Starz-HD: February, March & April High Definition Movies

[Sean Mota]

Here is the february list of Movies for Starz-HD. It remains to be seen which will be shown HD OAR.

April 2004 High Definition Movies

1. Dangerous Ground
2. Nobody's Baby
3. Blank Check
4. The Long Kiss Goodnight
5. Knockaround Guys
6. The Emperor's Club
7. A Far Off Place
8. Exotica
9. Little Secrets
10. Krippendorf's Tribe
11. Tears Of The Sun
12. Daddy Day Care
13. Jason X
14. The Jerky Boys
15. Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
16. Anger Management
17. About Schmidt
18. Simone
19. The Bourne Identity
20. The Joy Luck Club
21. Maid In Manhattan
22. The Rock
23. Bad Company
24. Playing Mona Lisa

March High Definition Movies

1. A Man Apart NEW
2. About Schmidt
3. Akira NEW
4. All About The Benjamins NEW
5. Anger Management NEW
6. Black Hawk Down NEW
7. Bad Company (OAR)**
8. Joe and Max**
9. Darkness Falls
10. Friday After Next NEW
11. Gabriela NEW
12. Human Nature NEW
13. Invincible NEW
14. Joe And Max NEW
15. Mortal Combat NEW
16. Oscar NEW
17. Punch-Drunk Love NEW
18. Stealing Harvard
19. The Emperor's Club NEW
20. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
21. The Master Of Disguise NEW
22. XXX

February High Definition Movies

1. Black Dog (OAR)**
2. Blue Crush**
3. Bringing Down the House (OAR)**
4. Cherish NEW
5. Darkness Falls NEW
6. Daylight**
7. Fresh NEW
8. Friday NEW
9. John Q*
10. Final Destination 2 NEW
11. Into The West NEW
12. Knockaround Guys
13. Look Who's Talking Too*
14. Maid in Manhattan
15. Nixon NEW
16. Paradise*
17. Phenomenon NEW
18. Renaissance Man NEW
19. Serendipity**
20. Sweet Home Alabama**
21. Terminal Velocity*
22. The Distinguished Gentleman*
23. The Crying Game*
24. The Crow NEW
25. The New Guy NEW
26. The Lizzie McGuire Movie (OAR)**
27. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
28. The Three Musketeers NEW
29. The Journey of August King NEW
30. The Recruit**
31. The Truth About Charlie NEW
32. What's Cooking*
33. XXX NEW

* from Starz Website
**Seen by our members in WS. What does WS means? Is it WideScreen Down Resoluition? Starz-HD has made a distinction betweeen WS and True HD.

 

[Sean Mota]

Starz-HD is going into its second month. Here is a list of movies that will be shown in HD. The ones in SD may be shown in HD or SD. I do not know yet.

 

[Sean Mota]

Starz-HD now has their HD schedule up on their website. http://www.starz.com/se/starz/hdtv.html. I looked at that schedule and saw a lot of repeats. Of couse, I was keeping my own list and I compared both and we are only getting 25 movies in HD. Take a look at HBO and Cinemax and tell me if this is not a disgrace!!!

 

[Sean Mota]

Starz-HD Alert: Phenomenon 2/1 3pm Eastern

SYNOPSIS: An amiable, small-town Everyman is inexplicably transformed into a genius with telekinetic powers.

CHANNEL: 261 [STARZHD-East]
DATE / TIME: February 1: 12:00PM
February 5: 10:05AM, 9:00PM
February 13: 3:35PM


CHANNEL: 262 [STRZHDP-West]
DATE / TIME: February 1: 3:00PM
February 5: 1:05PM
February 6: 12:00AM
February 13: 6:35PM

 

[neo0285]

hey sean, the movie was obviously not OAR, and it really showed, at the beginning when they were showing the credits for the movie and some of the names were cut off at the sides. That sucks plus the pq wasnt that great!

 

[Sean Mota]

Darkness Fall that was a good freaking movie!!

 

[Sean Mota]

I just read at AVS that Serendipity was shown in HD on Starz-HD 261. It will be played again on channel 262 (Starz-HD West). I will check to see if it is HD as it was not part of the original list of HD movies that Starz has on their website.

 

[rudolpht]

It was HD, but not a great transfer. Better than not HD though. Good movie.

 

[Sean Mota]

I sent an angry letter to Starz last week. This was after a few e-mails and calls. Basically, I told them what we have seen - very little HD content. This is their response:

Sean:
As STARZ! HD is a brand new service offered by Starz we are just beginning to develop our HD library. In order to do so we are developing new contracts with the many movie studios we work with to receive the films in both versions. As with any new service on any cable or network channel, this is a process that takes some time, but with every day that goes by our library is growing immensely. As this is a new service we ask for your patience and understanding as we acquire the #1 Big Hit Movies you love in the aspect ratio you want to watch them in.

With Regards,
Customer Relations

 

[Sean Mota]

Well, it is only getting worse for the month of March on Starz-HD. Look at the lack of HD movies (18 ONLY). The positive side: most of them are new.

 

[neo0285]

StarzHD

I remember watching Blue Crush on StarzHd and it was not hi-def(suprise, suprise), but today i was flipping through channels, and i came up on it again and to my surprise it was in hi-def, even though its not listed on the Starz website as one of their hi-def movies.Maybe starz is trying to fix their act?

 

[Sean Mota]

That's good news as I have been trying to see this movie in HD. How the girls look? Are you sure is HD and not upconvert?

 

[rang1995]

http://www.starz.com/se/features/guides/0403sthd.pdf

HD for March

 

[Acerone]

That also goes for Sweet Home Alabama and The Recruit.

 

[Sean Mota]

Starz-HD East: Bringing Down the House in HD OAR

This is great. The PG has no designation but it is HD OAR.

 

[Sean Mota]

Another one playing in Starz-HD West Country Bear is in HD. It looks like they are finally getting these titles in HD.

 

[Sean Mota]

It's showing again on Starz-HD West in HD and OAR; See it tonight at 5:30pm and 8:30pm again!

 

[Sean Mota]

The Lizzie McGuire Movie is showing in HD OAR... on Starz-HD East.

 

[dfergie]

I bet the Twin towers will look awesome you guys are giving the rest of us V* envy.

 

[Sean Mota]

I bet the Twin towers will look awesome you guys are giving the rest of us V* envy.

Both LOR were awesome! I was really down on Starz-HD for the lack of HD movies but it looks like they are making a good effort in transferring their movies to HD. If you see a movie in HD and it is not listed in the above list, let me know so that I can add it to the list. Also, state whether it was shown OAR if it was. Thanks.