FiOS TV Programming

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garysb wrote:

TCM would have to do HD masters of all the films they own for it to make any sense to start broadcasting in HD. The majority of the films are on 480i SD video so even if broadcast in HD the majority of the films would still be upconverted from 480i. Still I would love to see wide screen films use the full width of the screen and wish Fios would add the service.

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Other channels seem to have no problem with HD broadcasts of classic films.  HDNet Movies, MGM HD,Showtime, Epix, even Netflix!  But, after having an HD channel all these years, TCM can't???   Not even one????  I'd rather see Verizon add the Sony HD channel instead of TCM-HD.  At least their classics will be in true HD.

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seems to me that all verizon seems interested in doing is adding spanish channels and more sports channels its becoming ridiculous there are so many sports hd channels its not funny but they cannot seem to satisfiy those customers that are not big sports fans  -  I cannot beleive they still haven;t added bbc america in hd along with tcm - shame on you verizon

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ggma1126 wrote:

seems to me that all verizon seems interested in doing is adding spanish channels and more sports channels its becoming ridiculous there are so many sports hd channels its not funny but they cannot seem to satisfiy those customers that are not big sports fans  -  I cannot beleive they still haven;t added bbc america in hd along with tcm - shame on you

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Agree, adding  BBC America HD and TCM is long overdo.  VZ is saying around October for linear channel adds.  We need BBCA HD and TCM HD, H2 HD, Cartoon Channel HD before more sports.   Let's hope this happens this time.

johnf2

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i hope sports content in HD as well.

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So very confused now regarding TCM-HD. I understand there is not true HD but we just switched from Time Warner and the picture was dramatically better whether or not true HD or not. Plus it showed in full screen versus what we are received on FIOS which is about half screen. And when changing screen through FIOS it just stretches the picture out of proportion. Am I missing something? It all seems a bit like a bait and switch to me - definitely not what I was expecting from FIOS.

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Yes, it's true the picture will be better as a digital channel,  The standard channels are still primarily composed for the old 4X3  CRT square-shaped TVs, which is why the widescreen looks so different.

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Was visiting a friend with Comcast and TCM HD looked fantastic on her TV.  I can't believe that every major carrier has it now except Fios, now that I only just switched to Fios.  Whether or not it's true HD, I shouldn't have to watch TCM in letterbox on my 16x9 TV.  That's two strikes against Fios (first being inability to access Youtube on TV except clunkily through a Windows computer, which I don't own) now.