Frankly there isn't any content. The majority of cable networks just are ready to feed HD signals and their facilities aren't up to that challenge. Without actual knowledge, my guess is an upcoversion to HD. Digital Betacam upconverted looks pretty good and will probably fool most consumers.
For example, Bethesda based Discovery is building their own facility, but they've never done HD on their own before. It will be interesting to see what happend beyond their Discovery HD (not run by Discovery).
It won't be HD content that drives customers to buy. The market shows that people are shifting content more and more. Techology such as DVRs and Video On Demand are more attractive to customers than HD content. Lets face it 500 channels of SD has the same junk as 500 channels of HD.
Direct is running from Video On Demand and the emerging products that rely on two-way communication and the Head End plant. The best Direct can do is push more and more linear content. Frankly that hasn't worked for any television provider in the long run.
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Frankly there isn't any content. The majority of cable networks just are ready to feed HD signals and their facilities aren't up to that challenge. Without actual knowledge, my guess is an upcoversion to HD. Digital Betacam upconverted looks pretty good and will probably fool most consumers.
For example, Bethesda based Discovery is building their own facility, but they've never done HD on their own before. It will be interesting to see what happend beyond their Discovery HD (not run by Discovery).
It won't be HD content that drives customers to buy. The market shows that people are shifting content more and more. Techology such as DVRs and Video On Demand are more attractive to customers than HD content. Lets face it 500 channels of SD has the same junk as 500 channels of HD.
Direct is running from Video On Demand and the emerging products that rely on two-way communication and the Head End plant. The best Direct can do is push more and more linear content. Frankly that hasn't worked for any television provider in the long run.