As confirmed by representatives from Turner, TCM HD is now up and available for distribution.
Update:
Initial carriage, at a minimum, will be on Cablevision, with Comcast and TWC signed up. Expect to find TCM HD on your multichannel provider as they expand their HD offerings.
A big tip of the AVS hat to member Tybee, for first posting the breaking news.
Wow, I can't believe Cablevision will be (one of) the first to carry TCM HD. Usually they're the last to add channels. They were the last major provider to carry ESPN2 HD iirc.
They show their wide screen movies in OAR in SD, why would they change for HD? They will do movies the right way, no stretching. I think we can trust them. Now when is it available On Directv???
If it's from an inside source, then this means we're being leaked the news ahead of the announcement and this is indeed exciting!
We've dubbed onto DVD an extensive collection of films from Turner Classic Movies. The old black and white prints are quite nice and clean but I can already see myself re-recording at least those in color (downconvered 1080i recordings are still much sharper and more colorful than standard definition).
Because of it's high standards, am sure TCM will retain the 4x3 aspect ratios of those pre-cinemascope era films which means black bars on the left and right of our 16x9 screens unless uniformly stretched by the viewer (we prefer the wide-zoom feature which cannot be used on 1080i content). Still, glad to have that problem to deal with.
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Originally Posted by joed32 /forum/post/16593574
They show their wide screen movies in OAR in SD, why would they change for HD? They will do movies the right way, no stretching. I think we can trust them. Now when is it available On Directv???
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Originally Posted by joed32 /forum/post/16593574
They show their wide screen movies in OAR in SD, why would they change for HD? They will do movies the right way, no stretching. I think we can trust them. Now when is it available On Directv???
After IFC, BET (who recently stopped stretching) and others I trust no one until I see a week or two of programming with no stretching. Let's not forget that TCM is a Warner property. They have a mixed record with CNN vs. TNT. NBA TV is mixed on one channel. Hopefully, Dish decides to add this channel soon.
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Originally Posted by nathan_h /forum/post/16591846
Great. Cablevision. Not an option where I am (Dish, DirecTV, Comcast, Uverse soon).
Okay, I am whining.
But the lack of details on the Satellite chats -- which get wind of additions weeks or months in advance -- leaves me fearful that the wait for an option in my locale might be months (at best) away.
Turner Classic Movies HD has been my most wanted channel for a number of years.
The only dilemma I face is that I dropped Time Warner Cable for pure over the air HD back in October. I realized that I was paying entirely too much for only a few HD channels that I couldn't get for free over the air. TWC dropped HDnet and HDnet Movies and it seemed like I never would feel tempted to go back to cable or satellite.
Now less than a month after TWC's unfortunate decision to drop HDnet Movies, I find out that some cable and satellite providers will offer TCM HD. Do I wait for the new HD DirecTivo and TCM on D*; hope that TWC adds back HDnet Movies and adds TCM HD; or pray that TCM offers a streaming version of their HD channel for something reasonable like $10 - $12 per month so I can just add this one channel that I really want to see without buying a bunch of channels that I don't want?
Either way, it's a good dilemma to wonder how best to add TCM HD to my viewing choices.
wow, I may have to bite the bullet and upgrade from premiere to extreme hd finally. fios better carry this pronto if they're going to add crap like pets.tv
Since TCM currently retains the original aspect ratio for most films would there be a reason why they wouldn't continue the practice with the HD feed in lieu of cropping them to fit a 16x9 screen (like HBO-HD, etc.)? I recall just a few widescreen films shown only in 16x9 (one being"Voyage of the Damned" but that originally premiered in 4x3 and at least changed to 16x9).
Asking whether TCM will show movies in their OAR is like asking whether ESPN will show highlights or whether MTV will have a new reality series starring Flavor Flav.
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