Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Michael Jackson memorial service gets HDTV broadcasts around the globe by 1 p.m.]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-memorial-service-gets-hdtv-broadcasts-around-the/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-memorial-service-gets-hdtv-broadcasts-around-the/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-memorial-service-gets-hdtv-broadcasts-around-the/#commentsToday's broadcasts of Michael Jackson's memorial services have become s big of a television event as there has ever been, with networks domestically planning to cover the proceedings in high definition, but Sky News HD is following up on its broadcast of the Obama Inauguration by taking of the Sky Arts 1 HD channel again, and Cinedigm flicks on its digital distribution network, though not in 3D, it will air the memorial starting at 1 p.m. EST for free at theaters around the country. If not for anything else, this should extend even beyond Presidential Address' ability to compare the audio/video delivery capabilities of different networks, with CNN, Fox, ABC, Fox News, CBS, E! and more broadcasting, plus internet streams available from most (CNN, Sky, CBS, ABC are confirmed), plus Hulu and the StaplesCenter.com website itself. So let us know, which network will you be tuning to / avoiding this afternoon, or are you already switching back and forth with one gloved hand on the remote, comparing camera angles and contrast levels in detail?

Update: A live HD stream from Microsoft & Canada's Inmusic.com is available and apparently not subject to geographic restrictions for those tuning in via desktop (Thanks, Aaron)

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Michael Jackson memorial service gets HDTV broadcasts around the globe by 1 p.m. originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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General Hospital prescribes itself a daily dose of 720p originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jacksonville residents looking for a new take on the evening news can finally see their dreams come true. As of now, WJXT -- an independent station serving the Florida city and its surrounding communities -- is broadcasting its newscasts in high-definition. At first, the noon broadcast will be the only one in HD, though other airings should follow suit in short order. Locals who rely on DISH Network and DirecTV will sadly be unable to enjoy the new look without an OTA antenna, though WJXT vice president and general manager John Rafferty has assured us that its high-def signal will be picked up by both "soon."

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WJXT throws the HD lever in Jacksonville, Florida originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hotlanta may be feeling the chill of winter right about now, but those looking for one more choice when it comes to watching the evening news in high-def can rejoice. As of this week, the region's CBS affiliate (WGCL) has converted its newscasts to HD, making it the third in Atlanta, Georgia to do so. Also of note, the CBS 46 branding has been trashed in favor of the altogether lovely CBS Atlanta logo you see above, and for those keeping inventory, FOX's WAGA now sits as the only local in the area not broadcasting news in high-definition. Anyone willing to wager that changes soon?

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atlantacbsdaytimegeorgiahdhd newshd newscastHdNewsHdNewscastnewsnewscastprimetimeTue, 13 Jan 2009 23:42:00 EST<![CDATA[South Florida's WSVN converts newscasts to high-definition]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/south-floridas-wsvn-converts-newscasts-to-high-definition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/south-floridas-wsvn-converts-newscasts-to-high-definition/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/south-floridas-wsvn-converts-newscasts-to-high-definition/#commentsSouth Florida's NBC 6 became the first English-language network in the area to take its newscasts to high-def, but now those who refuse to watch news in SD finally have another choice. Starting this week, WSVN -- the FOX affiliate in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market -- will be airing its local news broadcasts in greater clarity, and now that this station has hopped on board, we reckon the outcasts will be following suit in short order.

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Charm City residents refusing to tune into SD news have had their sets locked on FOX 45 for months now, but 2009 is offering the city of Baltimore yet another option. Starting this weekend, WBAL-TV has flipped the high-def switch on its local news, meaning that you can now catch your favorite NBC talking heads in an all new light. So, locals -- are things much improved? Studio shot is after the break.

[Thanks, Ryan and Michael]

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Philadelphia's NBC 10 brings the high-def love to its newscasts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Live with Regis and Kelly HD details revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>daytimehdlive with regis and kellyLiveWithRegisAndKellynew contentnewcontentsyndicatedWed, 12 Nov 2008 10:40:00 EST<![CDATA[New York's WNYW takes HD newscasts to high-def]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/new-yorks-wnyw-takes-hd-newscasts-to-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/new-yorks-wnyw-takes-hd-newscasts-to-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/11/new-yorks-wnyw-takes-hd-newscasts-to-high-def/#commentsBack in April, we wondered when New York's WNYW would finally follow suit and take its local newscasts to high-def. As of this week, the Big Apple's FOX affiliate is finally broadcasting its local news in glistening HD. As tipster Rich so elequotely put it: "There's nothing like seeing how bad a night your favorite news anchor had when tuning in at 5:00AM." Burn.

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It's one thing to simply fork out some cash for new equipment and pull the lever on HD newscasts, but Lexington, Kentucky's WTVQ-TV is doing it real big when it takes its local news to high-def this month. Starting on October 30th, not only will locals view the evening news in HD, but they'll see a new anchor team, a new news set, a fresh graphics arrangement and revived vivaciousness all around. We've always heard that going all out was the only way to go -- guess we'll see how the ratings react in around a week.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cbsdaytimehdhd newshd newscastHdNewsHdNewscastkansas cityKansasCityKCTVmissourinewsnewscastprimetimeWed, 22 Oct 2008 22:04:00 EST<![CDATA[WISC-TV to finally deliver HD news in Madison, Wisconsin]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/wisc-tv-to-finally-deliver-hd-news-in-madison-wisconsin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/wisc-tv-to-finally-deliver-hd-news-in-madison-wisconsin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/wisc-tv-to-finally-deliver-hd-news-in-madison-wisconsin/#commentsGet ready, Madison -- HD news is just around the bend. Starting on Sunday, October 26th, WISC-TV will become the first in the region to air all of its regularly-scheduled newscasts in high-definition. Of note, the CBS affiliate has been airing feature stories within its newscast in HD since January of this year, but on Sunday, it will become the first in the area to go wire-to-wire in high-def. The first completely HD newscast will air at 5:30PM on the aforementioned day, and in preparation for the change, the regularly scheduled "News 3 at 5:30" will be preempted for an original special on HDTV and the February 2009 digital television conversion.

