Are there plans for a TCM HD? Wow, as a classic movie lover that would be the best channel ever, even more than Monsters HD.

Something tells me it would be stretchorama like TNT and TBS, however.
The problem with ever starting a TCM HD would be source material. Many of the studios have no high definition masters yet for many of the classics, even less as they get to be the 30's, 40's and 50's. So I don't see how TCM could do high def unless they do it part time, and show standard def when that's all the studios can make available to them. Personally, I'd LOVE TCM-HD. I am hoping they add the rest of Starz hd channels, I really like MGM HD, but I really miss Monsters HD and Filmfest. But as for TCM, that's going to be very hard to do..the studios have only begun to clean up their older libraries, so how much they could actually offer in high def from the 30's through the 50's is really questionable.
On the other hand, I wouldn't mind at least a TCM-HD that's upscaled so we don't have to stretch the letterbox image to fit the tv, and I am sure there are SOME movies the studios have mastered in hd, so it wouldn't bother me to have some in sd and some in hd, depending on what is available to them.
My sister works at Paramount and I can tell you that the studios have not even scratched the surface of remastering their classic movie libraries for high def. Some of the bigger classics have been remastered in 1080, but so far the libraries available to TCM would be small in HD. I can tell you they are moving fast to restore as many as they can, without rushing...they want to do prestine high def transfers instead of quicky transfers. With cable/sat high def and blu-ray, they want the best transfers of their library as they can do..within budget limitations (urgghh)