New HD Channels? in Verizon FIOS TV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22623555 en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:51 EDT Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:51 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22728144 JeepMatt : Nice to see competition heating up...

Comcast in my area will be moving 41 analogs to digital in the next two months...granted, for them that means a possible 123 HD channels with that awful 3:1 QAM ratio they use.... ;) ;)

Hopefully that rumor of a "nice chunk of new HD's" in Q4 comes true for us...
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said by VZ Mark See Profile :

Some of these classic movies are in black and white...
The masters for the most important movies in the Warner Bros. library -- ADV. OF ROBIN HOOD, CASABLANCA, etc -- are scanned from film at 4K resolution. (So is drek like CATWOMAN, but that's beside the point.) That's about six times as many pixels as your HDTV set. :o

(4096×3072 pixels compared to 1920x1080.)

I think TCM HD could max out your screen all right, even in black and white. The main question is how much high-frequency detail you lose to the MPEG-2 compression.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22683411 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:09:47 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672835 zer0future : From what I've seen Nick HD doesn't really have many HD programs yet, perhaps they will start animating some of their cartoons in HD now that they have a HD channel. I guess they could try and get HD broadcasting rights on the shows they have on nick at night (if available). From what little I've seen there isn't a noticeable difference between regular Nick and NickHD. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672835 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:23:34 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672118 Greg2600 : What's very ironic is that Verizon's SD quality on a channel such as TCM is so good, that TCM HD (upconverted) looks about the same on an HDTV. Whereas someone like Comcast almost has to have TCM HD for HDTV's because their SD quality is so horrible. So in line with what VZ Mark is saying, Verizon doesn't really need to add the HD version, because the SD is just as good. But it makes Verizon look weaker because they don't have the HD version.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672118 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:36:00 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672114 darcilicious :
said by matcarl See Profile :

Spongebob isn't in 16:9 though, but I notice that for the HD channels that show 4:3 content, the screen does get filled up slightly more than the SD version, maybe 1 inch on each side.
Interesting -- I've never seen that myself. My TV is typically set at 1:1 mode and my 6200 is set with SD override off...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22672114 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:35:05 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671936 matcarl : Spongebob isn't in 16:9 though, but I notice that for the HD channels that show 4:3 content, the screen does get filled up slightly more than the SD version, maybe 1 inch on each side.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671936 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:58:27 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671860 VZ Mark : I am aware of the ability for old movies to be digitized and the potential for them to be aired in high resolution. What I don't think will happen for quite sometime is that the extensive library of classic movies to be upconverted for HD channels. Maybe it's a case of 'build it and they will come' and by adding the channels it will push the movie companies, but some of these classic movies are in black and white...

And I was watching Spongebob in HD, but with my kids. That cartoon is pretty funny even for adults at times!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671860 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:42:33 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671093 URFloorMatt :
said by VZ Mark See Profile :

I'm curious about the Cartoon Network since Nick HD, which VZ recently added, didn't seem to be worth it? Don't know much about cartoon production but are HD cartoons really worth the BW? My kid was thrilled to see the "HD" in the logo but I didn't see a major difference...anyone agree/disagree?
I think Nick HD has a fair amount of HD during the daytime, and I have seen at least one teen sitcom airing during the day that's also HD. The problem is Nick at Nite covers 8pm to some early hour and there's not yet any HD during that time, though George Lopez repeats could be.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671093 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:21:40 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671041 anon :
said by VZ Mark See Profile :

Subjective indeed! For example munson15 wants TCM in HD and I don't blame him. But in reality Turner CLASSIC Movies are all shot prior to HD technology and quality would not be the same as Discovery HD Theatre just for one example. Junk for one could be gold to another but to me the dot tv's are just plain crap...good discussion...
No, this is wrong. Assuming that HD Theater shoots most of its footage on digital video rather than film, it's maximum resolution is 1080p. Anything that TCM airs that was shot on 32 mm film has much, much higher potential resolution.

Now, it's been stated at AVS that TCM will be upconverting for the next year, so that might cut against adding it in the short term. But given how these carriage agreements generally work, adding TCM, HLN, TruTV, and Cartoon Network would seem well worth the effort. These are four channels that, until recently, were standard fare for analog distribution by cable providers. They all have high exposure, particularly Cartoon Network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22671041 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:14:43 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668823 darcilicious : Well, if you're watching SpongeBob then yeah, you're probably watching too much TV ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668823 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:32:23 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668799 VZ Mark : Spongebob did look better in HD, just not sure it was as good as watching sports in SD and then switching to the HD feed of the same game and getting that 'WOW!' factor. Maybe I just watch too much damn TV???]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668799 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:29 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668737 darcilicious : I have noticed that programs in SD that are broadcast on HD channels almost always look better than they do on their original SD channels.

