I have noticed the recent trend since Altice took over of the dropping of channels at any given opportunity, but remarkably have not seen us get anything back on the TV end of things. When was the last time we had an HD addition to the lineup.
There are channels I watch regularly such as BBC World News and Euronews that have the HD feed, but I have heard nothing about Optimum making any HD additions.
It was one of the factors that ultimately led me to downgrade my service from the Silver package to Preferred. Even some of the movie channels for Showtime, Starz and Starz Encore lineup are not all in HD. For years I thought those other Premium Channels would have the HD counterpart added, alas nothing. Just didn't feel I was getting a bang for my buck and decided to downgrade.
There are numerous channels out there that are in HD that Optimum doesn't carry the HD feed of and Altice channel dropping policy thus far has me a tad bit discouraged that this will continue without any additions made in place of the dropped channels. Its like paying more for less. :)
Here are some HD channels that Altice only carries in SD.
American Heroes Channel HD
Aspire HD
BBC World News HD
BET Soul HD
Boomerang HD
C-Span HD
C-Span 2 HD
C-Span 3 HD
Centric HD
Chiller HD
Discovery Family HD
Fox Sports 2 HD
Fox Deportes HD
FX Movie Channel HD
Great American Country HD
HLN HD
NBC Premier League Extra HD Feeds (2, 3, 4, 5)
Lifetime Movie Network HD
Sprout HD
Tennis Channel HD
TV One HD
UP HD
Premium Movie Channels
ActionMax West HD
MoreMax West HD
ThrillerMax West HD
Encore West HD
Encore Action HD
Encore Black HD
Encore Classic HD
Encore Suspense HD
HBO Comedy West HD
HBO Latino West HD
HBO Zone West HD
Sho Beyond HD
Sho Beyond West HD
Sho Extreme West HD
Sho Next HD
Sho Next West HD
Sho Women
Sho Women West HD
Starz Cinema HD
Starz In Black HD
I for one would like to see EuroNews and BBC World News added, for other folks of course their interest will differ. Its just that I have not seen a single rumor even about an HD channel addition coming to our TV lineup. Heck I cannot even recall the last HD addition to the lineup. I do know we have lost some HD channels for one reason or another though.
As you can tell I am big on foreign news. I use my Chromecast to stream Sky News (1080p), DW-TV (720p), France 24 (720p) and AL Jazeera English (1080p) to my HDTV to watch.
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