New HD channels on DTV

[jeffski]

The rollout should start by early June I heard. I just hope WGN HD and Encore HD are included in the mix. :rock:

[Homebrew101]

There is a D* employee on MUScoop (Marquette site) that posted ESPNU will be HD in April, we'll see...

[Chinatown]

The rollout should start by early June I heard. I just hope WGN HD and Encore HD are included in the mix. :rock:

Have "Encore"hd with Dish. No great shakes, as they pan & scan most everything.

[kevbeck122]

There is a D* employee on MUScoop (Marquette site) that posted ESPNU will be HD in April, we'll see...

They could take away an HD PPV channel to do that by the end of April.

If you want to be optimistic, the new HD channels might be here in May if D12 starts its drift toward 103° soon.  If it starts this week, it should be there by the end of April... final testing in early May, and they could have the channels live mid to late May.

Here's a list of channels that CSRs have given out as coming soon:
BBCAmerica HD
The Africa Channel
ESPNU HD
MSNBC HD
The Hallmark Movie Channel HD
WGN America HD
FearNet
Several RSNs

I'd imagine they will get the full range of HBO and Cinemax too since they're moving those channels around to accommodate more.  I hope Travel HD is in the works too.

[leprechaunshawn]

They could take away an HD PPV channel to do that by the end of April.

If you want to be optimistic, the new HD channels might be here in May if D12 starts its drift toward 103° soon.  If it starts this week, it should be there by the end of April... final testing in early May, and they could have the channels live mid to late May.

Here's a list of channels that CSRs have given out as coming soon:
BBCAmerica HD
The Africa Channel
ESPNU HD
MSNBC HD
The Hallmark Movie Channel HD
WGN America HD
FearNet
Several RSNs

I'd imagine they will get the full range of HBO and Cinemax too since they're moving those channels around to accommodate more.  I hope Travel HD is in the works too.

No Travel Channel?

[RLJSlick]

Great to see some new Channels, Especially WGN HD and BBC America.  Can't wait!

[kevbeck122]

If you want to track the satellite, you can here: http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=164555.  It's still at the 76° testing location.  Their 30 day testing extension ends next Monday, so assuming things are OK it should start moving any day now.