Bump. So August 23 has come and gone. The new HD channels are here and... I'm underwhelmed to say the least. Having Discovery HD is kind of cool but the only other channel added (if you don't count TSN and Sportsnet) is CTVHD.
On my set, at least, CTVHD is unwatchable. Both the picture and the sound are choppy and stutter. A few times I tried to switch to the channel and it basically froze my entire cable setup. Awesome. And there doesn't seem to be any additional HD content on there that isn't already available on one of the major American networks. Double awesome.
The other Canadian timeshift channels are also available now as part of a free preview (at least I think it's free). Again, I fail to see the point. Unless you want to watch news from Toronto or something, all the same content is available on the American timeshift channels. Maybe I'm missing something here but I don't think I'm gonna be picking up the tab for these additional channels.
Thoughts?
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