Hey everyone, I just put this together to help some of the newbie's figure out what they get from Rogers HD. If I've made any mistakes, please correct me.

"FREE" HD - These channels come with your rental of an HD STB, or and HD PVR:

501 - Rogers HD Preview
502 - Rogers Sportsnet HD
504 - Speed HD
507 - The Score HD
508 - Omni 1 HDTV
509 - Omni 2 HDTV
512 - Sun TV HD
513 - CBC HD
514 - HD Radio-Canada
515 - Global HD
517 - CTV HD
519 - City TV HD
521 - E! HD
525 - PBS HD
527 - ABC HD
529 - NBC HD
528 - CBS HD
531 - Fox HD
542 - TLC HD
544 - CBC Newsworld HD
545 - CNN HD

HD Specialty Pack - $8.95/month
500 - Leafs TV HD
503 - TSN HD
505 - Discovery HD
506 - Raptors TV HD
522 - ABC HD (West Feed)
523 - CBS HD (West Feed)
526 - Fox HD (West Feed)
524 - NBC HD (West Feed)
532 - WGN9 CW HD
533 - A&E HD
534 - Showcase HD
535 - National Geographic Channel HD
541 - HD Net

HD Nature & Adventure Pack - $5.99/month
548 - Treasure HD
549 - Oasis HD
550 - Rush HD
551 - Equator HD

The Movies Package - $22.95/month
536 - HBO Canada HD
537 - The Movie Network HD
540 - Mpix HD

The Super Channel Package - $15.99/month
373 - Super Channel HD 1
374 - Super Channel HD 2

Super Sports Pak - $29.95/month
490-492 - NHL Centre Ice HD or MLB Extra Innings HD
493-495 - NBA League Pass HD
496-497 - Nascar Hotpass HD

You can also find HD programming and movies at a pay-per-use basis on Rogers on Demand, channel 100. And Viewer's Choice PPV HD, channels 341, 342.

Some of the HD channels are repeated elsewhere on the dial, but I don't think there is anything missing, at least in the Toronto area.

There are two other channels which, while not actually HD, are in SD Widescreen if you set your box to output 1080i:

195 DW TV (news from Germany, alternating German and English)
163 WTVS Detroit (PBS, but it is the 56.2 feed which has different programming from the regular WTVS feed, unlike what the onscreen guide says)

Thank you. Most of this information was already available in the following FAQ, but you have some pricing that I didn't have. I edited your post to correct NW-HD.

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=76073

The following 3 channels are not free if you only subscribe to basic cable.

542 - TLC HD
544 - CBC Newsworld HD
545 - CNN HD

And what about leafs-tv HD? doesnt that require subscription to leafs-tv SD?

Yea, I think in order to get any of the other channels in the HD Specialty Pack, you'll need the SD version of those channels. It shouldn't be a problem if you're a VIP customer.

Perhaps a clarification that the price you indicate for the TMN/HBO channels is part of the bigger TMN movie packge that includes a bunch of TMN related SD channels.

So is Speed HD part of the standard HD channels? Rogers has it listed as so on their website but also indicate it's on a free preview right now.

Speed HD shows as free preview in the guide.

The Movies Package - $22.95/month
536 - HBO Canada HD
537 - The Movie Network HD
540 - Mpix HD

You really ought to include

308 - TMN/HBO On Demand
309 - MPix On Demand

since they are included in this package and contain some HD programming. The On Demand stuff, and esp. the HD On Demand stuff, is what makes the TMN Package most valuable to me. Even though I have an HD PVR, I rarely program anything from TMN since On Demand already has most of what I want to see.

Just checking now, in HD On Demand, there are around 20 movies and dozens of episodes of HBO / TMN series like Californication, Dexter, Entourage, True Blood, Brotherhood and Stargate Atlantis ... plus all 6 of Little Britain US.

That's 50ish titles you can start right now -- way more value than a few more PPV channels of appointment TV.

Great post. Trad2005 if you wish to update, then send me the info and I will update post #1.

When I was looking at the cable HD offerings on the weekend, the latest I saw indicated that Speed HD would be part of the HD Specialty Pack for 8.95.

Great post, thanks for the list. I think it has been pointed out that this list applies to the Toronto Area, but maybe should the title be changed to Rogers HD Toronto area - Here's what you get.

If people are using the list as a reference, it does not completely apply to all Rogers areas. Rogers Ottawa subscribers do not get 521 E! HD or 500 Leafs HD.

Up to you guys.

Thanks

When I was looking at the cable HD offerings on the weekend, the latest I saw indicated that Speed HD would be part of the HD Specialty Pack for 8.95.

I don't see that. Speed HD launched in November I think. www.rogers.com/hd clearly includes Speed HD logo as part of the "free" channels.

Specialty Pack is HD versions of TSN, Discovery, A&E, Raptors TV, ABC Seattle, CBS Seattle, NBC Seattle, Fox Seattle, WGN, Showcase, National Geographic and HDNet.

FYI if anyone wants to look up this information, 57 has it at http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=76073 and he's updated with the pricing and bundling issues.