What are your top 5 favorite HD programs?

[dfergie]

What are your top 5 favorite HD programs... either Cable or Network...
(borrowed idea from this thread at AVSForum and modified)

 

[ripnbigc]

Lost, Heroes, Chuck, BSG, Boston Legal. In no particular order.

 

[dfergie]

BSG, NCIS, CSI:Miami, The Sarah Connors Chronicles & Dead Like Me ...

 

[ripnbigc]

Damn, forgot about Sarah!!! If I had to pick only 5 I'd have to drop Boston Legal.

 

[dfergie]

Mine would change weekly
Second tier would be: How I Met Your Mother, 2.5 Men, Enterprise, Stargate Atlantis & Ghost Whisperer

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Yankee Baseball on YESHD, American Chopper's on TLC, Deadliest Catch on Discovery HD, 6 o'clock news from News 4 NY, Sorry thats All that I can think of. Movies on Starz are starting to look good.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Mine would change weekly

me too really. I don't have many must see shows every night. Deadiest Catch is my only must see show. Next is American Chopper is I remember its on.

 

[NightRyder]

BSG, CSI:Miami, NCIS, The Sarah Connors Chronicles, Moonlight

NightRyder

 

[IL HD NUTT]

Any sporting event...especially Nascar and baseball. Deadliest Catch (DSC), Ax Men (HIST), American Idol (FOX) and Flip This House (A&E)

 

[tomcrown1]

Mine are nutso---How it is made Anything on rave(sorry direct TV) Monk

 

[Sean Mota]

Dexter, Movies, movies...

 

[Paradox-SJ]

BSG - Heroes - Lost - CSI:Miami - Terminator- SCC

 

[BlackHitachi]

Lost, Heroes, Ghost Whisper, House and Friday night Lights

 

[Ilya]

My absolute favorite HD show was and still is: Rome.
Others: 24, "So, you think you can dance", but mostly for me it's movies sports and music.

 

[kstuart]

This is always an ambiguous question. If it were just "what are top 5 favorite TV programs that are not concluded" (in other words, not including Seinfeld, etc.) then that is pretty clear cut for almost everyone.

However, once you add "HD", then there are several permutations:

- Shows that you like, but look about the same in SD or HD * (e.g. "24" and "Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles")

- Shows that are mildly entertaining, but look spectacular in HD (e.g. "Lost" and "Prison Break")

- Shows that would be still be excellent in SD, but make really good use of HD to be better yet (e.g. "Heroes" and "Rome")

- Shows that would have zero viewership if they were not in HD (e.g. "Get Out" and lots of stuff on Discovery HD Theater like "Sunrise Earth")

- Shows with often poor writing that become a little more palatable in HD (e.g. "Torchwood").

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* Yes, everything looks better in 16x9 720p than in 4x3 480i - but many shows like "24" that are usually set in dark and grey warehouses or HQ/offices that might as well be dark warehouses - don't benefit as much as brighter, more colorful shows set in places like Hawaii...

 

[paja]

CUBS baseball. WWE Monday Night Raw. HEROES. Law & Order. American Idol

 

[rockymtnhigh]

LOST (for the amazing PQ); Enterprise on HdNet because Trek rocks in HD; Heroes; and beyond that its all a tie.... everything looks so much better in HD, although the grainy filiming of BSG is disappointing, even though it is intentional....

really a hard question to answer.

 

[jerrya72]

BSG, Heroes, Deadliest Catch, Enterprise, Sarah Connor

 

[ClevelandRob]

Dang... I guess I should start watching DEADLIEST CATCH. Never seen it.

I'll play along, in no particular order...
LOST
24 (Watching SD makes impossible to see anything in dark scenes IMO)
WEEDS (Watched on BD though)
NFL FOOTBALL
BOY MEETS GRILL

Wish I could include:
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (Horrible macroblocking... at least in Cleveland)
THE OFFICE & 30 ROCK (Don't really benefit too much from HD)
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Doesn't count since it's cancelled)