The Weather Channel finally set a timetable for the debut of its
long-awaited high definition broadcast for the second half of this year. The 24 hour network says one of its biggest challenges is redoing all of the weather graphics for HDTV, while still looking good on 4x3 SDTV screens. The channel will be one of
DirecTV's new stations, but also expects to hit cable networks very soon. Cable headends will have to upgrade their equipment to allow for HD inserts of localized weather broadcasts which should be deployed next year. If you're a fan of those "live from the hurricane" shots, the Weather Channel plans to convert those gradually, along with all of its studio-based shows making the change to 1080i by mid-2008.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andy @ Feb 21st 2007 4:38PM
So are we HDTV people gonna see 33% more weather than other people?
Big Sam @ Feb 21st 2007 5:01PM
This one instance where I could understand if they didn't want to send HD trucks out to cover a hurricane... In fact, I wish they'd send all the SD equipment into a hurricane so everyone is forced to upgrade.
mroach @ Feb 21st 2007 5:36PM
For some reason Comcast in my area has had The Weather Channel listed in the 800s (HD channels) for quite a while. It's not HD, but it's been there for months.
Jonathan Keim @ Feb 21st 2007 9:21PM
That's just digital, not HD
Bill @ Feb 21st 2007 11:41PM
So THIS is what DirecTV is adding to their totally lame HD lineup? HAHAHAHA I hope they can do better than that!
Bill @ Feb 22nd 2007 12:24PM
Now I can get the same extreme scrutiny of the east coast down to the square inch and the usual brief, untimely and cursory generalization of the entire west coast as a whole, but in HD.