tiger72
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Re: Good news
said by RARPSL  :They do now BUT you need a HD STB/DVR to view them. I suppose that they can push an update to the SD STBs/DVRs so they can view the 7xx channels in SD (as would occur if you have a HD box connected to a SD TV). I have a SD DVR and while I could swap it for a HD DVR to get access to the HDs, I'd need to clean out my old recordings that I have not yet viewed as well as recreate my recording schedule. I guess I never understood why Cable companies spend so much money dividing the services and increasing their costs substantially. If they were smart, they'd use exclusively use HD-capable receivers and DVRs, and when an HD version of a channel comes out, simply replace the SD version instead of taking up more bandwidth and adding a second channel to the lineup. People with SD tv's can still use HD receivers and watch HD-content downrezzed, so it's not a compatibility issue. And cable companies would only need to have 2 or 3 devices to support instead of 5 or 6 (usually 1 receiver and 2 DVRs for HD and SD a piece).
It seems like it costs so much to do it the way they're doing (even if it is all-digital now).
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| said by tiger72 :I guess I never understood why Cable companies spend so much money dividing the services and increasing their costs substantially. If they were smart, they'd use exclusively use HD-capable receivers and DVRs, and when an HD version of a channel comes out, simply replace the SD version instead of taking up more bandwidth and adding a second channel to the lineup. People with SD tv's can still use HD receivers and watch HD-content downrezzed, so it's not a compatibility issue. There is a problem with not carrying both the SD and HD feeds in some cases. There are some channels that have a separate line-up for their HD and SD feeds (not just a HD version of what is on the SD feed). There is also the case where at times the SD and HD feeds have different shows. This occurred recently when the HD and SD feed on a sports channel had different games and there were complaints due to the Cable System (I think it was CV) automatically showed the HD feed even if you tuned to the SD channel. |
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tiger72
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| said by RARPSL :said by tiger72 :I guess I never understood why Cable companies spend so much money dividing the services and increasing their costs substantially. If they were smart, they'd use exclusively use HD-capable receivers and DVRs, and when an HD version of a channel comes out, simply replace the SD version instead of taking up more bandwidth and adding a second channel to the lineup. People with SD tv's can still use HD receivers and watch HD-content downrezzed, so it's not a compatibility issue. There is a problem with not carrying both the SD and HD feeds in some cases. There are some channels that have a separate line-up for their HD and SD feeds (not just a HD version of what is on the SD feed). There is also the case where at times the SD and HD feeds have different shows. This occurred recently when the HD and SD feed on a sports channel had different games and there were complaints due to the Cable System (I think it was CV) automatically showed the HD feed even if you tuned to the SD channel. In the rare cases that the HD feed doesn't show what's on the SD feed, channels like Discovery HD (ie HDTheater) would obviously stay as separate channels. But that is very much an exception to the rule that TNT, FX, Fox, NBC, ABC, FNS, CNN, etc.. are all simply simulcasting their stations in 4:3 protected HD.
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bsoft
join:2004-03-28
Boulder, CO
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| Discovery HD is not HD Theater. Discovery HD is an HD simulcast of Discovery Channel, whereas HD Theater is its own thing.
What pisses me off is that Comcast can't tell the difference. We have HD Theater, TLC HD, and Science Channel HD, but no Discovery HD. Which means no HD MythBusters. |
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tiger72
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| said by bsoft :Discovery HD is not HD Theater. Discovery HD is an HD simulcast of Discovery Channel, whereas HD Theater is its own thing. What pisses me off is that Comcast can't tell the difference. We have HD Theater, TLC HD, and Science Channel HD, but no Discovery HD. Which means no HD MythBusters. I meant the "old" DiscoveryHD before it was rebranded as HDTheater. My bad.
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