I know all that. You may not be familiar with these guides. I hope i'm not as dumb as I sound to you. I am a former directv customer. I appreciate the response, though.
The online guides are completely unreliable. Here is a list of HD channels I receive right now (AEP)
1 & 501) Video on Demand (12 "channels")
-Locals 7 HD
102/349) Blockbuster sampler
105) USA
107) Comedy Central
108) Lifetime
109) Lifetime Movie Network
110) Food Network
111) Do It Yourself Network
112) HGTV
113) Cooking Channel
114) E! Entertainment TV
115) Style
116) GSN
118) A & E
119) BIO
120) History
121) H2 (formerly History International)
122) SyFy
124) BET
128) WE
129) Bravo
130) HDNet Movies
131) AMC
132) Turner Classic Movies
133) Independent Film Channel
135) BBC America
136) FX
138) Turner Network Television
139) TBS
140) ESPN
144) ESPN2
150) Speed (soon to be Fox Sports 1)
152) MLB Network
154) NFL Network
155) NFL Red Zone (during the regular NFL season)
156) NBA TV
157) NHL Network
158) CBS Sports Network
159) NBC Sports Network
160) MTV
162) VH1
164) Fuse
166) Country Music TV
167) AXS TV (formerly HD Net)
170) Nickelodeon
Disney channels are NOT available in HD at this time.
176) Cartoon Network
179) The HUB (formerly Discovery Kids)
182) Discovery Channel
183) TLC (formerly "The Learning Channel")
184) Animal Planet
185) Hallmark Channel
186) NatGeo - National Geographic Channel
187) Hallmark Movie Channel
189) OWN
190) NatGeo Wild
191) G4 (to become Esquire Network)
192) Investigation Discovery
193) Science Channel
194) Destination America (formerly Planet Green, formerly Discovery Home)
196) Travel Channel
200) CNN
202) HLN
203) Bloomberg
205) Fox News
206) Fox Business Channel
208) CNBC
209) MSNBC
214) TWC (The Weather Channel)
218) Veria
231) RFD TV
239) WGN America
241) Spike TV
242) TruTV
246) Velocity (formerly Discovery HD Theater)
247) Universal HD
251) Centric*** (Formerly BET Jazz) --- This channel is not broadcast in HD, but the SD version is very high q and listed as HD in Dish Guide
254) Logo***--- This channel is not broadcast in HD, but the SD version is very high q and listed as HD in Dish Guide
270) Univisión
271/2) UniMás (east
OR west) no customer will get both.
273) Galavisión
299) Reelz
300) HBO
301) HBO2
302) HBO Signture
303) HBO West
305) HBO Family
307) HBO Comedy
308) HBO Zone
309) HBO Latino
310) Cinemax
311) Cinemax West
313) ActionMax
314) 5StarMax
318) Showtime
319) Showtime West
320) Show Too
321) Showcase
327) The Movie Channel
340) Encore
350) Starz
351) Starz West
352) Starz Edge
354) Starz Comedy
356) Starz Kids and Family
358) Sundance
361) MavTV (most probably moving to the 250 range soon)
368) Crime & Investigation Network (Most probably moving to the 250 range soon)
369) Palladia (formerly MHD - MTV HD-- always a different channel than MTV)
378) IndiePlex (movies)
379) RetroPlex (movies)
380) Epix
381) Epix 2
382) Epix 3
385) MGM Movie channel
386) Sony Movie Channel
388) Pixel ([bad] family movies)
390) Fox Soccer Channel
392) BEin Sports
395) Sportsman
400) Tennis Channel
401) Golf Channel
--most regional sports nets here... few are full time. Most games in HD, the rest of the schedule in SD
439) Big 10 Network
497) Hustler HD
502-522 - Pay Per View
869) Univisión Deportes
Again, these are the HD channel I can watch right now with my subscription.