VZ Mark
join:2009-06-22
Basking Ridge, NJ | reply to jumpman247
Re: New HD Channels?
NBA LP (ten SD services) along with the one corresponding HD service will be in place in time for next season...In fact, Team 6-10 are currently in use for MLS coverage... |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE | Mark-
Any guarantee we'll see NBA TV on 89/589 at the same time as the LP channels?
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Max1
join:2008-01-04
East Meadow, NY
| reply to RBost
Even though I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, because Fios is after all the leader in total number of HD channels available, they are missing quite a few HD channels. The total number of available HD channels not carried by Fios, by my estimation, is 24 channels. Here is the list:
Viacom
1 BET HD
2 BET J HD
3 LOGO HD
Rainbow Media
4 AMC HD
5 IFC HD
6 WE TV HD
7 Fuse HD
Turner
8 Cartoon Network HD
9 TCM HD
10 Tru TV HD
Fox
11 Fuel HD
Independent
12 Jewelry TV HD
13 Fashion TV HD
14 TV One HD
Comcast
15 E! Entertainment HD
16 G4 HD
17 Style HD
NBC Universal
18 MSNBC HD
Coming Soon to Fios
19 Crime & Investigation HD
20 CBS College Sports HD
21 NBA TV HD
22 Team HD (HD channel for NBA League Pass)
23 RFD TV HD
24 TBN HD
I wouldn't mind having the Turner & Comcast HD Channels. |
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MeatChicken
join:2007-08-15
Paramus, NJ | In your list, My immediate choices would be #'s 4 thru 10, 15 thru 19, & the not listed BBC America-HD, launching on July 20.
I wouldn't mind any of the others, but not at the delay of, or instead of, these.
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VZ Mark
join:2009-06-22
Basking Ridge, NJ | reply to JeepMatt
Matt,
I don't see it on the radar for now but tipoff is a ways off. Do you know if NBA TV will carry live games like NFL Network? Ask me again as season draws nearer and I will have a better idea... |
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coolguy23
join:2008-09-10
Rowlett, TX
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Yes NBA TV does carry a lot of live games. They have a lot of games throughout the week. On Tuesdays, its fan night, where the fans get to pick which game they want to see. Also, a lot of the first round NBA playoff games were only on NBA TV. Plus its cool to have detailed highlights of all the NBA games at night (kind of like sportscenter but with just NBA highlights). |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Max1
said by Max1  :Even though I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, because Fios is after all the leader in total number of HD channels available, they are missing quite a few HD channels. The total number of available HD channels not carried by Fios, by my estimation, is 24 channels. Here is the list: Viacom 1 BET HD 2 BET J HD 3 LOGO HD Rainbow Media 4 AMC HD 5 IFC HD 6 WE TV HD 7 Fuse HD Turner 8 Cartoon Network HD 9 TCM HD 10 Tru TV HD Fox 11 Fuel HD Independent 12 Jewelry TV HD 13 Fashion TV HD 14 TV One HD Comcast 15 E! Entertainment HD 16 G4 HD 17 Style HD NBC Universal 18 MSNBC HD Coming Soon to Fios 19 Crime & Investigation HD 20 CBS College Sports HD 21 NBA TV HD 22 Team HD (HD channel for NBA League Pass) 23 RFD TV HD 24 TBN HD I wouldn't mind having the Turner & Comcast HD Channels. Well I guess that explains why I could't find BET-HD the other day when my girlfriend wanted me to record the BET awards show for her. |
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timrek
join:2005-10-26
Reston, VA | reply to JeepMatt
Add NASA HD (part time for now) |
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JTBurn
join:2003-11-08
Ellicott City, MD | reply to Max1
Thanks Max 1. Not much there I care about. Except the "Coming Soon to FIOS" stuff, and maybe AMC and E!. 20-22 sounds good to me. |
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VZ Mark
join:2009-06-22
Basking Ridge, NJ
1 edit | reply to Max1
You can scratch off the Rainbow Media HD's (4-7)... |
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MeatChicken
join:2007-08-15
Paramus, NJ
| said by VZ Mark :You can scratch off the Rainbow Media HD's (4-7)... What does that mean?
We are getting others?
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE | Meat-
I'm interpreting it that we have no chance of seeing them since they're from Rainbow.
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Roche1972
join:2008-02-22 | reply to RBost
MeatChicken, the Rainbow Media HD channels are owned by Cablevision along with MSG HD and MSG+ HD. Cablevision hates Verizon so don't look for those HD channels anytime soon. |
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almahix
Allegro ma non troppo
join:1999-10-18
Camarillo, CA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to RBost
There aren't any among those that I miss having in HD. Once everything is broadcast in native HD it would be good I suppose, but most channels just stretch or warp SD to fill the screen and it looks awful. I'll watch the SD channels rather than stretched/warped SD on HD channels. |
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MeatChicken
join:2007-08-15
Paramus, NJ | reply to RBost
The Comcasts, Turners, & BBC Am-HD, are the "important ones" for me... E! , Cartoon, TCM...
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RBost
@verizon.net | reply to RBost
Does anyone know if Chiller HD is available yet? |
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VZ Mark
join:2009-06-22
Basking Ridge, NJ | reply to Roche1972
Exactly! I'm hoping that Rainbow is spunoff from Cablevision but I'm not holding my breath for that either. |
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JeepMatt
Delaware Fios
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Wilmington, DE
·Verizon FIOS
| Check out this thread..
»[HD] Portland, OR new HD channels effective Sept 1st.
Comcast in the OR / WA area will be really competitive come 9/1...included in their lineup are a number of the ones Max1 listed earlier...
As the Beastie's used to say...no sleep til' Brooklyn! 
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Greg2600
join:2008-05-20
Belleville, NJ
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MSNBC, Turner Classic Movies, TruTV, BET, not to mention that region already has Fuse, G4, Cartoon Network, We, IFC in HD. Portland, though, for those who don't know, has been light years ahead of the rest of the country (except Boston) for Comcast.
Hopefully Verizon adds a half dozen more HD channels this fall. At some point though, the number of channels nor internet speed are not going to make a competitive difference, and the providers will have to sell based on other measures. Verizon said recently that they are no longer going to compete on price, well, umm, that might make its way back into the equation. And price wars, of course, are usually very ugly.
If I were Verizon, I would really be focusing on getting more of the Web into the TV/STB. That means web-video sites like You Tube, Hulu, Fancast and AOL, and not the worthless sites I've read they are going to offer. I want to see old episodes of Thundercats or Welcome Back Kotter, not videos of some idiot skateboarding off a trash dumpster. |
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armstrda
join:2008-10-31 | reply to JeepMatt
Man that new Portland area HD lineup isn't bad for Comcast. Should make the transition easier if Frontier decides to screw us when the switch takes place. Not looking forward to the PQ though. |
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