Dish Network adds 8 more HD channels!

[Horhay]

Dish hasn't let the TiVo case hanging over its head stop the ball from rolling, first launching the Sling-powered ViP922 DVR and now announcing it will add eight new HD channels including EPIX HD (coming in May), G4 HD, Headline News HD, History International HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, ShortsHD, Style HD and Turner Classic Movies HD. However the libations may be flowing a bit too heavily around the Englewood, Colorado headquarters since the company claims this puts it over the 200 HD channel mark -- an odd statement since just a few weeks ago it was only at 160 or so, even including PPV feeds. The trend towards HD VOD has certainly changed the channel (or "choices" as the latest trend has become) counting game, but we'll have our eyes pinned to the guide to figure out how this latest bit of funny math went down once these channels are actually on the air.

Update: Looks like the new channels are live according to a post on SatelliteGuys:

* 375 Shorts
* 380 Epix
* 115 Style
* 202 HLN
* 191 G4
* 132 TCM
* 121 History International
* 190 Wild

I am only looking forward to History International!

 

[BigRick]

200??? Oh right they are counting those 57 VOD titles. Not channels. Titles . History International is a great addition no doubt about it.

 

[Horhay]

1. 5StarMAX HD
2. A&E HD
3. ABC Family HD
4. ActionMAX HD
5. Altitude
6. Animal Planet HD
7. BBC America HD
8. BET HD
9. Big Ten Network HD ²
10. Biography HD
11. Bravo HD
12. Cartoon Network (East) HD
13. CBS College Sports HD
14. Centric HD
15. Cinemax (East) HD
16. Cinemax (West) HD
17. CMT HD
18. CNBC HD
19. CNN HD
20. Comedy Central HD
21. Crime & Investigation HD
22. CSN Bay Area
23. CSN California
24. CSN Chicago
25. CSN Mid-Atlantic
26. CSN New England
27. Discovery Channel HD
28. Disney (East) HD
29. Disney XD HD
30. E! Entertainment Television HD
31. Encore (East) HD
32. EPIX 1 HD
33. ESPN HD
34. ESPN2 HD
35. ESPNEWS HD
36. Fashion TV HD
37. Food Network HD
38. Fox Arizona
39. Fox Business Network HD
40. Fox Cincinatti
41. Fox Detroit
42. Fox Florida
43. Fox Mid-West
44. FOX News Channel HD
45. Fox North
46. Fox Northwest
47. Fox Ohio
48. Fox Pittsburgh
49. Fox Rocky Mountain
50. Fox Soccer Channel HD
51. Fox South
52. Fox Southwest
53. Fox West
54. FX HD
55. G4 HD
56. Golf Channel HD
57. Hallmark Channel HD
58. Hallmark Movie Channel HD
59. HBO (East) HD
60. HBO (West) HD
61. HBO Comedy HD
62. HBO Family HD
63. HBO Latino HD
64. HBO Signature HD
65. HBO Zone HD
66. HBO2 (East) HD
67. HD Theater
68. HDNet
69. HDNet Movies
70. HGTV HD
71. History HD
72. History International HD
73. HLN HD
74. IndiePlex HD
75. Lifetime HD
76. Lifetime Movie Network HD
77. LOGO HD
78. MAVTV HD
79. MGM HD
80. msnbc HD
81. MTV HD
82. Nat Geo Wild HD
83. National Geographic Channel HD
84. NBA TV HD
85. New England Sports Network
86. NFL Network HD
87. NHL Network HD
88. Nickelodeon HD
89. Palladia HD
90. Planet Green HD
91. Prime Ticket
92. RetroPlex HD
93. Science Channel HD
94. SHortsHD
95. Showtime (East) HD
96. Showtime (West) HD
97. Showtime Showcase HD
98. Showtime Too HD
99. SPEED HD
100. Spike TV HD
101. Sports South
102. Sportsman Channel HD
103. SportsNet New York
104. SportsTime Ohio
105. Starz (East) HD
106. Starz (West) HD
107. Starz Comedy HD
108. Starz Edge HD
109. Starz Kids and Family HD
110. Style HD
111. Sun Sports
112. Syfy HD
113. TBS HD
114. Tennis Channel HD
115. The Movie Channel (East) HD
116. TLC HD
117. TNT HD
118. Travel Channel HD
119. truTV HD
120. Turner Classic Movies HD
121. Universal HD
122. USA HD
123. Versus HD
124. VH1 HD
125. Weather Channel HD
126. WGN America HD
127. World Fishing Network HD
128. ABC
129. CBS
130. FOX
131. NBC
132. Plus 74 DISH Cinema HD channels

That's what they showed to Engadget as 200 channels.

 

[xtop]

i can't think of any channels i care about that aren't in hd, so i'm not sure why it matters who has more at this point

 

[BigRick]

That's what they showed to Engadget as 200 channels.

RSN's on Dish are Part Time HD. Also the 57V VOD Titles. Tut tut. I agree with Xtop. Most of the channels I watch are already HD. Some nice additions are coming for DirecTv so that's what I'm lloking forward too