The Weather Channel HD is ready whenever DirecTV is

by Ben Drawbaugh, posted Sep 20th 2007 at 11:14AM

Yesterday was supposed to be the big day for DirecTV's new HD channels and while Dish subscribers can't stop poking fun at the competition, DirecTV's partners have to be just as disappointed. We heard that CNN HD was already waiting on DirecTV 10 to become operational, and now the Weather Channel HD also says DirecTV has their signal and is ready to go. Unfortunately, like many new so called HD channels, most of what the Weather Channel HD will show won't be HD at all. But rather than make the most of what they have, -- like CNBC HD -- they are going to upconvert most of their content out of the gate. They will have some of their Primetime programing such as Epic Conditions presented in HD, but say they'll need more time to upgrade the weather maps to HD. We find this especially interesting considering there are so many local news stations that've already upgraded their weather maps to HD, and they look fantastic.

Filed under: Cable, Fiber, Satellite, New content

Tags: DirecTV, Dish, Weather Channel HD, WeatherChannelHd

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MacGuru @ Sep 20th 2007 12:26PM

I'd say CNN & TWC can stop babysitting DTV and go to Dish.

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roger_huston @ Sep 20th 2007 2:12PM

Well, they won't ditch one for the other. What they want is both Dish, DirectTV and everyone else to carry their channels. It is marketing 101.

Actually, all the Dish and DirectTV bickering is a bit childish and in the end hurts us all.

For all of us we want more HD content. However, we have all suffered from the proverbial "chicken and they egg syndrom" vendors not creating HD content as they do not have a large enough market for their broadcast. Wouldn't we all like every channel to be HD.

DirectTV promoting that they have the most HD channels is good for all of us. This will help others move faster to the HD bandwagon. Each time someone raises the bar, others will move to catch-up. This includes Dish and Cable. With the promotion of expanded HD networks more people will jump on the bandwagon increasing demand.

DirectTV's HD promotion is good news for everyone. We should all jump on the bandwagon and help promote HD TV. I just got my HD TV a few days ago because finally most of the channels that I watch will be available in HD. This is a good time for all of us, more HD programming benefits us all.

- Roger

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Kevin O @ Sep 20th 2007 2:12PM

Yeah, local stations can easily update their graphics because in reality there's typically not a lot to update. The Weather Channel has thousands of maps that cover the World. That's a lot to update. Not to mention the tons of fonts (the bar at the bottom that says peoples names/locations,etc) that they have for every show. Plus the national Local Forecast graphics. Needless to say, it's quite a bit of updating. Am I annoyed that it seriously takes them that long to do things? A little. Then again, COX probably won't carry the signal anyways. :(

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