The Dish Network User's Resource
The Dish Network User's Resource
Courtesy www.satelliteguys.us
This is chart of the channels that call themselves HD Channels which are available on Dish and DirecTV. The actual number of hours of true HD programming can vary from zero to 24 hours on any given day depending on the channel itself. Some channels that call themselves HD distort their standard definition picture to fill a wide screen TV from side to side without regard for picture quality.
By removing the color from the chart you get an objective channel count difference between the two services. However SOME CHANNELS THAT CALL THEMSELVES HD AND ARE MARKETED AS SUCH HAVE ZERO HD CONTENT AT THIS TIME.
The chart below was originally posted by Red Wings at
www.satelliteguys.us
dfergie and BFG, Staff members at
www.satelliteguys.us completed excel spread sheets with color tags and
uncrules has been keeping constantly updating the excel file which is the direct
source for this page.
There is another chart at posted at Satelliteguys by MNHTUG. which is used occasionally if it is more up to date.
Chart copied and used by permission.
Corrections, updates welcome dishlist@echostaruser.com
| Regular Channels | News | Sports | ||||||||
| Channel | Dish | Direct | Channel | Dish | Direct | Channel | Dish | Direct | ||
| A&E HD | 118 | 265 | CNN HD | 200 | 202 | BIG 10 HD | 439 | 610 | ||
| ABC Family HD | 180 | 311 | CNBC HD | 208 | 355 | CBSC HD | 152 | 613 | ||
| Animal Planet HD | 184 | 282 | Fox Business HD | 206 | 359 | ESPN HD | 140 | 206 | ||
| BET HD | 124 | Fox News HD | 205 | 360 | ESPNEWS HD | 142 | 207 | |||
| BET J (Was BET on Jazz) | 371 | MSNBC | 209 | ESPN2 HD | 144 | 209 | ||||
| BiographyHD | 119 | 266 | Weather Channel HD | 214 | 362 | Fuel TV HD | 618 | |||
| Bravo HD | 129 | 273 | Totals for each | 6 | 5 | Golf HD | 401 | 218 | ||
| Cartoon Network HD | 176 | 296 | MLB HD | 213 | ||||||
| CMTHD | 166 | 327 | NBA HD | 402 | 601 | |||||
| Comedy Central HD | 107 | 249 | NFL Network HD | 154 | 212 | |||||
| Discovery HD | 182 | 278 | Movies | NHL | 403 | 215 | ||||
| Crime and Investigation Network HD | 387 | 275 | Channel | Dish | Direct | Speed Channel HD | 150 | 607 | ||
| Disney Channel East | 172 | 290 | Action Max HD | 313 | Versus HD | 151 | 603 | |||
| Disney XD HD | 174 | 292 | Cinemax East HD | 310 | 512 | TennisHD | 400 | 217 | ||
| Fashion HD | 374 | Cinemax West HD | 311 | 514 | WFNHD | 394 | ||||
| FX HD | 136 | 248 | Cinemax 5 Star HD | 314 | Totals for each | 13 | 14 | |||
| Food HD | 110 | 231 | Encore HD | 340 | ||||||
| Hallmark Movies | 187 | HBO East HD | 300 | 501 | ||||||
| HDNet | 362 | 306 | HBO West HD | 303 | 504 | Regional Sports Networks | ||||
| HDNet Movies | 383 | 552 | HBO Comedy HD | 307 | Altitude | 410 | 681-1 | |||
| HD Theater | 364 | 281 | HBO Latino HD | 309 | CSN Bay Area | 419 | 696-1 | |||
| HGTV HD | 112 | 229 | HBO 2 East | 301 | CSN Chicago | 429 | 665 | |||
| History HD | 120 | 269 | HBO Signature HD | 302 | CSN New England | 435 | 630 | |||
| Lifetime | 108 | HBO Family HD | 305 | CSN Mid-Atlantic | 424 | 642 | ||||
| Lifetime Movies | 109 | HBO Zone HD | 308 | CSN West | 409 | 698-1 | ||||
| Logo HD | 373 | Movie Channel HD | 327 | 544 | FSN Arizona | 415 | 686 | |||
| MAV HD | 361 | Showtime East HD | 318 | 537 | FSN Carolina | 645-1 | ||||
| MGMHD | 385 | 255 | Showtime West HD | 540 | FSN Cincinnati | 427 | 661-1 | |||
| MTVHD | 160 | 331 | Showtime Extreme | 542 | FSN Detroit | 430 | 663 | |||
