DirecTV To Add HD Channels, 1080p Movies

By Arlen Schweiger

Let the HD voices cry out some more. DirecTV is at it again. This time, the satellite provider says that 30-plus more high-definition channels are going to start showing up beginning on August 14. And, oh yeah, it’ll start giving us movies in 1080p resolution later this year.



That’s a lot of HD news to swallow. And we can hear you now—“But DirecTV HD is so compressed!” “Hey, 30 more channels of garbage to watch in stretch-o-vision!” or the other side “Well 30 more HD channels is almost 30 more than my cable service is giving me now!”

We’ll let you debate DirecTV’s HD greatness or HD lite-ness in the comments below. As for the news, the company says the HD channel lineup will be boosted to 130, and all of its high-def programming will come in MPEG-4 coding with Dolby Digital audio.

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Or how about "uh oh we have a lot of clients that were not cabled for 1080p" :-)

Swapping out equipment is usually a no-brainer, retro'ing new cabling is a whole other issue. I love T&M!