(At least if they don't do stretch and the like ;-) )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668737 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:23:07 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668697 VZ Mark : Thanks for the feedback, besides this show are there any others that would also be noticeable? Part of the discussion on this thread is 'part-time' HD on full time HD channels. Seems to me like VZ is adding some of these HD channels faster than the providers can add HD content? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668697 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:18:04 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668265 Baff :
said by VZ Mark See Profile :

I'm curious about the Cartoon Network since Nick HD, which VZ recently added, didn't seem to be worth it? Don't know much about cartoon production but are HD cartoons really worth the BW? My kid was thrilled to see the "HD" in the logo but I didn't see a major difference...anyone agree/disagree?
I want CN for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Very noticeable difference to me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668265 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:02:54 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667744 anon :
said by lcjawhit See Profile :

Is SYFY new? I don't remember seeing it...
Sci-Fi Channel is being renamed (stupidly) to SyFy. Thank the boobs at NBC.
That's just genius! i used to check my listings and ask "What's this Skiffy (SciFi) channel about?" Now I can phonetically figure it out! :uhh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667744 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:46:52 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667754 matcarl : They may have some shows that are in HD, better to have it than not, I say!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667754 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:44:48 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667734 VZ Mark : I'm curious about the Cartoon Network since Nick HD, which VZ recently added, didn't seem to be worth it? Don't know much about cartoon production but are HD cartoons really worth the BW? My kid was thrilled to see the "HD" in the logo but I didn't see a major difference...anyone agree/disagree? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667734 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:42:21 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667649 Greg2600 : Anything shot on 35mm or 70mm film, which includes I think almost all films anyone would ever want to watch, contain a resolution higher than 1080p. So any of those could be converted to HD fairly easily. I have no idea, but my guess is that Turner's Classics have not been converted to HD from their original stock. TCM does show some newer films, but odds are they are still just SD copies.

The next ones Verizon should go after are BBC, MSNBC, Comcast's, TCM, and Cartoon Network. The Cablevision/Rainbow networks should be added, but we all know the story there.

said by lcjawhit See Profile :

Is SYFY new? I don't remember seeing it...
Sci-Fi Channel is being renamed (stupidly) to SyFy. Thank the boobs at NBC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667649 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:29:08 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667641 darcilicious :
said by matcarl See Profile :

Having everything would solve the problem :p
Agreed! (per my previous post ;-) )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667641 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:26:53 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667635 darcilicious :
said by RBost :

said by darcilicious See Profile :

said by VZ Mark See Profile :

I think VZ does need to stress quality over quantity now that the 100HD barrier has been broken...
And who decides what is "quality"? Very subject topic! Frankly, if a channel is in HD and won't substantially raise the cost to customers then Vz should carry it :p
I disagree. Junk is junk,whether it is in HD or not.To me, quality far exceeds quantity.
Your "junk" could very well be my treasure. I could care less about most sports in HD, most news in HD, etc, etc. And I'm sure there are HD channels that I would never want to go without that you never watch. So between the two of us, who should be the judge of "quality"? I vote for me ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667635 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:26:14 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667631 lcjawhit : Is SYFY new? I don't remember seeing it...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667631 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:25:47 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667606 FIOSHD :
said by VZ Mark See Profile :

Subjective indeed! For example munson15 wants TCM in HD and I don't blame him. But in reality Turner CLASSIC Movies are all shot prior to HD technology and quality would not be the same as Discovery HD Theatre just for one example. Junk for one could be gold to another but to me the dot tv's are just plain crap...good discussion...
I'm not so sure of this. It all depends on the quality of the transfer. There is nothing inherent in film that makes it worse than something shot with an HD camera.....at least that is my understanding.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667606 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:21:50 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667581 matcarl : Having everything would solve the problem :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667581 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:18:54 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667370 VZ Mark : Subjective indeed! For example munson15 wants TCM in HD and I don't blame him. But in reality Turner CLASSIC Movies are all shot prior to HD technology and quality would not be the same as Discovery HD Theatre just for one example. Junk for one could be gold to another but to me the dot tv's are just plain crap...good discussion...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667370 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:49:40 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667209 eric87m :
said by Greg2600 See Profile :

The .TV channels were actually a negative. I wish they just plain got rid of them.
agreed]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667209 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:29:57 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667004 anon :
said by darcilicious See Profile :

said by VZ Mark See Profile :

I think VZ does need to stress quality over quantity now that the 100HD barrier has been broken...
And who decides what is "quality"? Very subject topic! Frankly, if a channel is in HD and won't substantially raise the cost to customers then Vz should carry it :p
I disagree. Junk is junk,whether it is in HD or not.To me, quality far exceeds quantity.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22667004 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:13:23 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666841 darcilicious :
said by VZ Mark See Profile :

