Nice to see the new HD channels are on

[riffjim4069]

Animal Planet is one HD channel that has lots of Wife Acceptance Factore (WAF)...just need Lifetime Movie Network HD which, after the New Years Day 2006 dispute, probably won't happen.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The phone numbers on the infomercials are chopped off.

 

[ajax33]

Its about time that I can watch Mike Rowe getting dirty on Discovery!!!

 

[Sean Mota]

added to myhd favorite list MHD is doing HD videos....

 

[JThree]

8AM - Sunrise Earth on APHD is standard def and cropped, not in HD.

 

[Ilya]

I am glad that they placed MHD next to RAVE!

 

[hhkr]

I'm stuck on MHD this morning, gonna be my favorite channel.

 

[digiblur]

I also noticed the weird cropping on the non-HD shows. The shows on Discovery HD that are HD look awesome though. Dirty Jobs, Build It Bigger, etc.

 

[ggw2000]

Dish needs to fix..

the aspect ratio on the new channels. Did a quick check before leaving for work this morning. Channels were on but they are not in the correct aspect ratio compared to other HD channels. There is about a 1" black bar on the left and right side of my Sony.
Scott, call some of your buddies and find out when they are going to fix this problem .
Gerry

 

[KAB]

8AM - Sunrise Earth on APHD is standard def and cropped, not in HD.

Not for me. Looked great. In fact, aspect ratio was wider than 16:9.

 

[bkushner]

How do I get the new Sci and Animal channel?

 

[dimi1963]

I checked earlier and it looked like SCIHD was streching... Hope I am wong.

 

[KAB]

How do I get the new Sci and Animal channel?

They're there. Last two on the All HD list., 9489 and 9490.

 

[bkushner]

They're there. Last two on the All HD list., 9489 and 9490.

What package is what I mean? They are red out on me.

 

[philhu]

Didnt we already have discovery HD

What is the new Discovery?

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Woke up this morning to what feels like Christmas. Watching Discovery right now; already checked out Animal Planet, Science, and MHD. All looks good so far. Only one (currently anyway) in SD upconvert is Versus.

Next... activate the hard drive!

Darn, I am not going to get any work done today.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Didnt we already have discovery HD

What is the new Discovery?

Its the simulcast of The Discovery Channel. We now have BOTH!

 

[rockymtnhigh]

What package is what I mean? They are red out on me.

From the Tech Chat recap:

NEW HD PROGRAMMING!!!
Launching six new HD channels on August 15th. Extending HD leadership.
America's Top 100 and Dish HD
9492 - MHD - Music High Definition
9487 - Discovery HD
9488 - The Learning Channel

America's 200
9489 - Animal Planet HD

America's Top 250
9468 - Golf/Versus
9490 - The Science Channel

 

[KAB]

What package is what I mean? They are red out on me.

AT200 for Animal, AT250 for Science.

 

[riffjim4069]

I can only watch them on the SlingBox, but I am eager to see how the new channels look. Also, did the VOOM chanels go MPEG-4, 1440x1080i, last night?