http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 31st 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Aug 22nd 2008 11:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/I'm sure all of those "crisp" HD channels are going to look over compressed and crappy just like the majority of my Directv high definition channels.]]>Jul 28th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
but that wont happen due to not enough space but im glad i have directv.]]>Jul 28th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Point is that It is important to have a 1080p receiver even if programing is not 1080p . ]]>Aug 14th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
just because it is 720p, 1080i or 1080p doesn't mean it's HD.]]>Jul 28th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Aug 14th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 1:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Last I checked, 1080p 24fps AVC encoded video on Blu-Ray averaged about 23megs/sec. Good luck.]]>Jul 28th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
just because it is 720p, 1080i or 1080p doesn't mean it's HD.]]>Jul 28th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
In any case, this is big news. I'm, unfortunately, strapped to DirecTv b/c of NFLST, so anything to sweeten the pot is welcome. ]]>Jul 28th 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/I'm watching Directv on a Samsung Series 6 Touch of Color lcd television and not a Vizio. Results are still the same, Directv's high definition offerings a highly compressed and crappy compared to my previous cable television providers' signals (TWC in San Antonio and Cox Cable in New Orleans). Directv is all about quantity and not quality in my opinion.]]>Jul 28th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Are you still using the (MPEG2) DirecTV HD Tivo? Its output was badly overprocessed and it only got the original super-compressed channels on the old satellite. That's so 2005.]]>Jul 28th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
If DirecTV looks bad on your TV, it may be your system and/or cables doing you wrong.]]>Jul 28th 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
I'm actually shocked that they will be offering 1080p content. Everything I've read up to this point was that this was years away. I wonder how much faster that 320 hd will fill up. ]]>Jul 28th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Perhaps some of you guys need to upgrade equipment.]]>Jul 28th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
But next time around, it'll likely mean more compression, as they don't have a new satellite launch for some time.]]>Jul 28th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Note that this sat has fully operational spot beams for HD locals, unlike D10 which had a spot beam failure. MANY more HD locals coming soon.]]>Jul 28th 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Don't take the above comment as a complaint, that is still 47 more HD channels than my local cable company offers and I love my DirecTV. I just wanted to point out a little "truth" in advertising.]]>Jul 28th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Aug 5th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Comcast carries in as a FREE ONDemand HD offering. Why can't D* do the same?

Wake up, D*. The real interest is in HD programming, not just HD channels. And that is a BIG difference.]]>Jul 28th 2008 8:18PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/I hope everyone reading this will send DirecTV an email complaining about there NEW offerings in HD.]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 28th 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
I was hesitant to make the jump to DirecTV because of all the talk around the internet about their crappy HD feed, but I was able to put my fears to rest last month when I visited my uncle. He has a 52" LCD in his den and has DirecTV. I felt that the HD feed was just as good, if not better, than my Comcast feed and he didn't suffer from the frequent blips in service that I mentioned above. He was pretty happy that I liked his setup. We'll probably never be completely happy with any of our choices, but I think DirecTV offers more than the competition.]]>Jul 29th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 29th 2008 1:50AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 29th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Where do you get your information from? How can you compare Bluray to HD sat or cable service or OTA?? You are highly misinformed, prolly have a Vizio, and just disappointed you have a crap set up!!]]>Jul 31st 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/I will say a few channels look great (discovery, Big 3 networks etc..) but some channels are real crap. ESPN and any live sports program especially football have alot of compression. Now if you don't want me to "ruin" your experience then stop reading...otherwise any QUICK action will cause huge pixelization on your screen. Watch any ESPN quick graphic and all you see are large blocks. Also pay attention to any scene that is very dark and the dark background will become block-y. Overall its much much better than cable but those of us complaining just want it to be even better. And yes Blu-Ray will look much better than any DirecTv signal since its LESS compressed than DirecTV. I have a 70" Sony XBR, no visio here....]]>Jul 31st 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Aug 1st 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
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Not 90....but 9.0!

Even if 75% of DirecTVs are pay channels (they're not -- just exaggerating) we still got a great deal, especially when you consider that we are paying the same monthly price as Charter would be charging us.]]>Jul 29th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/Jul 29th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/28/directv-to-boast-130-hd-channels-on-august-14th-1080p-movies-la/
Q. Do you plan to broadcast G4 in High-Def any time soon? If so, is is part of Comcast's recent announcements regarding expanded High-Def content coming to subscribers? ?user: Joseph

A. We would really like to be in HD and are always looking at ways to make this a reality. It seems so natural for us given the technology roots of G4 as a network. However, the cost to convert our control rooms and infrastructure to be HD capable has prohibited this up until this point. We?ve had to prioritize our resources and have chosen to direct them toward developing and acquiring programming and utilizing marketing albeit in the SD format. Stay tuned though as it?s something we really want to make happen.


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