I think VZ does need to stress quality over quantity now that the 100HD barrier has been broken...
And who decides what is "quality"? Very subject topic! Frankly, if a channel is in HD and won't substantially raise the cost to customers then Vz should carry it :p ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666841 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:39:10 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666796 VZ Mark : I agree that the dot tv's and even the Viacom HD's have minimal HD content. The dot TV's will be used in a trial for viewing on handsets. I don't watch these at home on my 62" DLP, not sure why I would watch them on my cell??? Spike HD is the best of the Viacom Channels, especially the new Jesse James show. I think VZ does need to stress quality over quantity now that the 100HD barrier has been broken...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22666796 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:33:22 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664558 Greg2600 : The .TV channels were actually a negative. I wish they just plain got rid of them.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664558 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:40:31 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664413 kba829 : Now that they've added Comedy Central, if they add BBC in HD, I could pretty much give up SD channels altogether. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22664413 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:15:59 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663677 anon :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

said by munson15 See Profile :

Now it's Cablevision that is adding HD channels left and right & it's Verizon that's seemingly dead in the water like some rat-gnawed corpse when it comes to adding new channels. Go figure.
Huh? They just added 12 HD channels in the past 2 months!
At least 7 of these channels are pure fluff. The 6 .crap channels do not deserve to be on any line-up, and YES is merely a 24 hour informercial about the Yankees with about half of its programming in SD. Vz. needs to shine now that some of the better channels are becoming available in HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663677 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:20:57 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663630 anon :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

said by munson15 See Profile :

Now it's Cablevision that is adding HD channels left and right & it's Verizon that's seemingly dead in the water like some rat-gnawed corpse when it comes to adding new channels. Go figure.
Huh? They just added 12 HD channels in the past 2 months!
You can tell us that until you're blue in the face, but no one in the world considers the .TV channels real HD additions.

Verizon added six channels in the last two months, and destroyed the bandwidth for six other future channels.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663630 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:05:59 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663180 munson15 : That's right, they added Recipe TV at some point, didn't they? How silly of me to overlook that monumental achievement in the history of HD TV.

The point I was trying to make is that if Cablevision (a company that until very recently has had a history of only adding new channels to their lineup slowly) can add new premium HD channels as they become available, Verizon should be able to as well.

EDIT:

Let me be perfectly clear here so there are no misunderstands. I'm bitter specifically about Cablevision carrying TCM HD, a channel I'd very much like to see in the FIOS HD lineup. I was a Cablevision customer for 20 years, and it was like trying to pull teeth from a crocodile in heat to get them to add new channels to their lineup, no matter how popular those channels were on other services. Now that they've got some competition, they're adding new channels like there's no tomorrow.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663180 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:44:35 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663077 JeepMatt :
said by munson15 See Profile :

Now it's Cablevision that is adding HD channels left and right & it's Verizon that's seemingly dead in the water like some rat-gnawed corpse when it comes to adding new channels. Go figure.
Huh? They just added 12 HD channels in the past 2 months!
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Now it's Cablevision that is adding HD channels left and right & it's Verizon that's seemingly dead in the water like some rat-gnawed corpse when it comes to adding new channels. Go figure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663046 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:22:37 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661408 anon : The new Comcast lineup looks very competitive but remember, we are still the only one that has the 6 .crap channels.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661408 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:47:20 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661085 armstrda : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22661085 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:47:35 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660722 Greg2600 : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660722 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:43:12 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22660020 JeepMatt : 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! :p
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640874 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:09 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640854 almahix : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640854 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:30 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640739 Roche1972 : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640739 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:27:47 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639989 JeepMatt : Meat-
I'm interpreting it that we have no chance of seeing them since they're from Rainbow.
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said by VZ Mark See Profile :

You can scratch off the Rainbow Media HD's (4-7)...
What does that mean?
We are getting others?
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639963 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:09 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639689 VZ Mark : You can scratch off the Rainbow Media HD's (4-7)...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639689 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:12:03 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636274 JTBurn : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636274 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:58 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635290 timrek : Add NASA HD (part time for now)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635290 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:36 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635226 aaronwt :
said by Max1 See Profile :

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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635226 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:39 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635108 coolguy23 : 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).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635108 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:11 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635073 VZ Mark : 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...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635073 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:37 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635002 MeatChicken : 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.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635002 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:24:52 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634895 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634895 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:03 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634735 JeepMatt : Mark-
Any guarantee we'll see NBA TV on 89/589 at the same time as the LP channels?
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said by kes601 See Profile :

said by SQUIDWARD360 See Profile :

They aren't exactly full time stations when they rerun the same programming. The demand on the part time programming is higher then these.
Again, it's a moot point because InDemand doesn't even offer them as HD feeds.

