Epix, Indieplex, Retroplex, HDNet Movies, and MGM are all going to have free previews with SD feeds added.
I love movies and all I have is a 625.
My question is for those of you guys who have these 5 movie channels. Are the movies all unedited with nothing cut out?
Commercials are okay with me. ie. Hulu.com runs commercials in their movies but the movies are all unedited with the F word and nudity in it's glory. But I won't watch anything edited for content.
Well I do not believe they are edited for content from what I've seen. OTOH Epix does do some editing to fit the screen.
It is done slickly tho. When I watched the Indiana Jones movies they started out with black bars top and bottom that slowly disappeared until the movie filled the HDTV Screen. I didn't even notice it until the end when the bars reappeared for the credits.
I have to say it was unobtrusive and didn't bother me. I'm glad to have the extra content.
Well I do not believe they are edited for content from what I've seen. OTOH Epix does do some editing to fit the screen.
I have to say it was unobtrusive and didn't bother me. I'm glad to have the extra content.
Actually, you lose content without the "black bars". What is really distracting is the channel logo that interrupts the movie every 30 minutes! And the "plex" channels now cuts into the movie before the end to advertise up coming programs.
Do you have to have the platinum service to recieve this HD, or is it covered with HD for life? It is nice having a video channel again like MTV used to be.
Well I do not believe they are edited for content from what I've seen. OTOH Epix does do some editing to fit the screen.
It is done slickly tho. When I watched the Indiana Jones movies they started out with black bars top and bottom that slowly disappeared until the movie filled the HDTV Screen. I didn't even notice it until the end when the bars reappeared for the credits.
I have to say it was unobtrusive and didn't bother me. I'm glad to have the extra content.
Do you have to have the platinum service to recieve this HD, or is it covered with HD for life? It is nice having a video channel again like MTV used to be.
Palladia is in Platinum.
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Actually, you lose content without the "black bars". What is really distracting is the channel logo that interrupts the movie every 30 minutes! And the "plex" channels now cuts into the movie before the end to advertise up coming programs.
I do know you lose some content on the sides. However my point was that it was unobtrusive and took me a while to notice.
I'd much rather have that then stretch-o-vision. I'd rather have letter boxed than stretch-o-vision. I'd rather get poked in the eyes than watch stretch-o-vision.
I've been looking around, but have not been able to find an answer to this question:
When Dish Network offers these free previews, are they watchable on a FTA receiver?
There used to be some free channels (such as NASA) that were clear, but they have since encrypted, so I'm wondering if the same is true of the free previews.
