Well folks always need to remember that SD Channels will look average on a HD TV. Again it's just that a HD TV Not A SD TV which SD Channels will look clear. So point is SD Channel will not always look as clear on a HDTV like they do on a old SDTV.
I would watch water drip in HD...
Did anyone else catch this? It is nice to see DISH and Weather Channel teaming up on shows like this. The fact that it was in HD and would be airing in the fall makes me wonder what else DISH is up to with the Weather Channel.
Sharon Resultan:
Dish is giving out sports bottles @ NASCAR events that say DISH on one side and weather HD on the other.
You could NOT be more WRONG. Weather channel HD will have plenty of HD at launch. The production companies that do Storm Stories, etc., have been working in HD for a while, and all the live studio and remote stuff will be in HD day one.
The old stuff will be upconverted, but there is not that much old stuff. Weather Channel is one of the easier converts, because they don't have a lot of legacy stuff in SD. Much like ESPN. All it takes is money for production equipment (cameras, etc.).
Not only that, but the upconverted stuff on Discovery looks pretty good. Certainly better than plain SD.
Um, you should probably check your facts. They (TWC) have said that they will not go HD till next year. So if it "launches" this year it won't be in HD it will be upconverts.
Construction on the studio is expected to be completed in February, with the actual on-air date in June.
When the Weather Channel HD launches Oct. 1, it will premiere two original long-form series in pure HD: “Epic Conditions,” a show about perfect weather meeting perfect sports, such as big-wave surfing in Hawaii, and “Weather Ventures,” which highlights dream weather destinations.
The network says it will be upconverting content for a while, but hopes to eventually shoot 90 percent of its programming in high definition.
A lot of that depends on your TV. I have a 65-inch Mitsubishi DLP set, and SD looks fantastic on it! I have seen many other big-screen sets that didn't have a very good SD picture though.Well folks always need to remember that SD Channels will look average on a HD TV. Again it's just that a HD TV Not A SD TV which SD Channels will look clear. So point is SD Channel will not always look as clear on a HDTV like they do on a old SDTV.