FILMFEST HD: JAMES BOND HD
PREMIERES June 1 through 30 on DISH channel 9480
You’ve never seen Bond like you will this June on FILMFEST HD with the world high-definition premieres of 17 Bond classics. The cars are faster, the women are sexier, and the gadgets are sleeker. Titles include: Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Dr. No (1962), For Your Eyes Only (1981), From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), License to Kill (1989), Live and Let Die (1973), The Living Daylights (1987), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Moonraker (1979), Never Say Never Again (1983), Octopussy (1983), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Thunderball (1967), A View to a Kill (1985), You Only Live Twice (1968).

I can't wait! Too bad the Brosnan movies aren't part of this. Will they be on at a later date?

I do not know. The ones above are the ones that were licensed in the press release. The press released mentioned only 17 titles.

Getting close now... when will we see a real schedule I wonder? :)

phloyd welcome.

According to zap2it:


6/1 7am, 1:30pm
The Living Daylights *** (1987, Action / Ad) Agent 007 takes Czech cellist to ex-KGB boyfriend. PG HDTV

9:30 am, 3:30 pm
Moonraker ***+ (1979, Action / Ad) Agent 007 meets Hugo Drax, out to nerve-gas Earth. PG HDTV

11:30 am
You Only Live Twice *** (1967, Action / Ad) Agent 007 plays dead, then comes back as an Asian to save the world from SPECTRE's Blofeld. PG HDTV

6pm,
The Spy Who Loved Me ***+ (1977, Action / Ad) Agent 007 and a Russian beauty foil a madman in a submarine out to nuke the world. PG HDTV

8pm,
Dr. No ***+ (1963, Action / Ad) Agent 007 foils a SPECTRE madman out to divert rockets from Cape Canaveral. PG HDTV

10pm
Live and Let Die *** (1973, Action / Ad) Agent 007 charms a tarot reader in Jamaica on the voodoo/heroin trail of a Mr. Big. PG HDTV

6/2 12am
Octopussy *** (1983, Action / Ad) Agent 007 links a fake Faberge egg to smugglers in league with a mad Soviet general. PG HDTV

6/3 8pm
From Russia With Love ***+ (1963, Action / Ad) Agent 007 lands in Istanbul with a Russian beauty, a pawn in SPECTRE's plot to kill him. PG TV-14 HDTV

10pm
The Man With the Golden Gun **+ (1974, Action / Ad) Agent 007 heads for the Orient to find a $1 million hit man with a midget sidekick. PG HDTV

12am
A View to a Kill **+ (1985, Action / Ad) Agent 007 ties a mad tycoon and his statuesque aide to a plot to flood Silicon Valley. PG HDTV

4:30m
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ***+ (1969, Action / Ad) Agent 007 proposes to a contessa and foils SPECTRE chief Blofeld's agricultural plot. PG HDTV

6/3
Diamonds Are Forever *** (1971, Action / Ad) Agent 007 saves the world from Blofeld's space laser. PG HDTV Goldfinger **** (1964, Action / Ad) Agent 007 drives an Aston Martin, runs into Oddjob and fights Goldfinger's scheme to rob Fort Knox. NR HDTV

For Your Eyes Only *** (1981, Action / Ad) Agent 007 skis the Alps, skin-dives in Greece and hunts spies with the daughter of a slain agent. PG HDTV

6/4

License to Kill **+ (1984, Drama) Parents seek justice in the name of their teenage daughter, killed by a drunken driver. NR HDTV

Thunderball *** (1965, Action / Ad) Agent 007 scuba dives after SPECTRE's Largo hijacks nuclear bombs with a hydrofoil yacht. PG HDTV

Never Say Never Again **+ (1983, Action / Ad) Aging agent 007 seeks hijacked warheads and finds SPECTRE's Largo and Fatima Blush. PG HDTV

