HD Service Worth it?

[4_2_it]

HD is absolutely worth it, especially if your set is 50 inches or larger. It is now painful for me to watch a sporting event (like many MLB games) that is not broadcast in HD.

[NicksDad1970]

FYI - I called up DirecTV and told them I was hearing about all the new great deals from cable etc about promos on HD channels yada yada yada.

I told them I didn't want to go to cable but I wished they'd give me a break on HD. They gave me HD for free for 6 months and the sports package (Fox Sports) for $2 a month for a year instead of $12.

[NicksDad1970]

For all you HD lovers watch Planet Earth. That is just awesome. I've definetly never seen a show like that b4

[mbillie1]

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For all you HD lovers watch Planet Earth. That is just awesome. I've definetly never seen a show like that b4

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So true. There was a thread in here about it but I think it got lost a few weeks ago. That show is unbelievably good. If I had an HD dvd player I'd order the complete set because the replay value is so high relative to most stuff.

[Blarg]

We can get it for our 46 inch Bravia at work, but they want to charge 50 bucks more for it on Cox Cable. At 50 bucks and $600 a year, it's a lot harder to justify.

[battschr]

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It is definetly worth it. The difference between the non-HD and HD channels is very large in terms of both picture quality and sound.

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[Methodz]

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We can get it for our 46 inch Bravia at work, but they want to charge 50 bucks more for it on Cox Cable. At 50 bucks and $600 a year, it's a lot harder to justify.

[/ QUOTE ]Assuming you work during the day(9-5ish) that'd be a complete ripoff imo. If you work later on(like 7:00+) then maybe. IMO nothing on during the day is worth paying that much for HD, not including baseball games which arn't on that often.

[4_2_it]

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We can get it for our 46 inch Bravia at work, but they want to charge 50 bucks more for it on Cox Cable. At 50 bucks and $600 a year, it's a lot harder to justify.

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What a rip-off. Comcast is horrible, but HD is only about $15 more per month.

[z28dreams]

I got my parents an HDTV back over christmas.

I looked into HD programming, and unfortunately Dish Network wanted something like $30-40 more a month in order to make it happen (programming fees, HD box, etc).

We decided it wasn't worth it right then - but we may upgrade if they bring the price down.

It's pretty stupid that HDTV is supposed to be mandated by law for over-the-air programming, but you have to pay extra for it on these services.

[ilikeaces86_]

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I got my parents an HDTV back over christmas.

I looked into HD programming, and unfortunately Dish Network wanted something like $30-40 more a month in order to make it happen (programming fees, HD box, etc).

We decided it wasn't worth it right then - but we may upgrade if they bring the price down.

It's pretty stupid that HDTV is supposed to be mandated by law for over-the-air programming, but you have to pay extra for it on these services.

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No the new mandate says that they all have to be 100% DIGITAL signals by a certain date not 100% HD signals.