I hope cable/dish companies allow customers to make their own package of channels.

Dish has 40 HD channels for $29.99. Many people don't want this package because it is missing one or two channels they want. Some have said "If only they included a childrens cartoon channel". Others have said "If only they included Sci-Fi". No two people have exactly the same taste.

Imagine this price structure. Cable/Dish gives a pool of 100 basic tier channels to chose from. The first 10 channels are $19.99. The next 10 are $14.95. And so on. I bet there are many OTA people who would jump on this offer to add an extra 10 or 20 channels.

What's your top 10 channels that you most watch? What channels would you include in your package?

My top 10-

ESPN HD (sports)
E! (too much good stuff like Sunset Tan and Girls Next Door)
SLEUTH (I love old detective series)
SOAP (older 80's shows like Dallas)
VH1 (shows like My Fair Brady)
TNT HD (sports, shows like Las Vegas)
DISCOVERY HD (Man vs. Wild)
AMC (old movies)
UNIVERSAL HD (movies in HD)
SPIKE (UFC)

I'd rather have 10 channels I watch, than have 50 channels I don't watch. Most of the stuff I like is older movies.

Since this fourm caters to the HD crowd, I'll list my favorite HD channels

ESPN HD
HD Theater
National Geographic HD
Food Network HD
Animal Planet HD
History Channel HD (if only half of their programming wasn't in the infamous Stretch-o-vision)
HD Net
HD Movies
HBO HD
NFL Network HD

If I had Trevel Channel in HD, I'd be giddy beyond belief. And if there was a dishonorable mention, it would be TBS HD, hands down.

ESPN HD
ESPN2 HD
HBO HD
HDNet
Vm-Ultra HD
Vm-Gallery HD
Science HD
Discovery HD
WFAA-DT (ABC)
KTVT-DT (CBS)

I'm willing to bet no one will list my #1 favorite channel, but here it goes.

1. BBC World
2. HDNet/HDNet Movies
3. HD Theater
4. KCBS/KCAL (CBS/IND, both O&O by CBS) [mostly local news, KCAL for Dodgers baseball as well]
5. KABC (ABC), KTTV (FOX) both for sunday night programs, also FOX for baseball.
6. FSN Prime Ticket HD (for Dodgers baseball)
7. Comedy Central (Daily Show/Colbert), KNBC (NBC), KTLA (CW) [Everybody Hates Chris]
8. IFC (although I don't get this channel anymore, probably will when FIOS gets IFC HD)

HD please.

I'd rather have 10 channels I watch, than have 50 channels I don't watch. Most of the stuff I like is older movies.

Your 10 channels and everybody elses 10 channels would be different. If there's 50 HD channels out there, everyone should receive all 50.

My top 10 HD channels:

1. ABC HD
2. Fox HD
3. NBC HD
4. CBS HD
5. USA HD
6. TNT HD
7. Sci-Fi HD
8. FX HD (but I don't have this channel in HD yet)
9. PBS HD
10. Discovery HD

1.Discovery Channel HD
2.Fox HD
3.History Channel HD
4.NBC HD
5.ABC HD
6.HDNet Movies
7.Starz HD
8.A&E HD
9.HD Theater
10.HDnet

Well here are mine:

1. HD Theater
2. Discovery HD
3. National Geographic HD
4. Home & Garden HD
5. Food Network HD
6. Animal Planet HD
7. PBS HD
8. ESPN HD
9. VS/Golf HD
10. NESN HD

Well, since I'm a clearQAM subscriber, I'll limit it to the 8 HD channels that I am getting.

ABC-HD
UniversalHD (shhhh!)
NBC-HD
Fox-HD
CBS-HD
PBS-HD
CW-HD
MyNetwork-HD

Here' are the 5 HD channels that make me want to upgrade my cable subscription or jump to Fios.

1. Sci-Fi HD
2. HDNet
3. HD-Theater
4. ESPN-HD
5. FoodHD

In no particular order:

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
HD Theater
MOJO
Food Network
HGTV
TNT
ESPN

Sci-fi ----------- Don't have yet
USA ------------ Don't have yet
FX -------------- Don't have yet
Spike ----------- Don't have yet
HDNet Movies
Universal HD ----- Don't have yet
ESPN
HDNet

The last 2 would be 2 of the Premium channels (TMC, HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz and their other channels) but I currently don't have plans to subscribe to them but some of my family and friends have them, but haven't spent enough time to see which has the most movies I would watch.

TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network would have been on the list but since they stretch the picture I don't watch the HD channel. If a channel distorts the picture it will not be on my list.

The 3 upcoming Disney owned channels may have made it but they are not available yet.

I did not Include Locals as they are a given. The only one I don't have is The CW which I do want.

Here are mine but the order changes slightly during college football season (ESPN & ESPN 2 move to 2 & 3 and CBS appears at 4):

ABC HD
FOX HD
Discovery HD Theater
National Geographic HD
HBO HD
Starz HD
Shotime HD
ESPN HD
ESPN 2 HD
NBC HD

ESPN HD
FOX HD
YES HD
Discovery HD
Nat. Geographic HD
RAVE HD
PBS HD
HBO HD
CBS HD
ABC HD

My favorites are any ones that don't have bugs or popups continually taking up a quarter of the screen.

In no particular order:

ESPNHD
ESPN2HD
BIG TEN HD
CSN Chicago HD
WGN HD
NBC HD
CNNHD
CNBCHD
HDNET
PBS HD

ESPN2 HD (Soccer)
HDNet
HDNet Movies
NESN HD (Red Sox, Bruins, etc)
HBO HD
Wealth HD (I know, I know - but awesome)
Boston Ch. 5 (ABC) - Local, but has jumped in with both feet into HD - news, programming, etc.
ESPN
NFLNet (great bitrate on FIOS)
Universal HD

In no particular order...

Food-HD
Voom GalleryHD
HistoryHD
WGN-HD (Chicago)
DiscoveryHD (though I catch all the 'Discovery' HD channels about equally...)
HDnet Movies
National Geographic HD
ESPN-HD
Voom Treasure-HD
PBS-HD (Chicago)

Ultra HD (Voom)
Food Network HD
Rave HD (Voom)
HDNet
HDNet Movies
CBS
Discovery Theater (not that zoom happy simulcast channel)
Showtime (OAR movies!)
ABC (broadcast in 1080i in Austin :confused:)
CW

in no particular order . . .

ABC-HD
CBS-HD
FOX-HD
NBC-HD
HBO-HD
ESPN-HD
FSN-HD
HDTH-HD
GOLF/VS-HD
SPEED-HD

Random order:
ESPN-HD
ESPN2-HD
Comcast Sports Net Mid Atlantic HD
CBS
ABC
Fox
HD Net
Golf/VS-HD
Food (Giada)
HGTV

My lineup in any old order is

HD Theater
National Geographic HD
HGTV HD
ESPN HD
YES HD
Equator HD (slipping as of late)
Gallery HD
Food HD
ESPN2 HD
Kung FU HD (Love the blind Japanese Samurai (Zatoichi) flicks from the 60s

Random Order

HBO HD
SHO HD
National Geographic HD
ESPN HD
History HD
PBS HD
NBC HD
CBS HD
ABC HD
FOX HD

Network HD (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and CW)
Both ESPN HD's
The Movie Network HD (thru BEV)
Both SuperChannels HD (thru BEV)
HBO HD
Starz HD
Cinemax HD
Showtime HD
HDNET/HDNET Movies
Sportsnet/TSN HD (thru BEV)

That's top ten which obviously is grouped....several others, but 10 is the question....imbedded in this is the question of what HD programming you get and therefore the list of choices can get pretty large.

CBS
FOX
ABC
CW / WGN (Chicago)
ESPN
ESPN2
Big Ten Network
Comcast Sports Net
TLC
Cinemax

It's funny, I keep hearing here about how only "30% of the viewers watch ESPN", yet nearly everyone in this thread has it listed in their top 10 - certainly more than 30%.

At any rate, here's my list - in no particular order:

- ABC
- CBS
- Fox
- HDNET
- HDNET Movies
- USA
- SciFi
- Discovery
- FX
- MGM


I'd trade out Fox and MGM for Turner Classic Movies and AMC if I got them in HD.

1. HDNET Novies
2. HD Theater
3. CBS HD
4. ABC-HD
5. NBC-HD
6. DISC HD
7. FilmFest HD
8. World Cinema HD
9. Treasure HD
10.Fox-HD

It's funny, I keep hearing here about how only "30% of the viewers watch ESPN", yet nearly everyone in this thread has it listed in their top 10 Goes just to underscore how atypical the posters online are.