Which movie channel should I pick?

[John Corn]

Right now I have HBO and Cinemax, I want to drop Cinemax for either Showtime or Starz......which one should I pick and why?
Honestly, my family and I can't make our minds up.........:shrug:

[James_F]

Starz by far IMO. I can't remember the last time I watched a movie on Showtime. My wife likes the Chris Issak show, but other than that I don't think I've ever seen her watch it.

[Geronimo]

Do your tastes run to the type of films on Sundance (Showtime) or do they center on mainstream Hoolywood fare? Are youa DISh or a DTV customer? If so what basic package do you have it might contain some Starz or SHO already.

I dont think a straight up poll will necessarily result in the best choice for your family. But hey it does soud interesting.

[HarryD]

I had free Showtime and even when it's free, it wasn't worth it!
Starz all the way!

[razorbackfan]

Extasy

[Mark Holtz]

None of the above. When I last watched the premium movie channels, they were pan-and-scanning the movies that are meant to be watched in their original aspect ratios.

Besides, I have most of the movies anyways on DVD.

[Dmitriy]

Starz!

[James_F]

Originally posted by Z'Loth
... they were pan-and-scanning the movies that are meant to be watched in their original aspect ratios.

Zac? Is that you in there. :lol:

[RJS1111111]

That would be a better value, if you must pay for a premium movie service.

(TMC corrected to TMN in title)

[Unthinkable]

John, if you regularly buy or rent new release DVD's before they hit PPV, you may find that Starz! is a duplicate waste of your money. Tyson fights Etienne on Showtime in February.

[James_F]

Originally posted by The Unthinkable
Tyson fights Etienne on Showtime in February.

And by June he will be fighting on WGN. :D

[Mike123abc]

I find myself watching Showtime and HBO more than the other ones just because I will watch the HD channels. I tend to look what is on HD first then if nothing I go to the guide and see what the other movie channels are showing.

[Steve Mehs]

If I were looking into premium movies first would be HBO, good choice John for keeping it. But as for deciding between Sho and Starz, I would have to say Sho because I just happen to like a lot of Paramount movies. I don't know why, I just do. 15 of my 40 DVDs are from Paramount. Plus Showtime has a better selection of channels then Starz, IMO. I would never watch Starz Family, might watch Black Starz, if it's something with Freeman, Snipes, or Washington and I don't like Starz Theater showing 4 movies a week.

[Mark Lamutt]

Well, I said Showtime because I have it for their original programming and because the few true HD transfers they do are always in the original aspect ratio, unlike HBO.

[pez2002]

Originally posted by HarryD
I had free Showtime and even when it's free, it wasn't worth it!
Starz all the way!


Yes Starz! All the way I had this channel On Digtial Cable
But the Problem was The feed sucked Everytime i would try to watch a movie the picture would break up But Encore Was Free & the rest of the superpak channels

Only thing was Starz was $15 a Month what a Ripoff :(

[Steve Mehs]

John, what did you decide on?

[John Corn]

I canceled Cinemax and chose Starz solely based on these polls. :)

[MarkA]

I do agree with Z'Loth, I don't like any of the premium channels. Why pay so much for half the movie?

[TNGTony]

Though Showtime has Boxing and original series, their movies generally SUCK! :) Starz is only movies and they are generally pretty darned good.

See ya
Tony

[Geronimo]

With rumors of Cinemax being a $3 add to HBO maybe you should reconsider.