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Well today Directv added looks like about 21 new channels in HD. I must say after being spoiled with Discovery HD theatre for so long these new channels actually look pretty bad. Better than regular tv but you can tell they are clearly upscaled and not very well upscaled at that. At least they are attempting to get rid of 480i/p shows lol.

So what I am saying is the new HD channels like TLCHD History HD, Discovery HD, espn HD etc etc look better than your normal non hd channels they dont look anywhere as good as Discovery HD theatre and other HD channels that already existed. maybe they will get better over time I dont know but for now they arent "mind blowing" for quality. Though someone with a 720p tv might not notice a huge difference, wont know till I see smiley again lol.

*note I am not comparing these to 1080p hd dvd and blu-ray as that would be a pointless comparison considering I dont believe cable/sat providers dont have the bandwidth to be able to send 1080p as they barely have the bandwidth to provide 1080i.