I'm betting it will be sometime after the channel offers at least a couple programs per day (as opposed to two or three per week).
3D Comes To DISH Network
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I still waiting for "3-D standard" before I buy 3D TV. I don't need another Beta/VHS drama now...
DISH is continuing the tradition of having the highest pay per views in the industry.
LOL, got this in my email today. Don't these movies come on "Free" tv?
Oh, I thought they were 5 dollars. I saw the big '5' and then looked at the movies... "Elf" was repeated endlessly on USA or another channel. "A Christmas Story" should be on a marathon pretty soon. The others you can certainly catch and hopefully DVR if you really want to see them.
I do agree, they're "free" if you catch them. Heh, at 5 cents each, I'd consider them. I suspect they only remain on DVRs for 24 hours after you first start watching them. If that's the case, I'd pass.
I do agree, they're "free" if you catch them. Heh, at 5 cents each, I'd consider them. I suspect they only remain on DVRs for 24 hours after you first start watching them. If that's the case, I'd pass.
Its prolly the "unedited" christmas story complete with swear words that are not in the TBS version
We have it on DVD (most of those, actually, I think) and I'd much prefer DVD or PPV for the un-edited version and lack of commercials. I mean, TBS ain't that bad, but they do run a LOT of commercials. USA is worse though, with 6-minute commercial breaks and a lot of them !
LOL, got this in my email today. Don't these movies come on "Free" tv?
EVERY YEAR. But at DISH they are still going to charge you at least a nickel per movie.
well, if 5 movies for $.25 too much for you then maybe you shouldn't have satellite or cable tv anyway...
Well since you obviously have so much money, then why don't you buy them for me big spender?
If I wanted to watch the movies, I'd pay a small fee to see them commercial free.
They're trying anything to prime the PPV siphon as the cable companies are clearly making a mint on PPV VOD.
harshness said:
Dish needs to lower their rates by $1.00 then they will get folks to use their ppv service.
The conundrum about 3D is that there is so little of it available, you really need to have it around for when you want to show off your 3D setup. 3D Blu-ray outright purchase is surely going to end up being cheaper than renting the movie repeatedly.
I remember that, when I bought my HDTV in 2001, there was very little HD content. How times have changed........ The same could happen for 3D.
+1. I had a HDTV capable TV for a year or more before Dish had any HD available. Now I have 3D capablity and very little 3D available. The curse of an early adopter! I don't expect 3D to ever be mainstream but it IS an enjoyable niche for a special event or movie. Come on Dish, D* has 3 3D channels!
Ed
I've seen lots of discussion of 3D video formats. For example:
Frame Packing
Frame Compatible (via STBs)
Frame Packing
- 1080p/24 (via 3D Blu-ray)
- 720p/60 (video games)
Frame Compatible (via STBs)
- 1080i/60 Side-by-Side
- 1080p/24 Side-by-Side or Top-and-Bottom
- 720p/60 Side-by-Side or Top-and-Bottom
Thanks, Scott. So the Revue shouldn't have any hardware difficulty to pass through the frame-compatible signal, though it might need some software work to get the metadata from the STB to the TV. Seems promising, though I wonder where adding 3D support sits in Logitech's list of possible software improvements.
