Time Warner Adds HD Channels

This holiday season brought about a surge of inexpensive HDTVs, and if that’s what Santa brought you this year, then you have even more options in front of you than ever before. Now you can get more HD channels from Time Warner Cable, for free! If you subscribe to Time Warner’s cable service, you now get 50 high definition channels total, 16 more than last month. Plus, in January Time Warner is planning on adding eight more to the lineup.

To get the HD programming you’ll need a HD set-top box, which is in the same price range as a digital box, so all you need to do is switch boxes. Judy Barbao, spokeswoman for Time Warner said, “If you had your HDTV set and didn’t switch out your box, you would not be getting the shows. It’s not as simple as switching out your television sets.”

With HD there is a whole new world to digital programming. Barbao puts it perfectly when she claims, “It is a strikingly better picture in HD.” She adds, “The digital quality is great, but the HD quality is amazing. There is a very marked difference between the two.”

Many channels also offer the Start Over option, which lets you watch a show from the beginning, without having to record it, and even if it’s not over yet. Barbao said, “People love it because it just frees you up from having to set up a recording device.” She added, “Even though a lot of customers have DVR, there are times when you just don’t remember to do it, or something’s on that you didn’t know was on.” Time Warner keeps on top of the competition, and as Barbao said, “All of that is on the horizon and something the company is working on.”