ONLY thing they show in HD is pretty much CSI: Miami and that show just sucks. I'd much rather have ESPN2HD or National Geographic HD or even MHD. I will probably end up watch The Sopranos in re-runs though.
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