Posted by Derek Janssen on 09/20/07 22:06

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>>
>>(One recent HDTV sales-promo doc that's been airing compared "invisible"
>>present-day network HDTV broadcast saturation to Walt Disney and Bonanza
>>selling color TV sets in the 60's--
>>And as one who can remember the first time he got to watch Wizard of Oz
>>on the family's first new color TV set as a kid, those comparisons are
>>so on the mark as to be scary.) 0_0''
>
> I've got Dish Network and I can certainly tell you that many of the HD
> channels are literally eye-popping.

("Literally"?...EWWWW!!) ;)

> All the Discovery ones of course,
> but HDNet and HDMovie are stepping up to the bar.
>
> Torchwood, a BBC import, is in HiDef and is absolutely stunning in both
> sound and picture, that it seems like a pretty damn good show is just
> icing on the cake.

(Even though the BBC New Doctor Who series is so obnoxiously smug,
poseur and dopey as to drive old-school Tom Baker fans up the wall, and
that's the version WITH the Doctor. >_< )

> TNTHD is doing movies in HD (not stretch-o-vision either), and their
> original series are in HD. Two great series, Closer and Saving Grace,
> are well worth watching.

I haven't been getting the "big" HD cable-network channels or satellite,
as I'm a stingy bastard who doesn't want to pay the extra $4.50 a month
for box fee, let alone the tier service, and just plugs his local cable
into the built-in QAM tuner--
I may not get Sci-Fi or Discovery HD, but all four of the major
broadcast networks have digital affiliates in our area, and I've been
glued to just about everything that PBS-HD puts up...If you want to
corrupt a new novice, invite them over for "Nature" in hi-def. They'll
be at Circuit City within a week.

Although I also keep getting this glitch where the box-free service also
picks up everyone else's selected On-Demand videos at random, which
includes the two or three monthly HD-broadcast new-releases, TNT/HBO
original series (geez, what *is* it about "Big Love" anyway??) and
Showtime HD...
And okay, if I didn't know why "300" was supposed to look better in
hi-def than on DVD, I know NOW. :)

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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