DirecTV to add 44 HD local markets (Updated with Launch Schedule)

[VMI90]

In past announcements such as these, have there been subsequent announcements detailing which one are going to be offered on a specific date? Or, since I watch TV every day, just one day by the end of the year, I'll notice that they're in HD?

[Brewer4]

Anyone see any announcements about PBS coming to select markets?

[mccoyrj]

Anyone see any announcements about PBS coming to select markets?

+1

I heard PBS reached some type of agreement with D*. Did I hear wrong?

[uncrules]

+1

I heard PBS reached some type of agreement with D*. Did I hear wrong?

D* announced an agreement at the end of last year but so far not one PBS HD channel has shown up anywhere.

[Ramy]

Still no Charleston/Huntington WV. That is pitifull that the #64 DMA is not going to be up there.

[mike1973]

Rochester, N.Y.

Yippee!!!

[RichardMcCarty]

I'm more than a little disappointed to see Monterey, CA omitted from this latest list. I was hoping to dump the annoying OTA antenna this summer.

[MattJ2124]

YOUNGSTOWN, OH!!!!!!!! YOUNGSTOWN, OH???????? I always thought we were the toiletbowl of Ohio and would never see local hd on direct, I am quite impressed....

[atp1313]

For those with HD-LIL and OTA integration already, how will the HD locals be shown in the guide? As it is, the SD locals are simply the channel number and the OTA HD channels are 2-1, 2-2, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 24-1. Will the HD-LIL channels take the same name/number as the SD locals, or is there some appending of the name/number like the OTA feeds?

[jcrandall]

For those with HD-LIL and OTA integration already, how will the HD locals be shown in the guide? As it is, the SD locals are simply the channel number and the OTA HD channels are 2-1, 2-2, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 24-1. Will the HD-LIL channels take the same name/number as the SD locals, or is there some appending of the name/number like the OTA feeds?

HD just will look like the SD local, just one number, like 2.

HD will default over SD. Any timers will need to be re-setup using the new channel number (even though it is the same channel number), becase you can still access the SD locals too. You can also set the system to show both SD & HD channels in the setup menu, then you would have two of each station.