(cont)...Bond Classics

VOOM HD Networks today announced that international television star David Hasselhoff ('Baywatch,' 'Knight Rider'), will host a month-long Bond programming event beginning June 1st. Anchoring the month on FILMFEST HD (available nationally on DISH Network, Channel 9475) are 17 high-definition world premieres of James Bond classics, both uncut and commercial free. FILMFEST HD is one of 15 VOOM HD Networks, the largest suite of high-definition channels available anywhere. Hasselhoff, recently named host of the new NBC/Simon Cowell series America's Got Talent (premiering June 21), shows viewers he was the man that should have been Bond with his personal rendition of the Johnny Rivers' classic, 'Secret Agent Man,' a new music video that will air on the channel throughout the month and is available exclusively on www.bondonvoom.com. Airing in startling 1080i HD clarity and 5.1 surround sound, FILMFEST HD's 'Ultimate Bond' month features the following HD premieres with encore performances scheduled throughout the month:

June 1 at 8:00pm – Dr. No (1962)
June 2 at 8:00pm – From Russia With Love (1963)
June 3 at 8:00pm – Goldfinger (1964)
June 4 at 8:00pm – Thunderball (1967)
June 5 at 8:00pm – You Only Live Twice (1968)
June 6 at 8:00pm – On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
June 7 at 8:00pm – Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
June 8 at 8:00pm – Live and Let Die (1973)
June 9 at 8:00pm – Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
June 10 at 8:00pm – The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
June 11 at 8:00pm – Moonraker (1979)
June 12 at 8:00pm – For Your Eyes Only (1981)
June 13 at 8:00pm – Never Say Never Again (1983)
June 14 at 8:00pm – Octopussy (1983)
June 15 at 8:00pm – A View to a Kill (1985)
June 16 at 8:00pm – The Living Daylights (1987)
June 17 at 8:00pm – License to Kill (1989)


And the Bond celebration continues on Saturday, June 17 with a special interactive auction event on VOOM's TREASURE HD (DISH Network-Channel 9473) airing live from New York's Planet Hollywood Times Square and presented by Julien's Auctions, the premiere Los Angeles auction house specializing in high-end celebrity memorabilia. Airing from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET, the auction features 50 lots of rare Bond memorabilia including the original Lotus prototype driven by Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only, estimated at $250,000/$350,000 plus items from the estate of Harold Sakata, whose portrayal of Odd Job is arguably one of the most well-remembered villains in Bond film history – on the block are Sakata's gold metal ring (est. $8,000-10,000) worn in ' Goldfinger' and the deadly black derby hat used to sever the head off a stone statue.

http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2006/May/EEN447da8aacaf05.html

Now we're talking....

OK, E*... now how about jacking up the resolution to full HD. This is the channel you want playing at your retailers to help you sell HD programming....

I wish 622 would hold more than 30 hrs.

Well, if they follow their pattern, they will rerun these for months, unless it is a one month window they have here.....

:hungry:

Goldfinger, Do you expect me to talk?

No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to DIE!!!

This started this morning on Voom. Looks pretty good so far.

Live and let Die is on now. Looks like they have all of the good ones, and some of the bad ones (View to a kill, Mag Secret Service).

I can't wait for "From Russia with Love" in HD. Looks like Film Fest is 24/7 Bond for the forseeable future.

Please check the following thread: FILMFEST HD: JAMES BOND HD (17 Titles) (http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=64677)

The picture looks great to me so far. But, after watching rebroadcast, editted, crappy transfers in the past on TNT, etc........

Yep, so far so good...just wish I had that external USB storage.

Yeah, I would love to save most of them. Come on E* help us out.

Yep, so far so good...

Most look ok with a video bit rate between 12.0Mbps and 12.25Mbps....would not call it great by any means.

Thus far Live and Let Die as well as Dr. No have not been in Scope - though they were not filmed that way. Apparently the decision for each Bond Film was very inconsistent which is obvious now.

I was not happy with the way You Only Live Twice looked. The print they used is heavily damaged (probably acid burns) and there are white spots all over the transfer which should have been digitally corrected - unless it was Oakley placing their logo throughout the film. This happened in same place on 129W and 61.5W - it was not due to the encoder.

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Sony clearly did the transfers as their logo is at the end and they plan to put these out in BluRay format.

I haven't sat down to really listen to the audio to see much attention to detail was put into that.

