DIRECTV Remains Clear HD Leader with 130 HD Channels

[jcrandall]

It says "130 on tap for mid August".

The " Beginning August 14, DIRECTV will launch more than 30
additional HD channels, bringing the total HD channel lineup to 130" could be misleading, but the first one is pretty direct.

I got a response to my clarification question, wanting to be sure they intend to have 130 HD by Aug 14:

Safe to say we should have 130 on Aug 14.

Essentially, after the RSN error, I tried to read too much into the press release

That should be solid indication that there will be a handful of national channels beyond what was indicated in the press release.

95 now, add 12 RSNs, 2 nationals, and a few PPVs (we'll say 6) = 115

Still upwards of 15 or so channels that are not named yet.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Very good.

 

[tigerfan33]

Something tells me Fox News is still floating around up there.

 

[hdtvtechno]

Something tells me Fox News is still floating around up there.

In thin air..?

 

[JerryVolunteer]

This feels like Christmas Eve. I can't wait to wake up tomorrow to all the mpeg 4 channels and maybe a bonus who knows....

 

[darrencp22]

No bonus but I like the mpeg4 channels.

 

[Rey]

No bonus but I like the mpeg4 channels.

Are they working? this morning i checked them at 6:08am but the channels were down. the ones int the 70 range were working and are probably the ones that are gonna stay for now in mpeg2

 

[Ronnie-]

No bonus but I like the mpeg4 channels.

Yeah, I liked what I saw for the few minutes I could watch.

Cant wait to see some sports on ESPN to really get a feel for how much it improved

 

[Ronnie-]

Are they working? this morning i checked them at 6:08am but the channels were down. the ones int the 70 range were working and are probably the ones that are gonna stay for now in mpeg2

Yeah, they were down for a few, then came on.

 

[Rey]

or movies on demand. even if E leaked something about 1080p VOD do you think they will do this before D? no. E lately is always late to the party. they will not do this before D. by D announcing this proves that they're ahead of E on this 1080p issue. like Dk said "I don't think so"

looks like i was dead wrong about this since E announced today that their vip dvr's will have 1080p enabled this month.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I can't wait. Tomorrow should be great as well.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I didn't think ESPN Looks that much different. A little bit maybe.

 

[mlb]

Probably tough to tell without live sports on, Hemi.

However, when I switched to D* I could definitely tell the image was washed out on ESPNHD and ESPN2HD. Hopefully this switch will be apparent tonight.

 

[darrencp22]

The difference was immediately noticable to me.

 

[DodgerKing]

looks like i was dead wrong about this since E announced today that their vip dvr's will have 1080p enabled this month.

As was I. The original press release mad no mention of this happening on 8/1, but rather later in the year. I wonder if they moved it up because of Direct?

All I can say is competition is a wonderful thing. If forces both providers to do better. Image where D or E would be now if only one of them existed? We would probably still be looking at only a handful of HD channes.

 

[jcrandall]

As was I. The original press release mad no mention of this happening on 8/1, but rather later in the year. I wonder if they moved it up because of Direct?
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Dodger - that is exactly what happened. The words I heard was Dish was 'pissed' with the D* release this week and wanted to speed up / get out another release.

That said, to claim they have 114 now and 150 soon, their counting methods are getting way out of hand. I wonder if their olympics coverage will count as a few HD channels, perhaps NHL CI, it is starting again soon, NBA maybe. Want to take that approach, 150 is cake.

DirecTV could add 29 HD channels to their count with MLB EI alone.

I'm not saying either company count their sport pckages in the channel count, but how E* can claim 114 now is beyond my understanding.

 

[darrencp22]

Hey are the MPEG4 converts on D11 or D10?

 

[Ronnie-]

Hey are the MPEG4 converts on D11 or D10?

D11 from what I have read

 

[tigerfan33]

Probably tough to tell without live sports on, Hemi.

However, when I switched to D* I could definitely tell the image was washed out on ESPNHD and ESPN2HD. Hopefully this switch will be apparent tonight.

We will be able tell more about the pq when the next mlb is on ESPN hd. I am looking for not as much noise on MPEG4. I do think the feed has more to do with it though.

 

[jcrandall]

Hey are the MPEG4 converts on D11 or D10?

Go to 306 or 552 and look at the channel description. (Move left arrorw past the current program to highlight the channel number)

HD NET (D11)