Olympics in HD

[Rangers484]

Move this if in the wrong place..

It has been brought to my attention by friends and family that many providers don't carry MSNBC in HD yet.

Normally this would not be of interest to me since I do not watch MSNBC anyway but with the Olympics having a large presence on MSNBC, CNBC, Universal, USA and of course NBC it sure is nice to be able to see ALL of the Olympics in HD.

Many of my friends had to watch USA hockey in SD because their carrier does not have HD for all of the above mentioned channels.

I want to thank DISH in this instance.

[bgothard72]

Me too! Dish rocks! You hear a ton of complaints, but never the good stuff.

[JohnL]

Jim Rome blasted the NBC for hot having the Sunday Night USA vs Canada in HD. Apparently he either has DirecTV, or a local Cable company that doesn't carry MSNBC in HD.

Too bad a lot of the country assumes MSNBC is not available in HD, as we all know (due to the saturation DirecTV HD ads) DirecTV has the MOST HD over every other provider.

Its unfortunate that most prospective HD subscribers don't know that Dish offers 23 more Nationally available HD channels than DirecTV.

Thanks for the larger variety of HD channels Dish.

John

[AdamGott]

Well those of us with HD ABSOLUTE didn't get to watch SD or HD of the USA vs. Canada game! I can't believe that hockey is so much less popular than curling or most of the other Olympic sports but I guess I see proof of it everywhere and all of the time. It's a shame that many Americans had to miss that game.

[Bobby]

I'm American and I didn't miss the game. I have programming that I pay for that had it on Dish. I'm sorry that you didn't....

[Slamminc11]

I'm American and I didn't miss the game. I have programming that I pay for that had it on Dish. I'm sorry that you didn't....

[R0ss]

... Dish offers 23 more Nationally available HD channels than DirecTV...

Except many of us only receive 14 more than Direct since we can't receive what we pay for...

But thats covered elswhere

Ross

[Rangers484]

Except many of us only receive 14 more than Direct since we can't receive what we pay for...

But thats covered elswhere

Ross

But not any of the ones the Olympics are on.

[KAB]

But not any of the ones the Olympics are on.

Turbos and Absolutes don't get MSNBC among others...the point ROss was making.

[SatboyZ]

We get CNBC-HD which I am thinking should be renamed the "Canadian national broadcasting channel". Tuesday after noon they showed Canuck curling followed by womens hockey. Last night was men's Can vs Russia. Have not seen much on Uni-Hd yet but I have to take the remote away from my wife, who watching the figure skating constantly.

On a side note: I can not figure out why NBC paid big bucks for these olympics and wanted them in a North American time zone. They tape delay virtually everything anyways.

Steve