It finally happened. After more than two years of working at this I finally have all of my high definition in one place and can easily channel surf them all.
I never thought it would happen. Last week, my cable company, Metrocast, added WPME (MyNetwork), WPXT (the CW), and WPFO (Fox), to my HD channel lineup. I thought that these stations would be banished to the analog tier forever. So now, to be able to use my DVR to record "24" in high definition instead of recording the analog broadcast, is something awesome. I hate standard definition TV. And before Metrocast made this change, I would have to switch over to my antenna to receive these channels over the air in HD but then I couldn't record shows that way. And WPFO didn't begin over the air HD until February 17.
So now it's pretty cool to be able to channel surf and use my DVR to record ALL OF MY HD CHANNELS instead of just some of them. Two years ago when I started this blog I never thought this day would come. It sounds so trivial when you compare it to what is going on in the world right now, but you've got to take your victories wherever you can get them.
I still support and believe in free, over the air TV. If there was a way to purchase a DVR myself and use it however I wanted (meaning I could record from any number of Input devices like Antenna TV, Cable with a Box TV, Cable without a Box TV) things would be different. But so far, from what I can tell, that technology isn't really viable right now.
It's a small victory but I congratulate my nemesis, the cable company, on FINALLY getting something right. And congratulations to all of the Portland TV Broadcaster who finally go their signals out in HD on all fronts.
I never thought it would happen. Last week, my cable company, Metrocast, added WPME (MyNetwork), WPXT (the CW), and WPFO (Fox), to my HD channel lineup. I thought that these stations would be banished to the analog tier forever. So now, to be able to use my DVR to record "24" in high definition instead of recording the analog broadcast, is something awesome. I hate standard definition TV. And before Metrocast made this change, I would have to switch over to my antenna to receive these channels over the air in HD but then I couldn't record shows that way. And WPFO didn't begin over the air HD until February 17.
So now it's pretty cool to be able to channel surf and use my DVR to record ALL OF MY HD CHANNELS instead of just some of them. Two years ago when I started this blog I never thought this day would come. It sounds so trivial when you compare it to what is going on in the world right now, but you've got to take your victories wherever you can get them.
I still support and believe in free, over the air TV. If there was a way to purchase a DVR myself and use it however I wanted (meaning I could record from any number of Input devices like Antenna TV, Cable with a Box TV, Cable without a Box TV) things would be different. But so far, from what I can tell, that technology isn't really viable right now.
It's a small victory but I congratulate my nemesis, the cable company, on FINALLY getting something right. And congratulations to all of the Portland TV Broadcaster who finally go their signals out in HD on all fronts.
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