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post #31 of 37
7/6/10 at 7:13am
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Originally Posted by David_B_K View Post

I checked two versions of a film I had recorded from both the TCM SD channel, and later, the HD channel. This was The Devil's Disciple. It was not shown in widescreen, but I found it interesting that the HD version was a gig larger than the SD Version.

 


The HD version was much larger because the signal was HD, even if the content wasn't. Regardless of image quality, an HD signal is always going to take up the same amount of space.

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post #32 of 37
7/6/10 at 7:16am

Yes, I mentioned that in case anyone was doubting that the TCM HD is a different signal.

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post #33 of 37
7/6/10 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by Michael Reuben View Post

 


Not the best source. Maybe it's different on the west coast, but out here I've yet to meet a Magnolia HT/BB sales rep who even knew accurate specs of the equipment he was selling.


a good point, but he did have sezmi at his house and said that while most of them were HD, a few, like TCM were not.  It's incredibly annoying that no service in Los Angeles offers TCM HD that East Coasters have enjoyed for more than a year.  Direct TV and Dish don't have it, FiOS and AT&T Uverse don't have it, TW Cable doesn't have it and now Sezmi doesn't have it either.  

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post #34 of 37
7/7/10 at 6:59am


 

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Originally Posted by Adam_S View Post




a good point, but he did have sezmi at his house and said that while most of them were HD, a few, like TCM were not.  It's incredibly annoying that no service in Los Angeles offers TCM HD that East Coasters have enjoyed for more than a year.  Direct TV and Dish don't have it, FiOS and AT&T Uverse don't have it, TW Cable doesn't have it and now Sezmi doesn't have it either.  

Here in Texas, DiSH has it. Is DiSH not the same in other parts of the country?
 

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post #35 of 37
7/13/10 at 1:18pm

I just got both TCM HD and AMC HD on my Telus Satellite programming block. What I saw of TCM HD did not look upconverted, but I'll let you know once I've had a chance to further scrutinize. True Grit was on HDNet last night, though, and looked amazing.

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post #36 of 37
12/19/11 at 11:43pm
Cox Cable New Orleans. TCM-HD 12/19/2011. Confirmed.
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post #37 of 37
4/14/12 at 6:43pm
Reviving an old thread here...

I've had DirecTV for years, and just got an HDTV about a year ago. TCM on DirecTV is not so bad if they are broadcasting a 4.3 movie like Gone With The Wind or Singin in the Rain. But widescreen/letterbox movies all show up windowboxed because TCM in SD on DTV is not broadcasting in 16x9. As a result I stopped watching TCM. (I'm not gonna use the zoom feature on my set 'cause blowing up a lowres image that much looks like crap)

Recently switched to TW cable and they have TCM in HD. (I know all about the upconversion, that's not the issue to me at the moment) Now when TCM shows something letterboxed, I get full width and the PQ is worth watching.

Thing is, TW cable sucks in pretty much every other way. The menus, functionality, etc are all in the stone age compared to DTV's easy elegant sharp and efficient interface and functionality. Most of the special features TW advertises aren't available in my market... but they are cheaper.

If anyone from DTV reads this I'd love to know why they now carry AMC in HiDef along with some other less exciting channels and haven't made room for TCM HD yet.
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