Thread: Starz HD Status: Still Up?

As of early Monday morning(Feb. 1st) when my subscription to the Starz movie package expired, their HD channels on G9 were still up. This is in contrast to the post on the SRL website
Satellite Receivers C band and 4DTV satellite programming

that first stated that Starz HD was leaving "on or around" January 15th; then after Jan. 15th changed the banner to read:

Starz HD ceased transmission on January 15th 2010. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.

Okay... considering the recent situation with NPS who have made no statement about Starz HD, but who now are issuing a warning that 4DTV C-band services are liable to end by December 31st... I am wondering is there any vendor you can trust?


The fact _I know_ is that Starz HD was up and running on the 31st, considerably past the time that SRL made a special point of advertising that it was gone. They(SRL) could have just left the wording of their original banner alone. It was sufficiently vague: "on or around". But making the statement absolute, makes it absolutely false.


I'm expecting Starz HD to go dark at any moment. But as long as it is available I'm willing to sub for another 30 days. My last sub was through NPS. I'm ready to switch to Skvision/SRL, however they are saying that the HD is no longer there.


So, would someone still on Starz let me know what they see before I commit to another month?


Thanks!

I don't have HD capability but most likely their signal is still on the satellite for cable headends but the consumer tier bit has been pulled from the datastream.

If you have Starz and the HD feed is still on Motorola probably hasn't run the tier bit turn off update yet. HBO HD is still up there in MPEG 2 also. They are migrating both to MPEG 4. The cable headends still need both signals. SRL stated this for a reason and the channel will go dark eventually for consumer units. SRL is not posting false information.

Guess they havent run it yet, just got a hdd200 for line doubling, on 50" plasma,
looks like better than dvd quality to me! Sure would be nice if srl would lobby to get us a few of these...

Originally Posted by tvropro

If you have Starz and the HD feed is still on Motorola probably hasn't run the tier bit turn off update yet. HBO HD is still up there in MPEG 2 also. They are migrating both to MPEG 4. The cable headends still need both signals. SRL stated this for a reason and the channel will go dark eventually for consumer units. SRL is not posting false information.

Are you sure HBOHD is still there? When was the last time you checked it?

Originally Posted by kbghdg

Are you sure HBOHD is still there? When was the last time you checked it?

I just did it here's the proof (see attached)

Originally Posted by tvropro

I just did it here's the proof (see attached)

Well, that's just sad. Another nail in the coffin for SRL. What's next?

Originally Posted by kbghdg

Well, that's just sad. Another nail in the coffin for SRL. What's next?

HBO and Starz are migrating to MPEG 4 with there master HD feeds. It has nothing to do with SRL they have no control over it. C band subscription is no longer for the guy wanting ESPN and certain mainstream channels. Pizza, and cable now provide a second generation signal, with down sized resolution for those interested. C band subscription is more or less icing on the cake to hobbyists and still provides certain channels NO pizza or cable provider carries.

Originally Posted by tvropro

HBO and Starz are migrating to MPEG 4 with there master HD feeds. It has nothing to do with SRL they have no control over it. C band subscription is no longer for the guy wanting ESPN and certain mainstream channels. Pizza, and cable now provide a second generation signal, with down sized resolution for those interested. C band subscription is more or less icing on the cake to hobbyists and still provides certain channels NO pizza or cable provider carries.

Yes, i figured that. But, HBO was cut off when? I hope it doesn't turn into an ESPN.
By the way, i just got to watch the "in between program" with my HDD-200 after going to w5. Last time i tried. It didn't work. So i figured HBO shut it down already. And , whoever said E* provides a better HD picture than the HDD-200 in another post. Obviously needs to get there eyes checked.