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I started a thread on this topic a year and a half ago: http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/284624-Local-Commercials-on-National-Channels

I don't think they're actually showing any HD yet. There's an ongoing thread about this over on the AVS forum. Why they aren't showing any HD remains a mystery. It appears they're taking some HD masters, downconverting them to SD, and then upconverting to HD resolution. The station does look...

I hope not either. Adding another SD movie channel is no substitute for dropping HD discs by mail.

I recorded Dracula Has Risen From the Grave yesterday. According to IMDB, it was shot in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, which is how it looked on TCM HD, with very thin black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. It was not shown in HD, however. There was little detail to the picture, and clearly...

Plenty of the movies shown on TCM have been shown in HD on other stations, or are available on Blu-ray. Just sticking with the earlier post I quoted, they'll be showing Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, all of which have been released on BD.

It's just too bad that none of those classics (or any of their other movies) are actually HD on TMC HD.

Update: This just happened again tonight. I'd rather not specify the channel, since I don't want to take the chance of this turning into a political debate. Let's just say it's one of the national news/commentary channels. This time, I happened to be watching on delay. Usually I'll skip...

That's what I would have expected, but there was nothing there. That's why I had guessed it may have been stored to the hard drive and then inserted into the stream later.

FWIW, I don't subscribe to locals through Dish.

Scott, Do to have any information on how they're doing this? Again, I don't care that they're doing it, I'm just curious about how they're doing it. Scott

Sorry if this has been answered before, but a rudimentary search didn't pull up anything. While watching one of the national channels, there was a commercial for recall election going on in our state. I thought it would be odd for one of the parties to be spending money to hit viewers across...

I don't think TCM is showing any of their movies in HD yet. They may be using new HD masters, but they're being downconverted to SD and then upconverted to HD again. At least in the US. There's an ongoing thread about it on the AVS forum.

It seems like it's been a long time since we've seen a free Showtime preview weekend.

Count me in with those who also lost Cinemax on the first. I'm going to kind of miss it. Pairing up a 722k and an external HD allowed me to build quite a collection over the past couple of year. I've got a bunch of the old classic Universal monster movies, and a bunch of lower-tier movies...

It's been almost a year, and it doesn't look any actual HD content has been shown yet. Does anyone have any updated info on their plans? Scott

I thought Alice looked pretty good at 1080i, and the .99 price is about right for less than BD quality. Were that to become the normal rental price, I'm sure I'd be using the service more often. I wouldn't expect to see that pricing become normal, though. From what I remember, the pricing...

This can be turned off via one of the menu settings, so you don't have to see it anymore. I hated it. Scott

That's the beginning of a very nice list. When we start seeing this kind of HD programming, TCM HD will be a really valuable source for classic HD movies. I can't wait to see King Kong. Scott

Since seeing this thread, I've been doing the same thing. I lost one movie by accident, but was lucky enough to find it playing a short time later. A movie is usually transferred in 10-15 minutes, depending on file size. I just have to make sure I hit the transfer button before making the...

I just used the chat feature to add the Platinum HD package to my subscription at no additional charge, so it's still available for some customers. Scott

I don't want to get into the details, since this is a public forum, and the deal I was offered was considerably better than anything that was posted by anyone else in this thread. The arrangements were all made in the last two weeks, though. If anyone really, really wants to know, send me...

I just wanted to update the post with how things turned out for me. It turns out that waiting wasn't a bad strategy. The CEO group treated me very well, and I'm a very happy Dish customer again. After the new hardware install, the tech took my 721 with him. I had just enough time to...

Curses! Almost all of my channels have gone black. Dang it! Scott

Yikes, that makes me very happy that I never agreed to the swap out. Yes, my 721 is still functional, although it will occasionally give me a hassle about having a non-authorized smart card. Popping it in and out usually resolves the problem, although it could take a couple of hours. That's...

I don't know if anyone is still interested, but my 721 is still running and fully functional. About a month ago, there was another extremely urgent message telling me I'm in danger of losing my service unless I upgrade, which I hadn't gotten for about three months or more. Then, about a week...