You'd think that if a provider had
only added one HD channel in the past year -- and was
falling behind its competition in the HD arms race -- that it'd be the first to proudly announce any new additions, but you'd be wrong. FiOS subscribers around the country started reporting on Saturday that
USA HD and
CNBC HD showed up in the guide as channels 884 and 879, respectively. The rumor is that this is in preparation
of all the Olympics coverage in HD on those channels, and this makes sense as in addition, there were also two dedicated
Olympics HD channels added to the guide at 896 and 897, which are currently displaying nothing more than color bars now.