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Help Out HD Newbies

by Mike Chen on 03/24/09 at 05:21 PM ET
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You may have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet over the past few days. Turns out that I’ve been up to my eyeballs in HDTV research as we’ve finally decided to plunk down the money for one of them fancy-schmancy (and huge) LCD TVs. So while a lot of my free time’s been spent researching which is the best tube for our budget, now I’m faced with the decision of which HD service to get. More importantly, which has the best HD options for hockey.

I could be wrong, but I’ve read that the amount of Center Ice HD channels for Comcast varies from region to regions, and also the NHL Network isn’t always available. I know DirecTV is pretty good about HD Center Ice and the NHL Network comes with the Center Ice package. Still, Comcast advertises some pretty appealing deals to switch over from DirecTV (what we currently have).

As for other HD options, such as AT&T Uverse and Verizon’s Vios service, I have no idea what they get or even if they get Versus HD.

So, to my fellow hockey fans that have been enjoying glorious HD for a while now, help your friendly neighborhood hockey blogger out. What HD service do you use, do you have Center Ice/NHL Network, and are you satisfied with it? Please post in the comments, and I’ll post a recap to hopefully help out anyone else who’s making the plunge soon. Oh, and if you have Comcast, please specify your region. Obviously, I’m by San Jose (Palo Alto), so anyone with experience with that area would be appreciated.

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