Nice to see the new HD channels are on

**jackattack** · 08-15-2007 02:55 AM

this is awesome. new channels r up for me in Chicago. Also they finally put Comcast HD channel up. very excited with all of this.

**dfergie** · 08-15-2007 03:00 AM

Vs had Women Tap out fighters upconverted in 4:3... when I checked

**kstuart** · 08-15-2007 03:04 AM

I want my NASA-HD !

**drdroo** · 08-15-2007 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by kstuart

I want my NASA-HD !

Yknow.. Me too dude.. I wish Dish carried all 3 of the SD channels from the C band in the meantime, but I'd love NASA in HD.

**levibluewa** · 08-15-2007 04:33 AM

are up and running...YEAH!!! 1:15 AM PT.

**ke4est** · 08-15-2007 04:54 AM

Yep right on time.

**JIGGIEFLY** · 08-15-2007 06:24 AM

Yes i have the new channels looked at them and they look pretty good

**JoeSp** · 08-15-2007 06:47 AM

I just check and at 6:30am a few of the new HD channels are selling stuff -- I hope this only happens late at night. Animal Planet is pretty cool and I am recording something for my wife to watch this afternoon.

**gopherscot** · 08-15-2007 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by JayPSU

CSN ChicagoHD is up!!!!

Saw that myself ... now all three ofmy RSN's are in HD. (Fox North, FoX Midwest and now Comcast Chicago) Wow ... this was a pleasant surprise!

**who_the** · 08-15-2007 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by LASooner

They don't appear to be Stretch-o-Vision, they appear to be Crop-o-vision.

Looks like the discovery channels are all zoomed to mask the 4:3 image to 16:9.

Here they looked cropped to about 15:9 with narrow black bars on either side. Not all SD shows are 'safe' at that aspect ratio, so it's an interesting decision. Expect to see a fair amount of chopped heads.

Cheers