Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/25/07 20:12

Doug Jacobs wrote:
> Richard C. <post-age@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>
>>MANY also have HD feeds.
>
> True, but it's still not the majority - and there are some rather odd
> gaps. For instance, why don't Sci-Fi and Comedy Central offer HD?

For the same reason not every 1966 show was in color--
Until we have wider saturation, HDTV has been used to sell movies,
travelogues, sports, nature and cooking, but nobody's yet had a demand
for Carlos Mencia in 16:9.
Still, unfortunately, it's more a matter of When, Not If. -_-

> The movie channels do offer HD, but I don't subscribe to those.

(Well, when we get personal-choice comments like that, unfortunately,
the proper response is "Then SIDDOWN, junior, and let the experts talk!")

> Even those channels that do have a HD feed, don't always carry the same
> programming. Food Network HD has a totally different schedule compared to
> the regular, non-HD Food Network. This is probably because not all of
> Food Network's shows (or even episodes) are HD.

....Gosh, THINK so? There's a radical theory, not sure if the academy's
going to accept that one.

Derek Janssen (admit it, we're down to our last few remaining arguments
and just defending the snarky-battlements, aren't we?)
ejanss1@verizon.net

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