Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/25/07 23:39

Doug Jacobs 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...?

Well, Battlestar Galactica, maybe, but Torchwood in HD?...Nnnnot for me,
thanks, I'm driving. >_<

>>>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.

Uh, when you decide to turn what you
want/feel-like/can't-afford/cant-get in your area into Broad Sweeping
Statements About How HDTV Is the Pathetic Corporate-Conspiracy Swindle
of the 00's....yyyah. Pretty much nullers.

> 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.

Well, it's good to se that we're working on that "Subjective perception
vs. reality" thing. A little more practice, it's coming along nicely.

>>>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.

Then find it annoying. We'll buy the disks, sets, players, Playstations
and cable channels in the meantime.
You can hop on for curiosity's sake, or you can be annoying yourself. :)

Derek Janssen (taking bets on which one Doug's going to choose)
ejanss1@verizon.net

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