9/19 HD Going Live
After reading a fair share of posts in regard to the new HD lineup for D* I have come to the conclusion that there are some diehard HD people that exist. I have never seen this much excitement over something since maybe the launch of PS3 last year. My enthusiasm and interest is two fold. I am waiting for MSG in HD and my wife is a big fan of the Food Network. So I figured I would call directv and dig deeper.
I proceeded to call about 15 minutes ago. Went to Service option. The service techs are very smart and probably most likely in the know in regard to when things will launch. I got a very nice service tech on the phone. I played dumb initially saying I received a phone call recently about some sort of K band device and asked if he could tell If I had one since I wasnt sure. He walked me through telling me to check the back of the receiver of my HR-20. Obviously I knew I had them already, I was just setting up to find out more info about the launch of these supposedly "new channels".
At any rate, the tech guy read through his notes to me, thinking I was a harmless dum dum. To make a short story long, he said that 9/19 was the intitial date of the role out of new channels. His notes specifically said 9/19 and the channels on his list he read to me were the same ones discussed on these forums. One thing he did mention was that these channels had a September role out with no specific date when ....but that the initial launch would be today.
My last question to him was how the food network would tune to my HDTV. He replied that their would be two channels. SD would be @ Channel 231 and HD would be @ 231-1. He said I would customize my custom channel list and just check off 231-1 so I wouldnt have to flip through regular SD Food network.
So thats my tale. I hope the amount of time everyone has put into waiting and speculating pays off in your enjoyment of watching a clearer picture.
Happy HD viewing today!
