VOD in 1080P60????

[mmeyer4663]

I heard a rumor today that DISH was starting to deliver VOD titles in 1080P60.
Does anyone have any details?

 

[Paradox-SJ]

Starting? They have had 1080P VOD for sometime now....

 

[mmeyer4663]

Starting? They have had 1080P VOD for sometime now....

1080P24, not 1080P60.

 

[hendrix04]

1080p60 would be a pointless waste of bandwidth (over double) since most movies are only shot at 24 frames per second.

 

[gadgtfreek]

1080p60 would be a pointless waste of bandwidth (over double) since most movies are only shot at 24 frames per second.

Exactly!

Doubt its gonna be anything other than 1080p/24 for awhile.

 

[Smith P.]

I heard a rumor today that DISH was starting to deliver VOD titles in 1080P60.
Does anyone have any details?

Add to the useless post some tech info like sat/tpn/channel and will will check it.

 

[mmeyer4663]

Add to the useless post some tech info like sat/tpn/channel and will will check it.

Sorry. All I got was that DISH was starting to provide 1080P60. No other details.

 

[Smith P.]

When, at least ? Any title name ?

 

[whatchel1]

Downloaded maybe?

 

[lakebum431]

Sorry. All I got was that DISH was starting to provide 1080P60. No other details.

Smith -
For someone who is so into the details, maybe you didn't read the poster's comment carefully... See bold above.

 

[bobr66]

Go to DishONLINE and sort for 1080p/HD.
There is a large selection of 1080p movies.

 

[gadgtfreek]

The debate is not whether dish has 1080p, its whether they will keep doing 1080p/24 of have some 1080p/60.

 

[primetimeguy]

All movies are filmed at 24p so it is pointless to have 60p for movies. Now some TV programs or special events are shot on video at 60p so if those were offered VOD there would be benefit. But that is few and far between.

 

[MikeFr]

The only change I noticed was an increased amount of "supported formats" listed under the HDMI test under the Analysis section of Diagnostics. Back when the 1080p VOD started this section only listed 1080i and 1080p24, along with the regular 480/720's. Over the last few months they added the additional 1080p30 and 1080p60.

This is probably nothing more than just an identification that my tv could show these additional formats, but is interesting that it didn't list them all when VOD first came on.

 

[vurbano]

1080p over satellite in any form is a waste of time.

1. At 10' from a 50" display you cant see the difference from 1080i or 720p anyway

http://gizmodo.com/5280355/guess-what-many-of-you-wasted-money-on-your-1080p-tv-but-theres-hope
1080p charted: Viewing distance to screen size


2. considering the medium, satellite it will not be top quality anyway.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Not untrue, but they are doing the 1080p/24 files because they are SMALLER and easier to download than 1080i/60. IIRC

Im sure 720p is a small size, but who knows. I just bought a 55" and will be sitting 8-9 away, so I'll take 1080p.

 

[bebop]

1080p60 would be a pointless waste of bandwidth (over double) since most movies are only shot at 24 frames per second.

not pointless if your tv only does 1080p60hz

 

[whatchel1]

taken

not pointless if your tv only does 1080p60hz

Then unfortunately you got taken when you bought the set.

 

[Paradox-SJ]

Then unfortunately you got taken when you bought the set.

+1

 

[lakebum431]

1080p over satellite in any form is a waste of time.

1. At 10' from a 50" display you cant see the difference from 1080i or 720p anyway

Guess What? Many Of You Wasted Money on Your 1080p TV (But There's Hope) - Lechner chart - Gizmodo
1080p charted: Viewing distance to screen size


2. considering the medium, satellite it will not be top quality anyway.

That is assuming that you only have a 50 inch set... Many of us have larger sets than that.