Kryspy said:
Umm,
Give the channels a break they have been live for less than 24 hours and we aren't even in primetime season yet.
Kryspy
Ummm, sorry you are wrong there.
Up until this point the A&E HD channel is a 100% simulcast of the SD A&E channel on BEV and up until this point both the A&E SD and HD feed on BEV are a 100% simulcast of the USA A&E Network.
Now the A&E HD Network has been for a good long time. It is distributed in "HD" on Galaxy 14 on 125W transponder 23 along with their sister channel the History Channel HD.
It's very clear now why the network does not have more penetration on cable or other sources in the USA as everything shown thus far is 100% upconverted of the SD Channel. The only difference is it has a BIG FAT A&E HD logo instead.
Thus, the fact that it has been on BEV less than 24 hours does not excuse the fact that the channel itself has no real HD content to speak of.
Saying it has been live on BEV less than 24 hours and that justifies the lack of HD content would be the equivilant of putting TNT-HD on BEV and justifying their lack of HD programming because it's only been on BEV less than 24 hours (But then again, TNT-HD has tons more true HD Programming than A&E HD as A&E HD thus far has had none.).