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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 09/20/07 22:18
In article <r9CIi.5148$fz2.1065@trndny03>,
Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
> 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. >_< )
I can't seem to get into the latest Doctor Who series although I've got
my DVD to record it. Somethings missing 'cause I'm a sci-fi nut, I even
like the hokey SciFi original movies! ;-)
>
> > 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
I get a few OTA HD channels, but not all of them.
I like TNT, A&E and of course, all the Discovery stuff. One of the
funny things going on with satellite HD is that Direct says they will
have SciFi in HD, but SciFi says they don't have any current plans, or
at least plans that they will talk about. Hopefully SciFi will go HD
soon.
As to '300', well first you have to like the movie, I didn't. Making it
hi-def didn't help. Now Apocalypto is another story. And I'd love to
see Pan's Labyrinth done in HD.
I just got Stargate in BD yesterday from Netflix. WOWEEEEEE!!! What a
great HD movie to watch. Kicked the volume up and watched across the
street to see if the neighbor woke up and enjoyed a fine movie again,
only much better.
I used to have all the movie channels, then went to Showtime and HBO
only because of the boxing. Now I dropped all of them and watch boxing
on Versus HD (shared Versus and Golf channel). Frankly the new, less
known boxers are doing a fine job of entertaining me. Many times better
than the big names.
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