On Wed, 14 May 2008 18:38:01 -0500 Jer <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
|> I have no interest in Cinemax. But I do wish the movie channels would
go
|> with pure p24 formats (preferrably 1080p24).
|
| They aren't already? I've never looked because I never felt I needed to
| care since 99/100 of the movies I watch are DVD sourced.
I really don't know. I don't get them. I was looking at the list of
formats
by TV stations for OTA, and everything is 1080i30, 720p60, or 480i30. But
that just says there are no "movie channels" OTA.
If you tune receiver to a channel with a 1080p24 format (or 720p24 or
480p24)
and use the analog component output, and configure the receiver to output
the
format unchanged (I don't know if any are smart enough to do this), then
you
should be able to detect the p24 output some way. A display smart enough
to
show the format information can tell you. Otherwise if you have a scope
you
can tap in on the video wires to see.
Now how many video displays will take p24 on analog component or even
HDMI?
Apparently many will not.
|> Apparently they have at least 3 different fees they can hit you with
for HD.
|> One for the HD receiver, one for access to HD, and one for HD
programming.
|> That's what my very critical and suspicious eye gets out of reading
their
|> web site.
|
| Those first two for sure, but I'm not certain what you mean by that last
| one. Seems like the second and third would be the same together.
Right now, DishNet has different pricing for different sets of SD
programming.
There are 3 or 4 different tiers you can choose from. Are there tiers on
the
HD programming? That's something else their web site was totally unclear
about.
|> If I do go with DishNet, it will have to be on a non-commitment basis,
without
|> phone line hookup. That probably means outright buying the receiver
from an
|> affiliate partner (the ViP722 looks interesting, and has an OTA section
that
|> might even work). They won't provide the locals to me, so I have to
get them
|> OTA.
|
| Oh, that reminds me... I think I recall posting I had a 622. If I did,
| I was confused - it's a 722 here. And the OTA section works well for
| what I can receive. In fact, I believe it's ATSC receiver is better
| that the TV's. OTA is pretty sketchy here, but the 722 box makes OTA a
| tad better with the bunny ears on it. But, since I get the locals on
| the sat, I normally just stick with those, leaving the bunny ears in
| place just because I can.
I'd like to know if the picture quality of the locals HD programming is as
good via satellite as is via terrestrial (aside from your antenna issue).
I worry that both satellite and cable will try to over compress these.
OTOH, neither DishNet nor DirecTV will provide my locals via the
satellite.
So OTA is the only option for me.
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