Yesterday, December 1st, was a very bitter sweet day for me.  All day I was psyched about getting my brand new 47″ HD TV (a full inch bigger than fellow average dude Scott’s TV).  It was like Christmas day a full 25 days ahead of schedule only to be sorely let down.  I went to turn on my favorite HD channel Mojo only to find a crappy Christmas movie.  I hit info on the guide to see my beloved channel was now Hallmark Movie Channel.  I flipped out and went straight to the internet.

I quickly found out that the entire channel was pulled off air.  It turns out the channel was a collected venture by most of the major cable companies to provide as much HD content on their lineup.  Since more and more HD channels are popping up, they felt they no longer had to fill that void.  So people like me that became a loyal fan of just about every show they had is screwed. (more…)