Question for all you HDTV junkies!!!!

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Ok, so I just got my first HDTV yesterday. Its a 61" Samsung DLP and its an awesome tv. Now I'm still learning all this HD stuff, but I have a question regarding HD channels. Right now i'm just running basic Comcast cable w/o a cable box. There are a few channels that are broadcast in HD and the picture is amazing

For all the other channels in SD (standard definition), the image is really bad. It appears very fuzzy and grainy. I did some research yesterday and read that SD channels do not show well on HDTV's as its basically stretching out a smaller image to fit the 1920x1080 resolution and this is why it looks crappy.

Basically, this is what i've learned so far:

analog + HDTV = bad, ugly
analog + SDTV = good
HD + HDTV = OMG its so friggin beautiful i wanna cry

SO, my question is, who is the best service provider for HD channels and who has the most HD channels out there? Does HD coverage vary by location? Is the HD quality the same between Comcast, The Dish, DirectTV, etc??

Thanks!
 
DirectTV more chanells for HDTV
 
Get with the provider that will hook you up the fattest.

Like an HD/DVR reciever for FREE. But watch the commitment crap. I used movers connection with direct tv and it bound me to a 2 year contract. I personally hate them for this reason, the installer was like "no strings attatched" Not to mention the last guy that did an install didn't even hide chords. Ran them right over the carpet in front of the friggin front door. Thier installers here are friggin clueless idiots.

Direct TV has a bunch of stupid hidden charges too...just like cell phone companies...you know the whole sky is blue tax, you're a customer tax, You are reading this tax.........

I have a $39.99/mo plan with HD. ($10/mo) and somehow I still end up paying $79/mo.
 
thanks for the advice. yeah i pretty much hate any and all service companies, regardless of their service. theyre all con artists!!!! how many channels would you guys say you get w/ DirectTV?

any more suggestions?
 
I think they are advertising over 100 channels in HD.
 
not sure but isn't there a hdtv box you can hook up so that all the channels are high def?that's just what someone told me when we bought our hdtv........
 
i get over 100+ with directTV.
 
Read the owners manual there should be different settings also get comcast hd package the cable box contains a dvr
 
Yeah, pretty much any of the dishes are good for HD. You are at least partly right about the stretching of the analog signals. The 1920 x 1080 is actually your resolution, what messes up the picture further is the aspect ratio. Your 61" has a 16:9 AR whereas the signal is broadcast in 4:3 AR. That really makes things ugly.
 
I switched from Dish To Comcast because anytime it was cloudy or raining outside my service would go out for hours at a time. This problem was resolves after I switched to Comcast. I am about to switch again to Verizon FiOS. If it available in your area I would check it out. I do believe Dish Network is offering the most HD channels at this time but what good is it if the service is unreliable.
 
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