| National Geographic HD | 186 | 276 | Showtime Showcase | 321 | 539 | FSN Florida | 423 | 654-1 | ||
| NickHD | 170 | 299 | SHO Too HD | 320 | 538 | FSN Houston | 678-1 | |||
| Palladia | 369 | 332 | Starz Comedy HD | 354 | 519 | FSN Indiana | 673-1 | |||
| Planet Green HD | 194 | 286 | Starz Edge HD | 352 | 522 | FSN Midwest | 418 | 671 | ||
| Science Channel HD | 193 | 284 | Starz Kids and Family | 356 | 518 | FSN North | 436 | 668 | ||
| TBS HD | 139 | 247 | Starz East | 350 | 520 | FSN Northwest | 426 | 687 | ||
| The 101 | 101 | Starz West | 351 | 522 | FSN Ohio | 425 | 660-1 | |||
| TLC HD | 183 | 280 | Totals for each | 22 | 15 | FSN Oklahoma | 679-1 | |||
| TNT HD | 138 | 245 | FSN Pittsburgh | 428 | 659 | |||||
| Travel Channel HD | 215 | FSN Prime Ticket | 411 | 694 | ||||||
| Universal HD | 366 | 259 | Totals Summary | FSN Rocky Mountain | 414 | 683 | ||||
| SciFi HD | 122 | 244 | Regular | 44 | 36 | FSN South | 420 | 646 | ||
| Smithsonian HD | 267 | News | 6 | 5 | FSN Southwest | 416 | 676 | |||
| SpikeHD | 168 | 241 | Movies | 22 | 15 | FSN Tennessee | 644-1 | |||
| USA HD | 105 | 242 | Regular Sports | 13 | 14 | FSN Utah | 684-1 | |||
| VH1HD | 166 | 335 | National HD | 80 | 70 | FSN West | 417 | 692 | ||
| WGNHD | 239 | FSN Wisconsin | 669-1 | |||||||
| Totals for each | 44 | 36 | RSNs | 25 | 36 | MASN | 640-1 | |||
| Alternate RSNs | 8 | 12 | MSG | 634 | ||||||
| All Day | HD PPV | 15 | 31 | MSG Plus | 635 | |||||
| HD / SD Mix - may not be fulltime | Grand Total | 133 | 146 | NESN | 434 | 628 | ||||
| No HD spotted yet. | SportsNet New York | 438 | 639 | |||||||
| Not Available | SportSouth | 437 | 649 | |||||||
| Green - Not a full time channel | SportsTime Ohio | 431 | 662-1 | |||||||
| Sun Sports | 422 | 653 | ||||||||
| Credits: redwings, atp1313, Rad, BFG | YES HD | 631 | ||||||||
| gbjbany, dfergie, stuart 628, uncules, | Totals for each + alts | 25 | 36 | |||||||
| & TNGTony | ||||||||||
| PPV | ||||||||||
| Dish | Direct | |||||||||
| 531 | 547 | 133 | 166 | 192 | ||||||
| 534 | 548 | 134 | 180 | 193 | ||||||
| 535 | 135 | 181 | 194 | |||||||
| 536 | 136 | 182 | 197 | |||||||
| 537 | 137 | 183 | 198 | |||||||
| 539 | 138 | 184 | ||||||||
| 540 | 145 | 185 | ||||||||
| 541 | 147 | 186 | ||||||||
| 542 | 148 | 187 | ||||||||
| 543 | 151 | 188 | ||||||||
| 544 | 163 | 189 | ||||||||
| 545 | 164 | 190 | ||||||||
| 546 | 165 | 191 | ||||||||
| Totals for each | 15 | 31 | ||||||||
| Alt Sports Channels | ||||||||||
| Dish | Direct | |||||||||
| NBA | NBA | |||||||||
| 560 | 752-1 | |||||||||
| Thru | Thru | |||||||||
| 572 | 762-1 | |||||||||
| NHL CI | NHL | |||||||||
| 541 | 771-1 | |||||||||
| Thru | Thru | |||||||||
| 558 | 785-1 | |||||||||
| Big Ten | Big Ten | |||||||||
| 615-1 | ||||||||||
| 9501 | 617-1 | |||||||||
| Thru | 623-1 | |||||||||
| 9504 | 625-1 | |||||||||
| Regional Sports Alternates | Dish | Direct | ||||||||
| Altitude Alternate | 1 | 682-1 | ||||||||
| CSN Bay Area Alternate | 1 | 697-1 | ||||||||
| CSN Chicago Plus Alternate | 1 | 666-1 | ||||||||
| FSN Midwest Alternate | 1 | 672-1 | ||||||||
| FSN South Alternate | 1 | 648-1 | ||||||||
| FSN South Plus Alternate | 1 | 647-1 | ||||||||
| FSN South West Plus Alternate | 1 | 677-1 | ||||||||
| MASN Alternate | 641-1 | |||||||||
| MSG/MSG Plus Alternate | 636-1 | |||||||||
| MSG/MSG Plus 2 Alternate | 637-1 | |||||||||
| Sun Sports Alternate | 1 | 655-1 | ||||||||
| Sun Sports/FSN Florida Plus | 656-1 | |||||||||
| Dish has 8 alternates used for | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
| web stats and analytics information |