If you use 129W, it is 0.1Mbps higher than 61.5W on every showing thus far - however 129W IS SPACE JUNK and has most people I have talked to have already seen issues in virtually every showing off 129W today - the error rate is much worse than 61.5.

Still would have preferred them in 1920x1080i with the bitrate that MonsterHD had last year....but I guess one must spend about a grand for the collection that Sony will offer if you want that. As can be seen above.....there are better looking transfers for films of this age.

I clearly could do without David Hasselhoff between every film telling us his impressions of Bond. A cameo in SpongeBob was enough....but this is taking it over the top. This isn't Europe and Hasselhoff's 15 minutes ran out 10 years ago.

For the heads up...I am a huge Bond fan

My 622s hard drive is filling fast, may have to call in sick and make some popcorn.:D

I've always had a soft spot for on her majesty's secret service - if you read the books, it 's more true to them than the others. I'm probably in the minority here but I never really liked Roger Moore as Bond. Connery obviously was the best, followed by Brosnan, Dalton, Lazenby and then Moore. Hey, I know that most will disagree but I'm recording mostly the other guys. I will agree that Live and Let Die was a great Bond movie, in spite of Moore.

Schedule and sweepstake

http://www.bondonvoom.com/

I entered the contest. Hmmm. I wonder if anyone won the Sharp HDTV giveaway prior to VOOM DBS shutting down last year?

Hehe, you entered the Contest? It would take me longer to get the airport than it would to drive to the museum. :D Still the $500 cash would always be welcomed.

Hehe, you entered the Contest? It would take me longer to get the airport than it would to drive to the museum. :D Still the $500 cash would always be welcomed.I would make them fly me out of Richmond...:D

I can't get enough of the Bond women! I love Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead and Plenty O'Toole.

...never thought I'd be able to use those words in a sentance. ;)

I've always had a soft spot for on her majesty's secret service - if you read the books, it 's more true to them than the others. I'm probably in the minority here but I never really liked Roger Moore as Bond. Connery obviously was the best, followed by Brosnan, Dalton, Lazenby and then Moore. Hey, I know that most will disagree but I'm recording mostly the other guys. I will agree that Live and Let Die was a great Bond movie, in spite of Moore.Disagree...Roger Moore, followed by Sean Connery, and everyone else is a tie for last place IMO.

Merged duplicate threads...

I can't get enough of the Bond women! I love Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead and Plenty O'Toole.

...never thought I'd be able to use those words in a sentance. ;)

Add to that Honey Ryder (from Dr. No)... I can't get enough of these names... :D

This has pretty much shut down the only HD Cinema channel I watch anymore. I've just never been able to get into James Bond movies. So add that to that godawful Kung-Fu channel and a Monsters channel that rarely shows anything good that's not a repeat, and I guess I'll go do some yardwork until July.

I've always had a soft spot for on her majesty's secret service - if you read the books, it 's more true to them than the others. I'm probably in the minority here but I never really liked Roger Moore as Bond. Connery obviously was the best, followed by Brosnan, Dalton, Lazenby and then Moore. Hey, I know that most will disagree but I'm recording mostly the other guys. I will agree that Live and Let Die was a great Bond movie, in spite of Moore.

I agree. That is my favorite followed by the ones Sean was in. I never liked Roger, either. I prefer Timothy Dalton to Roger Moore. I'm probably in the minority and going to get an earful, also. Oh well.

I like Mike Myers myself... oops :D Austin Powers not Bond...

I agree. That is my favorite followed by the ones Sean was in. I never liked Roger, either. I prefer Timothy Dalton to Roger Moore. I'm probably in the minority and going to get an earful, also. Oh well.

Funny, Roger Moore was my favorite.

I Just watched part of Never Say Never Again. First snipet of bond on voom I've seen and my only gripes is that the dd creation is way off, almost like 5 ch stereo, with dialog coming oeut of the rears way too heavily, the DVDs are much better. also the vcenter was off, the black bars weren't even.

Add another name to the list of James Bond Babes--- Solitaire....

Is it me or do these seem to just be DVD quality. The picture does not jump out at your like Discovery HD?