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Los Angeles' KTTV and KCOP: now with HD news originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Another first is coming to Wichita: local news in high-definition. The area's CBS affiliate, KWCH-TV, just began running commercials to get residents psyched up about the impending transition to HD. When it flips the switch sometime later this month, it'll be the first local station in the region to air its newscasts in high-def. Something tells us the others won't be too far behind, though.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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The Price is Right does daytime in high-def originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, PopWeaverHDTV]

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Western North Carolina's WLOS takes local news to high-def originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Stephen]

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We know, you're all politics, sports, tech and other "serious" subjects when it comes to your HDTV programming schedule, it's just you have this...friend who watches daytime syndicated programming. Tell your "friend" that talk show hosts Ellen, Oprah (only a year after initially rumored) and Dr. Phil will all make the jump to glorious high definition. Later in the day, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider make the jump to 720p/1080i (depending on your local station and if they're ready to handle syndicated HD at all), complete with newly built sets and likely a few extra layers of makeup. Anything else your "friend" is still waiting to see get a resolution bump? Check after the break for a video tour of ET's new HDTV-ready digs.

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Oprah & Ellen & Dr. Phil & Entertainment Tonight & The Insider enter HD tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some four months after The Price is Right made the leap to high-definition on Friday nights, the daytime variant of the famed game show has now followed suit. During today's first pricing game, host Drew Carey proudly proclaimed that the show was now airing in HD during the day, after which kids home from school and grandparents with TVs from 1982 celebrated and did nothing, respectively.

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  • ABC (720p) brings Game 3 of the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals at 9 p.m.
  • Discovery (1080i) has Deadliest Catch at 9 p.m., and the season finale of The Alaska Experiment at 10 p.m.
  • History (1080i) has Mega Disasters at 10 p.m.
  • HDNet Movies (1080i) premieres Masked and Anonymous at 8:05 p.m.
  • ESPN HD (720p) has the Jim Mckay Tribute Show at 9 p.m.

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Just after hearing that the Ellen Degeneres Show would be going HD in a few short long months, another daytime favorite (or not, depending on perspective) will also be dipping its toes in the wondrous waters of off-site high-definition. Reportedly, the infamous chit-chat show is set to tape a week of episodes from Sin City next month, as it swoops in on Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from June 23rd through 27th. The excursion will mark the first time The View has broadcast in HDTV while on location, though no details of further involvement were mentioned.

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The View to spend in a week in Las Vegas, tape show in HD originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 May 2008 22:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With just south of a hundred HD channels on carriers like DirecTV, and even dozens on the average cable operator, one may wonder if there's even a reason for turning to an SD station anymore. Here at the Engadget HD lair, there's only a few programs still shot and delivered in standard-def that we catch ourselves watching, but we'll admit, it's been an awful long time since SD programming consumed more than 10-percent or so of our viewing. Not too tough a question for you this week: do you still find yourself flipping to SD networks with the growing amount of HD content out there? If so, how much? And be honest -- is it solely due to your wife's obsession with America's Next Top Model?

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The daily SportsCenter rotation marks time for many a sports junkie, but starting this fall, everything will be different. Timed for the start of the Beijing Olympics, SportsCenter is switching to a live edition from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. News vet Hannah Storm will host from 9 a.m. until noon each day, in an effort to balance with ESPN2's morning programming and ESPNews. Smaller tweaks include a continuous Bottom Line news ticker that scrolls headlines throughout the show and commercial breaks, and an ESPNews-style Rundown vertical listing of upcoming stories. Next spring ESPN takes the wrapper off its Sony-powered LA studio, debuting a 10 p.m. PT / 1 a.m. ET live SportsCenter broadcast skewed for the West Coast. Endless reruns of SportsCenter throughout the night and early morning have been a fixture for more than a decade, this adjustment strikes us on the level of political unrest, a weakening dollar and global climate change.

[Via Variety]

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Pixel for pixel, we'd take MOJO HD over TBS HD everyday of the week. Why? Because 100-percent of the content aired on the former is in gorgeous high-definition, while the vast majority of material shown on the latter is in ghastly stretch-o-vision. For those that have wondered why certain channels get HD treatment and some don't, Sound and Vision has taken an in-depth look to unearth the reasons why seemingly worthless networks such as QVC have an HD channel lined up while scores of HD junkies can't get their carrier to land SciFi HD, USA HD or dozens of other channels with worthwhile high-def programming. Needless to say, timing and money rank pretty high on the list, but other conveniences such as simulcasting and having loads of "pretty" content available helps nets "jump the line." Hit the read link for the full spill.

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Truth be told, The Price is Right has indeed been airing in high-definition for the past couple of weeks just as we heard it would, but we figured it prudent to affirm that yes, the famed game show is indeed now in high-definition. As far as we know, CBS will continue broadcasting the daytime mainstay in high-def after its stint on Friday nights is up, so be sure and set that HD DVR for all you folks holding it down with the 8 to 5 whenever.

[Thanks, Jerry H.]

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Our traditional high-def listings continue below.

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HDTV Listings for June 8, 2007 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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