Posted by Doug Jacobs on 10/25/07 23:26

Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
> > 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. -_-

So, people with HD don't watch Sci-Fi, Comedy Central...?

Since these channels do show movies, I would think there would be an
incentive to move to HD.

Yes, yes, matter of time and all that.

> > 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!")

Riiight. So the fact I don't want to subscribe to the movie channels (HD
or otherwise) suddenly makes my opinions and observations totally null and
void? Nor does this change my original statements about how network shows
make up a minority of what I watch, and how many channels aren't offering
HD yet.

I guess I could further clarify the second statement by saying my
experience is only with DishNetwork - not DirecTV or Comcast. If Dish has
fewer HD channels, then that would certainly affect my perception, now
wouldn't it.

> > 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.

*shrug* I find it annoying, that's all.

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

I certainly hope so....


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