Also they are are letter boxed? Is that also a sign of it being just a little better than DVD quality?
Is this worse than HD lite?

I think HD Lite contributes to the poor PQ but most important is how well the master was kept. Also the process of making the HD movie has to be considered. They do look like DVD quality especially the older ones. I can't compare to the actual DVD of the movie since I do not own them but if someone does, please compare and let us know. The DVD of each of these movies should be lower quality and should give us some insight as to how the quality of these movies.

Just watched you only lived twice. This time the sound placement was more natural, but the vertical alignment of the picture was still off and tonight the image froze in a couple of spots and eventually caught up, the audio kept going...

How can we expect them to figure out what resolution they are in.....or HD v HDLITE when they can't even figure out the correct channel they are on!

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Yep, my sound was messed up also. Words were not following the actors lips.

My kids were watching and they thought it was one of those Godzilla movies (they were to young to know James Bond).

Voom need to get there act together, we FORCED to pay for Voom in the new HD Packs. If you want HD must now also pay for Voom.

Yesterday I watched “You only lived twice” and at some point switched to “Casino Royal” on HDNET Movies. Those two movies are approximately same age. The sound was quite the same but picture quality was soooooo… much better on HDNET:confused: .

What’s up VOOM? You show only old stuff. To win customers you need attract them with something. Awesome picture quality would be the main thing.

Imo, Connery was the best with the rest of the other Bonds way below.

Imo, Connery was the best with the rest of the other Bonds way below.
Yep, he set the standard. Oddly enough, Ian Fleming was not much of a fan until after a couple of the movies were hits.

my complaint is finding the time to watch them and the 622s hardrive is at the edge. I've yet to see a video image problem other than breakup in slomo playback.
While I thoroughly am enjoying the programming, I'm amazed at how much movies have dated themselves apart from my memory. The use of music as an effective tool started with Easy Rider and then Star Wars. The acting wasn't as wonderful as I'd remembered. I think Sean Connery has grown as an actor way beyond the Bond years.

Watched "From Russia From Love" last night audio synq problems. A lot of 'film pop' (sparkles) and in dark seens alot of black ghosting. Saw a couple of short segments that the film looked dirty. Some of this could be attributed to the original film stock, but I'm not sure all of it. I spoke to soon about everything being great. I do enjoy the experience, though

So far so good in my viewing of these on my 942...very nice looking transfers imho, not perfect PQ, but nice. I don't think I've seen most of these films look as good (daresay "Moonraker" looked better than it did when I saw it in the theater as a kid). As for the 'best Bond', they're all w/ their strengths, I'd say. Connery was the iconic sexy brawler, Moore was the one I grew up with and had that camp thing, Timothy Dalton was the most realistic/earnest (and was WAY short-shafted by the most meager movie budgets of the series), and Pierce Brosnan was perhaps the most sophisticated/debonaire of the lot. Those later films are going to look spectacular in HD...but you can't beat Connery coming out of his wetsuit w/ a white tux on underneath, no matter the PQ. Classic.

On the technical side--no probs w/ playback/recording on my 942...hope my 622 fares as well when it gets swapped in next weekend.

I'm with folks...this makes my DVR capacity feel very small. When ARE we supposed to get the USB hard drive backup feature, anyway?!!

The color saturation and transfer quality seems to excell on the Roger Moore Bond flicks. The Connery flicks from the sixties, even those to have been archived well, seem to be losing some of their color.

The DVD releases of the Bond Films had GREAT color. Whoever is working on the transfers needs to do a better job.....

Imo, Connery was the best with the rest of the other Bonds way below.

Lazenby was too dull for me. I LIKED Dalton. He was dark when he needed to be, but could put on the charm as well...... His problem was that they made him "safe" due to the safe sex thing prevalent at the time. It took away a little of his appeal.

They let Brosnan go back to his old ways and he did a great job. I liked Moore, but he was playing the comedy angle too much.... Connery was the master, and played it all perfectly.....

I was in a bar last year with 8 other guys and we were discussing the various Bonds. Moore was listed as the least favorite on 7 of 9 ballots. Too bad Dalton didn't do more Bonds, I thought he was far more believable as a British secret agent than the cartoonish Moore. Fleming never wrote the role as a comic one.

