For my area, the CW is shared with WGN or channel 9. It's the only local channel I don't get in HD, and there is some HD content I am missing out of. Most notably, the Cub games. There are also some shows I wouldn't mind seeing in HD as well. The shows will even say "In HD where Available." It's time Dish gives us this channel in HD. I could care less by so much of the other crap they offer in HD, why not this??
When will we get CW or WGN in HD??
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Dish doesn't even give it to us when it is available.
CW WPSG in Philadelphia is available in HD on DirecTV but not on Dishnetwork.
Which WGN-HD does BEV carry? The superstation or the local WGN from Chicago? Anyone with a BEV setup could you answer?
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Just got this from the FAQ's on WGN's site.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: When will Superstation WGN be available in high definition?
A: Superstation WGN will be available in HD to cable and satellite providers starting in November.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: When will Superstation WGN be available in high definition?
A: Superstation WGN will be available in HD to cable and satellite providers starting in November.[/FONT]
Dish does not offer WGN-DT ch 9 In hd whereas Directv does.
Were also missing WTTW-DT PBS HD, WCIU-DT wich airs Bulls, Cubs, and Sox games In HD, and WPWR-DT Mytv wich also is in hd but I dont know if anything actually airs. None of the providers have picked up these other than comcast. I get these via OTA, wich all of these channels can easly be had with the right antenna.
Does this mean we might be seeing Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox games broadcast in HD on E* or would this be the OTA WGN and won't affect those of us out of the Chicago area?
E* needs to offer WGNHD when it's offered in November. More Cubs and Bulls in HD would be fantastic. Make it happen.
I lost my BEV service, in S. Cal. sometime ago. When I had it, they carried the local WGN.
i know that, what i didnt know is that all this time i had it hooked up to my receiver but i never scanned for local channels : /
It is likely that DISH is hesitant to bring CWs online due to the substantial absence of HD programming across the gamut of CW stations. Many of them are still SD subchannels of some other network's affiliate.
What D* has done has typically been to address an absence of some other major network from their offering.
What D* has done has typically been to address an absence of some other major network from their offering.
I have an antenna that I bought back in the 1970's from RS that is labeled on the box as being "High Definition".
Beginning in 2008, you will see fewer and fewer Cubs games on WGN Superstation. The soon-to-be-new-owner of the Cubs has stated several times that those games would transition off the superstation feed and the local WGN feed as well eventually.
I checked with a source at WGN who a few months ago was saying next spring/summer. Well it does look like November now, the people that control the $'s decided that they needed to get a HD signal out there and they're waiting for the encoders to be delivered now.
