Posted by GMAN on 01/16/11 11:54

In article <v2rlc2ti6elo31ug533lpfgg3af6l8jkt0@4ax.com>, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:20:21 GMT, Beavis <nobody@nowhere.com> Gave us:
>
>>In article <ctglc2dvf3n75sbgggtlnbsvm6n2oq0afc@4ax.com>,
>> Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and Showtime does not broadcast in HD.
>>>
>>> It is widescreen, but it is not HD.
>>
>>You are 100% incorrect:
>>
>>http://www.hbo.com/corpinfo/faq/hbohdfaq.shtml
>>
>>"The entire HBO HD network is presented in a format called 1080-line
>>interlaced (1080-i)."
>
> Except that cable TV is on a 6Mhz wide channel. Guess what cannot
>pass over such a channel.
>
>>http://www.sho.com/site/enhancements/hdtv.do
>>
>>"The majority of Showtime's primetime programming is shown in high
>>definition."
>
> See above.
He has DirecTV, who gives a shit that cable cannot do it, DirecTV has
broadcast HBO and Showtime in HD for a few years now.

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