in the last 24 hours my HD channels have tripled and every few hours there are some more added :) way to go direct tv :bowdown:
What about digital cable, like say. . . Time Warner?
it has been 100% digital since i got it, the only thing i have been waiting for is the HD channels
Quote from: Jake D on September 26, 2007, 02:32:50 PM
What about digital cable, like say. . . Time Warner?
:laugh:
I have Atlantic Broadband cable... I pay an extra $10 or so a month for out whopping 6 HD channels :flipoff:
If I could only get DSL I would buy a dish in a min.
Since the FCC pushed back the deadline for all TV signals to be digital until 2012, I'm not buying _anything_ widescreen or HD until then. There are sources online that show current US ownership of actual HD TV's to be around 4-5%. WIth numbers that slim, programming will continue to be the wrong format for a loooong time.
Add to my detest of anything marketed as "HD-blah" the many formats and 'standards' currently available, blue-ray vs HDV, DRM, and the DMCA, RIAA and others and I don't know if I'll ever buy a HD device.
Sure, National Geographic specials look great on the TV's at WalMart, and prices are coming down weekly. Sure, HD looks fantastic on a laptop. Sure, HD means you can embed cool apps into movies and really push the boundaries of programming.
When the formats are truely OPEN, and content is OPEN and non-DRM'd, I'll jump on board. Right now, there are too few options, other than bittorrent and being labeled a 'thief'.
)rant off(
Cool ! Got any cool HD channels like OLN ?
Quote from: ohgood on September 27, 2007, 04:42:48 AM
Since the FCC pushed back the deadline for all TV signals to be digital until 2012,
??? Dont know where you got that info ?
Congress passed a law on February 1, 2006, setting a final deadline for the DTV transition of February 17, 2009.
At midnight on February 17, 2009, federal law requires that all full-power television broadcast stations stop broadcasting in analog format and broadcast only in digital format.
-From www.fcc.gov
With Time Warner digital, I probably get at least 20 HD channels, all the major networks, TNT, two ESPN's, MOJO (awsome), HDNET, HBOHD, etc.
If you don't have HD, you're a loser. You probably have rabbit ears on top of your TV.
HD is nice. Last black friday I stocked up and bought 3 :cookoo: put one in the kitchen one in the living room and one in my room :thumb:
After one year of having an HD tv, I've finally gotten to the point were I can go to sleep at a decent hour rather than watching it until 1:30. That's how excellent they are.
THANK GOD!!, I'm not the only one who did that!!!!
Wow... After YEARS of trying to get DSL I just checked Verizon online and... I CAN GET IT! BuBye Cable and your crappy 6 HD Channels.. Hello Direct TV
Thanks Frankie! :icon_mrgreen: If you hadnt posted this I wouldnt have checked again for months :thumb:
I like that Direct TV says 100 HD channels by Jan :thumb: SWEET! I only wish the HD DVR wasnt $100 :icon_rolleyes:
I counted. I only have 22 HD channels right now. I hate watching regular programming. Maybe soon. . . I won't have to. Give me Spike HD, Speed HD and I'd be pretty dang happy.
Quote from: ohgood on September 27, 2007, 04:42:48 AM
There are sources online that show current US ownership of actual HD TV's to be around 4-5%. WIth numbers that slim, programming will continue to be the wrong format for a loooong time.
)rant off(
Are you kidding me?:icon_rolleyes: Get yourself down to Walmart, get you a 50-to-60" screen, plug in the rabbit ears and your <cringe>
good to go. Most primetime over-the-air TV is widescreen HD--better quality than cable or dish--and it don't cost a dime.:thumb: ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, PBS, sports, series, movies, talk, digital SD, digital HD...what are you waiting for--3D? :icon_razz: Analog sucks. Time to get rid of that tiny TV. :cheers:
Where u get the money for 3 HD tv's
Jesus! lol
quote:
Dont know where you got that info ?
Congress passed a law on February 1, 2006, setting a final deadline for the DTV transition of February 17, 2009.
At midnight on February 17, 2009, federal law requires that all full-power television broadcast stations stop broadcasting in analog format and broadcast only in digital format.
endquote
I get ALL my information from http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/0121237 slashdot of course !
;)
Yeah I forgot, Digital over the air signals. You can watch 24, smallville, and Heroes in HD with no cable box.
Time Warner cable is like a throwback to the 80s... we cant have direct tv cause the russian landlord doesnt want the dishes on the roof for some reason.
tell him this is america...go back to russia lol
Quote from: frankieG on September 30, 2007, 02:33:40 PM
tell him this is america...go back to russia lol
I'm disappointed in you frankieG
Yeah, that's totally out of character. Now, if I had said something like that no one would think twice about it. But, you are much too much of a pansy bleeding heart liberal for that kind of comment :thumb: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: spcterry on October 01, 2007, 06:27:41 PM
Yeah, that's totally out of character. Now, if I had said something like that no one would think twice about it. But, you are much too much of a pansy bleeding heart liberal for that kind of comment :thumb: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
and look at his hair... he has no grounds to be making fun of anybody
Dude, I almost pissed myself laughing!!!!!!!
Quote from: spcterry on October 01, 2007, 06:27:41 PM
Yeah, that's totally out of character. Now, if I had said something like that no one would think twice about it. But, you are much too much of a pansy bleeding heart liberal for that kind of comment :thumb: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
so very true