Insight comes clean with 33 HD channels for Louisville market
By Darren Murph 
posted November 14th 2008 10:16AM
posted November 14th 2008 10:16AM
Back in October, we heard that Insight Communications was fixing to carry 56 high-definition channels by early next month in the Kentucky region. Now, we're being treated to a delicious dash of confirmation. The Courier-Journal is reporting that 33 new HD channels will be added in and around Louisville, KY by December 18th as part of an upgrade program dubbed Digital 4.0. Wondering about what will be added? Try HD versions of A&E, AMC, The History Channel, USA, SciFi, Bravo, Sundance, National Geographic, FX, ESPNews, ESPNU, Disney, ABC Family and The Weather Channel -- and that's not counting the ten new HD on-demand options. Unfortunately, all this HD love won't be arriving as a gift for all, as fees for new subscribers to Insight's digital packages will be boosted around $2 to $3 per month. Ah well, at least you folks are getting something from your increase.
This is the answer to the question why other countries can upgrade their infrastructure faster than USA. That is because the USA is massive and has 50 different states to get up to speed. In Japan, they can upgrade within few months because it is an island that is very small compared to the landmass of USA. Same goes for most European countries. Big companies here are national, so in order to make money on the new technology, the whole country needs upgraded. This takes time and money. We need to worry about replacing thousands of miles of cable, towers and what not. If we don't like it, we can always move to Japan, but if you do, you better like seafood, it comes with the high speed package.
I live in Louisville and I actually called Insight about the new HD channels. They told me that December 3rd was the launch for Digital 4.0, which includes the new HD channel lineup. With Insight's track record of giving out dates and no action on these dates, I would be surprised if all of the channels advertised are here by mid-June.
Any body else having a problem with the HD channels only coming in some of the time