WGN-HD FINALLY Coming to DirecTV!

[NCCubFan]

It's about time!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

About time is right. Do they upconvert Becker?

[imb]

sweet

[Banedon]

About time is right. Do they upconvert Becker?

 

An AFV nutshot just isn't a nutshot without HD.

[OleMissCub]

hell ya! awesome

[TruffleShuffle]

... Edited August 5, 2010 by TruffleShuffle

[Garwilly]

is wgn available in australia?

 

It is a SUPERstation.

[XZero771679666304]

Thank goodness. Regular WGN just looks like hell.

[Derwood]

awesome. Still can't figure out why E! refuses to go HD. The Soup would be at least 20% funnier in crystal clear hi-def

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Becker in HD! Awesome!

[Guest]

is wgn available in australia?

 

If not, just buy the entire Fresh Prince library on DVD before you leave. You'll be all set.

[rocket]

awesome. Still can't figure out why E! refuses to go HD. The Soup would be at least 20% funnier in crystal clear hi-def

 

e! is in hd yo

[Derwood]

awesome. Still can't figure out why E! refuses to go HD. The Soup would be at least 20% funnier in crystal clear hi-def

 

e! is in hd yo

 

not on DirecTV it's not

[rocket]

chalk one up for cable then

[jyoung55]

So is WGN HD actually any good or is it relatively just as crappy as their Std. Def. output?

[Wilson A2000]

So is WGN HD actually any good or is it relatively just as crappy as their Std. Def. output?

 

I thought it was very good quality. I can't believe that WGN HD was not on Direc TV until now. What was the holdup?

[Derwood]

when the eff are we getting IFC in HD?

[cubsfan5150]

Has it started yet?

[NCCubFan]

Not yet. The press release I linked to said May but it didn't say when in May. Further, it said that more HD channels would be added STARTING in May. That wording indicates to me that they will be added over time rather than all at once, and I don't know where WGN is in the pecking order.

[cubsfan1947]

So is WGN HD actually any good or is it relatively just as crappy as their Std. Def. output?

 

I thought it was very good quality. I can't believe that WGN HD was not on Direc TV until now. What was the holdup?

 

It could be a band width issue. Direct TV launched three new satellites a while back and has been bringing them online is stages. The same could be true for cable; the local Comcast is phasing out analog cable; so everyone will have to have a box; but that also frees up band width for more HD.

 

Then of course there's the legal agreements with the various providers.

 

Then for Direct TV there's the advertising war with Dish; that may explain the timing more than anything.

[radarluv1]

would like to see amc in hd more than wgn, but this is still great news.

[OleMissCub]

would like to see amc in hd more than wgn, but this is still great news.

 

i was just about to post the same thing.

 

i want my Mad Men in HD damnit!

[EhDubya]

WGN on Comcast in PA, any def will do, please.

[Soul]

Good news.

 

Also, they are adding 3 more Showtime HD channels. I think that DirecTV Showtime HD package is starting to look pretty attractive.

[imb]

So is WGN HD actually any good or is it relatively just as crappy as their Std. Def. output?

 

I thought it was very good quality. I can't believe that WGN HD was not on Direc TV until now. What was the holdup?

 

it probably has to do with the fact that there's nothing on wgn worth watching in hd other than the cubs