DirecTV good on 100 HD channel promise

DirecTV subscribers will be pleased to know that the company has fulfilled its 100 HD channel promise, where the initial 21 channels are available immediately if you’ve signed up for the HD package. Hopefully the other 79 HD channels will roll out sooner rather than later. You’ll need an MPEG4 compatible receiver in order to get all the new channels, including a 5-LNB dish and the free B-band converters. For a full list of what’s live today, head on after the jump.

• A&E (Channel 265)
• Animal Planet (Channel 282)
• Big Ten Network (Channel 220)
• CNN (Channel 202)
• The Discovery Channel (Channel 278)
• The History Channel (Channel 269)
• The Movie Channel East (Channel 544)
• NFL Network (Channel 212)
• Showtime West (Channel 540)
• Showtime too (Channel 538)
• The Smithsonian Channel (Channel 267)
• The Science Channel (Channel 284)
• Starz Comedy (Channel 519)
• Starz East (Channel 522)
• Starz West (Channel 540)
• Starz Edge (Channel 520)
• Starz Kids and Family (Channel 518)
• TBS (Channel 247)
• TLC (Channel 280)
• Versus / The Golf Channel (Channel 604)
• The Weather Channel (Channel 362)