Travel Technology - HDTV Discovery Atlas

I hope this is ok to post here.

I recently upgraded to HDTV and rented Discovery Atlas' Brazil (Blu Ray)and found it amazing. The Documentary was filmed in HD and I'm ready to pack my bags.The also did Italy, China and Australia. Its worth the rental.

I'm curious how many of you have made the move to HD?

We basically switched everything over when I got a PS3 to play Blu Ray. I think we got our PS3 in Jan 2007 and switched our Directv DVR to HD DVR in the summer of 07.

Only a couple more months until they turn off analog broadcasts. I talked to my parents recently about it and they had no idea and really didn't know what that meant.

We basically switched everything over when I got a PS3 to play Blu Ray. I think we got our PS3 in Jan 2007 and switched our Directv DVR to HD DVR in the summer of 07.

Only a couple more months until they turn off analog broadcasts. I talked to my parents recently about it and they had no idea and really didn't know what that meant.

The turning off of analog broadcasting does not mean everything will suddenly be broadcast in 720 or 1080 HD. Also, cable and satellite providers have a different deadline with years left to go before their analog gets dumped.

I hope this is ok to post here.

I recently upgraded to HDTV and rented Discovery Atlas' Brazil (Blu Ray)and found it amazing. The Documentary was filmed in HD and I'm ready to pack my bags.The also did Italy, China and Australia. Its worth the rental.

I'm curious how many of you have made the move to HD?

That was the first season. Shorter episodes have been made for Mexico, India, France and Japan which aired over the summer.

Very Cool! I cant wait to see the rest AZguy

BTW Tummy Couldnt figure out which blu ray player to buy so I treated myself to a PS3 :D

For what its worth, I went to dishnetwork and ordered turbo hd which is supposed to broadcast all locals in HD only to find that Dishnetwork does not have the contract to broadcast local nets in HD only DTV does for my area
Tucson/Nogales feeds.

I specifically asked the salesman if I would get my Sunday football in HD and he said I would. My HD rcvr was installed on Saturday the 6th and on Sunday I was ready to watch my NFL in HD and no Network HD.

Got on the line and found out they didnt carry the contract for bcast so I tild them I wanted their system out of my house to which they told me I need to pay a $240.00 cancellation fee.

After an hour of arguing with three different people I finally got a supervisor who cancelled my account with no fee's and apologized for the salesmans lack of knowledge.

DTV will be here Saturday to install their HD/DVR rcvr.

Cant wait.

If you haven't yet, buy PLANET EARTH on Blu-Ray. Probably the best BR disc's I have, can be had for about 30$ After discount.

The turning off of analog broadcasting does not mean everything will suddenly be broadcast in 720 or 1080 HD. Also, cable and satellite providers have a different deadline with years left to go before their analog gets dumped.
Tht's good news, will save hassles for a while then.

Watching them on Blue Ray maybe the best option. When DirecTV, Dish or cable broadcast the show in HD it is not really HD because of compression they use to fit in more channels with fewer number of satellites. Any one who has had DirecTV for more then a year can testify to this.

BTW the HD documentaties made by National Geographic blow anything I have seen on Discovery out of the water. They will be the first discs I buy when I upgrade to Blue Ray.

Yes, Blu-Ray looks much nicer than what you get over DirecTV or Cable HD.

Here's a comparison chart I saw the other day on Gizmodo. (http://gizmodo.com/5048025/giz-explains-why-hd-video-downloads-arent-very-high-def) Blu-Ray has four times or more available bandwidth in comparison to DTV.

Watching them on Blue Ray maybe the best option. When DirecTV, Dish or cable broadcast the show in HD it is not really HD because of compression they use to fit in more channels with fewer number of satellites. Any one who has had DirecTV for more then a year can testify to this.

Might want to spend some time at avsforum.com, the FT equivalent for AV enthusiasts. You'll find arguments and some people able to do side by side comparisons of the satellites and local cable providers - some say there's a difference, some say they can't see it. FWIW, DirecTV's MPEG4 HD broadcasts are very clean. Many issues a lot of the time come from the source (i.e. the network or local channel having their gear not properly configured) and we assume it's our satellite or cable provider causing the problem. Though I agree, the providers aren't always innocent either.