Comcast XFINITY TV → Re: [HD] Monthly Post - Still no New HD for Philly Region

I haven't directly compared the two but just coming from Fios and Cablevision back on Long Island to Comcast it's seems pretty weak with at least the HD channels I would like.

Comcast has some HD premiums in other markets, but has dropped a lot of them, claiming that On Demand satisfies the need. I think that's a load of crap.

DirecTV has a more compelling HD lineup overall as they have all those premiums, and some things Comcast doesn't have.

Of course, Comcast has Fuse HD, Oxygen HD, PBS Kids Sprout HD, TV One HD, GSN HD, Esquire HD and UP HD that DirecTV doesn't have. I think whenever D14 launches, they'll have all of those.

Looks like after the rebranding debacle, G4 is now shutting down on 10/10 - that will be yet another HD channel gone, not added.

ESPN3D officially off the guide today. Another open QAM slot.

Comcast also does have the BIG ten ALT's in HD, EPL games as real channels, More then 1 HD feed (limited areas) for NBA LP / MLS DK and more then 2 HD feeds (limited areas) for NHL CI / MLB EI.

So the fad that was 3DTV is over.

Where did find out that G4 is shutting down? TV Guide still has data for G4 until 10/23.

G4 was suppose to shutdown and be replaced by Esquire network but Esquire network replaced the Style network instead

The October 10th shutdown date for G4 came from a letter that Cablevision had sent to the Connecticut PUC:

From: »Re: [Content] G4 is NOT dead...

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"Effective Thursday, October 10, 2013, NBC Universal will cease to air G4 in both standard definition and high definition, ...."

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