High Definition days are here!
For years I have had DirecTV using a high definition Tivo to access a limited selection of HD channels from local broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC. DirecTV provided HD HBO, Showtime, some ESPN, Universal TV, HD Discovery Theater and 2 channels from HD Net, and we liked it, uphill, bothways, in the snow, at midnight.
This month in October, DirecTV finally started broadcasting new HD channels using MPEG-4 compression.
This required me to get a new satelite and High Def DVR as the above Tivo can only access MPEG-2 encoded channels. I moved the Tivo to the bedroom and took delivery of the HR20 that DirecTV now uses. I dreaded it because I loved my Tivo so much. But other than the lack of Dual Live Buffers, there have been no issues.
New channels such as National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, TLC, Food Network HD, Scient Channel, Sci-Fi HD, USA HD etc look insanely great.
Alton Brown on his show Good Eats was showing last night after Food Network went HD and the picture is glorious to behold. At a supermarket next to a huge amount of jars on shelving, you could see each individual lid in crystal clarity.
National Geographic outdoor scenes are breathtaking.
More channels are on the way like Cartoon Network and F/X.
Keep up the good work DirecTV, with roll outs like this, I will stay a customer for a long time.
This month in October, DirecTV finally started broadcasting new HD channels using MPEG-4 compression.
This required me to get a new satelite and High Def DVR as the above Tivo can only access MPEG-2 encoded channels. I moved the Tivo to the bedroom and took delivery of the HR20 that DirecTV now uses. I dreaded it because I loved my Tivo so much. But other than the lack of Dual Live Buffers, there have been no issues.
New channels such as National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, TLC, Food Network HD, Scient Channel, Sci-Fi HD, USA HD etc look insanely great.
Alton Brown on his show Good Eats was showing last night after Food Network went HD and the picture is glorious to behold. At a supermarket next to a huge amount of jars on shelving, you could see each individual lid in crystal clarity.
National Geographic outdoor scenes are breathtaking.
More channels are on the way like Cartoon Network and F/X.
Keep up the good work DirecTV, with roll outs like this, I will stay a customer for a long time.
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