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Old 10-22-2009, 03:43 PM
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Old 10-22-2009, 08:17 PM
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Does Starz! do OAR with aspect ratios greater than 1.77:1 or crop to fit 16:9 like HBO?

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Old 10-23-2009, 11:05 AM
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Glad to hear. Starz always has a pretty varied selection of titles. I wish HBO would bump up their HD output from their current paltry output of 2 channels.
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:20 AM
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hopefully directv will get these
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:55 AM
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Does Starz! do OAR with aspect ratios greater than 1.77:1 or crop to fit 16:9 like HBO?

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They crop like HBO. I think that stinks. Showtime is the only premium movie service that keeps the aspect ratio intact (don't know about Cinemax as I don't subscribe).

HDNet Movies also does a nice job of staying true to a director's vision. I caught A Few Good Men last weekend on HDNet Movies from Dish Network and the picture quality shined like a blu-ray. Say what you want about Marc Cuban but his movie channel treats movies right.
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Old 10-23-2009, 12:11 PM
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Not bad, Starz has pretty much always been my favorite cable movie channel. I just wish one of the cable channels would bring out their own version of MonstersHD.
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:05 PM
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Starz needs to offer Party Down on Blu-Ray!
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:42 PM
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Man, I can't wait for Spartacus: Blood and Sand on STARZ! in January, specially in HD. The show looks pretty kick ass IMHO. Check out the HD trailer on starz youtube channel.
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Old 10-24-2009, 05:48 AM
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They crop like HBO. I think that stinks. Showtime is the only premium movie service that keeps the aspect ratio intact (don't know about Cinemax as I don't subscribe).

HDNet Movies also does a nice job of staying true to a director's vision. I caught A Few Good Men last weekend on HDNet Movies from Dish Network and the picture quality shined like a blu-ray. Say what you want about Marc Cuban but his movie channel treats movies right.
Cinemax is the same company as HBO and crops the same. There are a few transfers at aspect ratios above 1.77:1 shown in OAR on both services but I think those were down before the decision to crop. I dropped the services that cropped and carried Showtime a couple of years ago to voice my respective disapproval and approval. MGM HD did OAR also when I received that service before dropping everything. I don't think HDNet Movies looks comparable to Blu-ray, the bit starved satellite service is too soft, but it is OAR and very good.

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Old 10-24-2009, 08:16 AM
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Every movie that is widescreen is CROPPED until they change that policy i don't want it .
It's a shame to because they show the most movies, Come on Starz get with the program like Showtime [
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Old 10-25-2009, 02:02 AM
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will be nice of Cox offers all these channels. I know they wont though.
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