BTW, I would be the first to subscribe if Extra Innings was in all HD, but I still think it would be a waste of QAM space :-)
It's not entirely moot when Verizon can make their own deal like DTV.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22630324 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:02:40 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22629573 Vamp9190 :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

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The only 1 I know of is NBA TV HD - which is to be on by the time next season begins.
It would be nice, but I am not holding my breath on this one. Especially after the last 2 years of promises (and especially with them adding it to the guide as a cruel joke a few months ago).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22629573 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:32:56 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22627210 MeatChicken : As has been mentioned.. Wish list ..
BBC AmericaHD when it launches in July.
E!-HD, Style-HD, Cartoon-HD, MSNBC (SD or HD for my market!), TCM-HD, IFC-HD, G4-HD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22627210 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:29:23 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22627171 somebodeez : I'd love to have TCM HD! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22627171 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:15:30 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626969 kes601 :
said by SQUIDWARD360 See Profile :

They aren't exactly full time stations when they rerun the same programming. The demand on the part time programming is higher then these.
Again, it's a moot point because InDemand doesn't even offer them as HD feeds.

BTW, I would be the first to subscribe if Extra Innings was in all HD, but I still think it would be a waste of QAM space :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626969 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:48:22 EDT Re: MSNBC HD & NBATV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626956 robjlevin :
said by Myron4 See Profile :

. When does NBA League Pass get taken out of the hands of iN Demand?
Probably never. DTV and Dish negotiate directly with the leagues because of their national footprint. It would be a logistical nightmare for cable companies (and I include FiOS in this) to handle it all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626956 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:42:00 EDT MSNBC HD & NBATV http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626942 Myron4 : TWC in selected markets of course, which rarely seems to include North Texas. Their unique offering here is CBS College Sports HD but you only get that with their $7+ sports tier.

NBA TV is my #1 FiOS request now, SD & HD. Wasn't it actually in the channel lineup about 7 months ago for a couple of months... When does NBA League Pass get taken out of the hands of iN Demand?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626942 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:33:30 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626929 Acerone : MSNBC HD goes live on CableVision today. Time Warner in July. By the end of August, MSNBC HD will be available in 11 million homes. No mention of FIOS yet. Also BET HD went live on DirecTV]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626929 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:25:51 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626727 Mark F : But, I was a fan of Charlie's Angels.
Mark F.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626727 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:41:11 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626313 afiggatt : Maybe Verizon will surprise us and add MSNBC HD when it officially launches tomorrow. But that is not likely. Of course, with the excessive coverage about you know who on the news channels, that may be a good thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626313 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:52:06 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626135 casey10s : Tennis Channel HD is probably the channel I watch the most. I could care less about the NBA Channel. The same basically goes for the NFL Network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22626135 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:55:10 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625547 SQUIDWARD360 : They aren't exactly full time stations when they rerun the same programming. The demand on the part time programming is higher then these.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625547 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:44:45 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625503 kes601 :
said by SQUIDWARD360 See Profile :

It's only a waste of bandwidth since you don't want them. I'm sure 90% of the other people here would rather see those channels in HD then the .tv channels, Tennis HD, Mav Tv or YES.
No, it is a waste of bandwidth to carry them in HD because they are part time stations that would require several QAMs.

And -- I completely agree with the stations you listed, I could care less about them as well, but at least they are full time stations (with the exception of YES, which I don't count since the point of the station is Yankees games which can't air outside of NY).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625503 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:36:14 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625271 anon :
said by JeepMatt See Profile :

The only 1 I know of is NBA TV HD - which is to be on by the time next season begins.
Please say they will have NBA League Pass as well :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625271 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:40:21 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625014 SQUIDWARD360 : It's only a waste of bandwidth since you don't want them. I'm sure 90% of the other people here would rather see those channels in HD then the .tv channels, Tennis HD, Mav Tv or YES.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22625014 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:32:08 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22624195 kes601 :
said by SQUIDWARD360 See Profile :

At this point I'm only waiting for the Cartoon Network. Verizon has provided everything but the NFL Ticket at this point. I would like to see the NBA and NHL packages in HD though.
NFL Ticket is exclusive to DirecTV, the contract was just renewed.
NBA / NHL in HD to me would be a waste of bandwidth unless they could do these IP based. But, considering InDemand does not carry all the games in HD anyway it is a moot point.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22624195 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:44:26 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22624114 SQUIDWARD360 : At this point I'm only waiting for the Cartoon Network. Verizon has provided everything but the NFL Ticket at this point. I would like to see the NBA and NHL packages in HD though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22624114 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:23:19 EDT Re: New HD Channels? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22623771 JeepMatt : R-

The only 1 I know of is NBA TV HD - which is to be on by the time next season begins.

CBS CS stated in their PR that VZ would carry the HD feed "sometime in 2009" - but I have not heard any whispers on that, nor on any of the other channels you listed.
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