DirecTV adds 23 more HD Channels
DirecTV added 23 more HD channels this week.
1. Nickelodeon (Channel 299 )
2. Spike HD (Channel 325)
3. Country Music Television (Channel 327 )
4. MTV HD (Channel 331)
5. VH1 HD (Channel 335)
5 High Definition Pay Per View Channels
13 game time only high definition Regional Sports Channels
1. Comcast Sports Net New England HD (Channel 620-1)
2. FSN South HD (Channel 630-1)
3. SportsSouth HD (Channel 631-1)
4. Sun Sports HD (Channel 632-1)
5. FSN Florida HD (Channel 634-1)
6. FSN Ohio HD (Channel 637-1)
7. FSN Cincinnati HD (Channel 638-1)
8. FSN North HD (Channel 641-1)
9. Altitude HD (Channel 644-1)
10. FSN Rocky Mountain HD (Channel 645-1)
11. FSN Arizona HD (Channel 649-1)
12. FSN Northwest HD (Channel 651-1)
13. FSN Bay Area HD (Channel 654-1)


Oh boy….MORE sports channels. If this is what they are using in their claim of “100s of HD channels” I’ll pass.
At least Cox is adding QUALITY HD channels and not simply running up the count.
Also, I didn’t realize Spongebob Squarepants was in HD….
DirecTVs numbers game doesn’t fool the smart consumer….just the dopes who buy their TVs at Walmart.
Are you kidding me cox adding quality channels???? Sports channels are good. They also have HGTV, HDNET, HDNET movies. Cox adds crap and then makes a commercial to make it look like they are adding lots of channels. Who are the stupid. I am a cox subscriber currently but Dish and Directv kick their but in HDTV offerings you are fooling yourself.
I try to compare only the actual HD package. Dish ran their count up by adding dozens of Ice Hockey and football channels plus some HD alt. sports channels but all of these cost more and if it they are of no interest to you then they count for nothing.
I never thought Dish would drop the ball [pardon the pun] when they had such a lead but they did. They drop the crowing channel because they know they lost their lead. They shifted some channel numbers but that does not count for anything either. And they added a “test” channel off away from the other HD stuff which I think means they are experimenting with data cheating as Directv had done [I assume they stopped since no one has complained about it in some time].
It is very possible they will soon add more channels and maybe even regain the lead. I hope so but as I told them in an e-mail switching a program provider is just a phone call away.