ComputerGuy Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Here is a list of a buncha channel changes happening today. NOTE that some channels are actually moving off the new satellite onto the satellites we can get here in Mexico. I am particularly pleased to see that it looks like Turner Classic Movies will finally be in HiDef. EDIT: CTV National News is now in HD on 94 (Classic). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Thank you. This is very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Waiting for CBC National to move to HD, supposedly today as well. Why is this important to me? Well, I'm Canadian, yeah... but mostly because they deliver a lot of NEWS, unlike the US news channels that simply blather constantly about Trump no matter what else is happening in the world. Unless they can send Anderson Cooper to a hurricane somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Quote My CBC national on 255 (advanced lineup) says is in HD. It has been there for a week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 47 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: Waiting for CBC National to move to HD, supposedly today as well. Why is this important to me? Well, I'm Canadian, yeah... but mostly because they deliver a lot of NEWS, unlike the US news channels that simply blather constantly about Trump no matter what else is happening in the world. Unless they can send Anderson Cooper to a hurricane somewhere. Do the Canadian news channels blather as much about Trudeau as the US ones do about Trump? And do they send their anchors to cover snowstorms as much as hurricanes in the US? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 Fortunately for our sanity, no, nothing like it. For one thing, news on a politician tends to hang on only as long as the story is new. We don't get these huge panels of "experts" and "pundits" babbling on endlessly about things that haven't even happened yet. We did have one news channel for a while, the Sun Network, based on a Canadian daily rag, desperately wanting to be the Fox news of Canada, but there just wasn't enough interest amongst the entire country in listening to one-sided, corrosive, anger-driven drivel to keep it alive. And Canadians discuss weather all the time, so it's never news, lol. If you ever lived on the coast in Newfoundland, you'd understand why... 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 34 minutes ago, ComputerGuy said: If you ever lived on the coast in Newfoundland, you'd understand why.. Thanks for the info and I think I'll pass on that one, no offense intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Solar Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, ComputerGuy said: there just wasn't enough interest amongst the entire country in listening to one-sided, corrosive, anger-driven drivel And if there was / is, it could be supplied by Doug Ford's "fake government news / blow your own horn" channel that Ontarians are paying for..... https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2019/08/18/fords-fake-news-machine-should-be-closed.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-news-now-undermines-democracy-1.4769639 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 3 hours ago, pappysmarket said: Do the Canadian news channels blather as much about Trudeau as the US ones do about Trump? And do they send their anchors to cover snowstorms as much as hurricanes in the US? No 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatsie Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 22 hours ago, ComputerGuy said: Fortunately for our sanity, no, nothing like it. For one thing, news on a politician tends to hang on only as long as the story is new. We don't get these huge panels of "experts" and "pundits" babbling on endlessly about things that haven't even happened yet. We did have one news channel for a while, the Sun Network, based on a Canadian daily rag, desperately wanting to be the Fox news of Canada, but there just wasn't enough interest amongst the entire country in listening to one-sided, corrosive, anger-driven drivel to keep it alive. And Canadians discuss weather all the time, so it's never news, lol. If you ever lived on the coast in Newfoundland, you'd understand why... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 CBC News channel turned up in HiDef on (classic) 96 yesterday on Shaw. Now we have two Canadian quality feeds that talk 24 hours about... news. This is important to me not just because it's Canadian, and world news is involved. It's also because a lot of news "feeds" from around the world are delivered by Internet webcams, not broadcast cameras: things like Skype video, where the video quality is already compromised. You then take that feed and broadcast it on a Standard Definition channel, and sometimes it's almost unwatchable. At least in HiDef, the quality is enough of an improvement that those video feeds are worthwhile watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Sorry, that was a typo. I fixed it and bolded the reference. Ironic typo, I would call it. CTV is channel 94, CBC is 96 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Any hope for Knowledge Network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 Another list: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzie Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 There is an error on this spreadsheet. CTV Comedy West is actually on National menu 436, Advanced 176, Classic 547. Not that it really matters. If it is on G1 and not F1R we can't get it anyway. Comedy East we can because it is on F2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 10:48 AM, Curmudgeon said: Any hope for Knowledge Network? My Knowledge network has been high definition for awhile. 223 on the advanced lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzie Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I think Knowledge Network (National 223) is now on the G1 satellite and cannot be received Lakeside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 We lost so many channels when they went to HD, we switched to Dish Network and love it. Get so many more channels and all of the ones we lost which many were old timey ones we used to watch on Shaw, but they disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 I wish Shaw would hurry up and get finished with the channel changing. It is a pain for many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 The primary reason I love Shaw is because not only does it give me the CNN, FOX and MSNBC news channels but it gives me four channels from my home town, Seattle. And it presently has a stronger signal leaking into Mexico than DISH or DirecTV. But as we all know, Shaw is very slowly changing channels to the satellite Anik G-1 which one can not get down here After Shaw, I could choose DISH or DirecTV and DISH has a stronger signal leaking into Mexico. And that is why the vast majority of folks down here have DISH. However my condo in Seattle has DirecTV, which I have to pay for whether I am there or not.. So for about five dollars extra per month, I can rent an extra receiver and bring it with me and use it in Mexico once Shaw is no longer an option. I've got to have my TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Share Posted September 29, 2019 You actually get FOX on Shaw??? I have tried but my fingers won´t allow it…………. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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