New D* ad advertising 130 HD channels by end of year!

[charper1]

Considering whatever the program providers call them (even if HD "placeholders") with only a show or two in HD; they will call it HD. There are supposed to be a plethora of premium multiplex options gearing to roll out. That would eat into 35 real fast if true.

[dcowboy7]

Where are they going to find 35 more HD channels?

Most of the recent adds by D* and E* are of channels that broadcast little true HD.

11 = ppv
12 = rsn
10 = pay movie channels (hbo+, starz+)
1 = fox news hd
1 = amc hd

there u go....35.

[nutjb18]

what I heard wasn't the terminator commercial but rather a plug by Joe Buck when they were giving credit to the directv blimp for the overhead camera shots, it was not actually a commercial.

[hdtvtechno]

11 = ppv
12 = rsn
10 = pay movie channels (hbo+, starz+)
1 = fox news hd
1 = amc hd

there u go....35.

Oh please no more ppv's

[pdxsam]

Joe Buck just read a voicer and said "130 channels this summer"

So the message seems to be all over the place.

[Jimbo]

So were going to use a announcer as gospel directly from D* ???

Jimbo

[Jimbo]

I don't care about how much HD is on them, as far as the RSN's , as long as the GAME is in HD, I don't care about the rest.
Yes, it will be nice, but the GAME is the important part.

Jimbo

[r1chard316]

The national HD count is D 58, E 47.

That is without duplicate channels like HBO East and HBO West only count as 1.
RSN's don't count since they are not national.
Count may be off but it should be close.

[ChrisPC]

It wasn't actually said by Robert Patrick; it was a voiceover and graphic edited onto the end of the ad. I think it did also say "this summer", as another poster also saw. I wasn't at home, so I couldn't record it.

[jcrandall]

What wasposted above is what was said in the voice over late in the ASG when showing the D* blimp. 130 this summer.