I was watching "A License to Kill" a couple of days ago and was very disappointed in how soft the image was. Softer than many of my DVDs. Some of the others were better.

Right now I'm semi-watching the new Carlito's Way on Showtime, off of 61.5. I know Showtime isn't given much bandwidth, but this it is much sharper & more detailed than VOOM. But I have noticed a little mosquito noise on surfaces

Bad timing with FIFA World Cup. Simply can't watch it now.

Well we all know that the worst Bond has to be the guy coming up.

A blond hair blue eyed guy with an attitude and know class, WTF is that?

Bye bye, Bonds. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

:o Man, I'm glad that's over. Just watched my first voOm movie in a month.

No, TheTimm, I expect you to die.

In case you take that seriously, it's a modified quote from a bond movie. The Bond fest was the best thing ever on Voom's history, so good riddance to you sir.

Better than Groundhog Day ?!!!! Surely you're not serious! :p

Better than Groundhog Day ?!!!! Surely you're not serious! :p

Better than Groundhog Day ?!!!! Surely you're not serious! :p

Better than Groundhog Day ?!!!! Surely you're not serious! :p

Better than Groundhog Day ?!!!! Surely you're not serious! :p

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I very much enjoyed Bond Fest, but it did get a little old once you're seen and/or recorded everything...

In all seriousness I hope in the future voOm will reserve FilmFest for a variety of movies. For those of us with just the three movie stations (FilmFest, Kung-Fu, Monsters), it's the only one that isn't specialized niche programming. For the entire month of June I had three voOm movie channels, each one featuring movies from a genre I don't particularly care for.

I'm not even crazy about today/yesterday's music-centric programming on FilmFest. Although I do like the programming they're showing, I think it would fit in nicely on RAVE -- leaving FilmFest for a variety of movies.

Tim,

you need to get worlcinema... It's now at the top of my list.

Oh, I'd love to have it -- but not at the cost it would take. Last time I talked to the Dish folks they were talking about needing to get a new receiver and subscribe to at least the AT 60 and blah blah cha ching.... ~! If I remember correctly it was a few hundred out of my pocket, not to mention the more important tripling or so of my monthly bill (currently $20.99).

I know I'm missing out on some great movies, but it just not in my budget to spend that much on TV programming. So I just wish they'd keep FilmFest as a variety channel. Or I'll just watch more HDNet Movies.

Yep, I too catch a fair number of movies on WorldCinema...just don't seem to have time to post reviews these days since my wife and I both going back in school, recertifcation, etc. I really wish VOOM would add another movie channel or two...or at least replace KungFu with GuyTV; KungFu flicks can always be shown on GuyTV.

DishHD Platinum is actually a bargain (sans VOOM-Lite and MPEG-4 problems), but the DishHD pricing is heavily skewed toward the "everything" user. Once the summer is over, we won't be watching much TV and it doesn't make much sense to scale back to HD Only (if available) or DishHD Gold since the majority of the channels we watch will disappear...and DishHD Gold with three receivers (2 of which are 622) doesn't save much money after paying those additional receiver and DVR fees. Heck, I don't think DishHD Stand Alone is even possible and DishHD Gold would be $84.94. Since more than half of our viewing is OTA, the only thing that makes sense is to cancel E* service in September or have the account placed on vacation until Christmas.

Sorry to get off-topic...

I loved Bond Fest. I hope they do it again some time in the future. Most of the movies they play on there I don't care about, but the Bond movies were great!

I kinda miss the old days when VOOM used to play around with their channel lineup. Heck, I wouldn't mind seeing Coda HD, Renew HD, Cosmic HD, and Sizzle HD.

I liked it too..... I hope it becomes a recurring theme..... (All Bond Movies, .... maybe all Kubrick movies next, all Star Trek, etc.......)

Pick a theme and run with it for a month.....

I liked it. I was able to watch 11 of the 17 movies and I still have two more in my DVR. I like the theme idea as long as it does not impact the other channels (movies that we have already seen in the other channels). I would rather have something like the Bonds movie never aired in their other channels.