Why such an unusual lineup on HDPPV?

[spiderg8r]

Is HD that much more effective with animated programs? Why not many live action or big box office movies on HDPPV - are they not made available to dish in HD?

Just always wondered why always kids movies and anime on HDPPV - never checked it out b/c doesn't seem worth the $6.99 (I have phased the ancient technology of terestrial phone lines out of my life and am for some reason charged an extra dollar to order PPV by phone or online) when I've never heard of half the movies available.

 

[goaliebob99]

The last i heard it was that box office was afraid of people ripping the movies off of dish in hd. I want to see starwars EP 3 in HD. That would be bad ass!

 

[n0qcu]

The really stupid thing is that ExpresssVu in Canada usually has quite a good selection of HD PPV. I think Dish doesn't want to pay much for what they show on the HD PPV channel.

 

[HokieEngineer]

Recently they've been getting better though, lets hope the trend continues. The Ring 2, The Island, and War of the Worlds have been cycling through the past few weeks.

I made a recording of The Island off the HDPPV on 148 and the quality was as good as anything I saw out of the hddvd/bluray booths at CES. Of course the recorded movie is 20GB.