Cinemax Going All HD Starting September

COMMENTS (11)

• And Time-Warner customers in the greater LA area will somehow STILL be screwed.

  Comment by Jack Burton — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 5:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Does this include Co-ed Confidential?

  Comment by KE — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 5:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• HBO & Cinemax continue to crop all 2.35:1 ‘Scope flicks down to 1.78:1 and create ‘full screen’ editions for their HD feeds because they unfortunately are still catering to the “no black bars” crowd.

  I refuse to pay $10 a month for that.

  Comment by Shiv — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 5:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope you meant 1080p, which is actually what the best HD is.

  Comment by Technocrat — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 6:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I thought 1080p was the true HD standard.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p

  Comment by Tim — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 9:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Skinamax in HD, yes!

  Comment by me — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 9:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

• When asked, I’m sure that HBO will blame bandwidth limitations for the 1080i instead of 1080p transmission.

  Whether that’s true or not is a technical question that’s beyond my salary level.

  Comment by Unindicted Co-conspirator — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 10:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• 1080p would require TWICE as much bandwidth as 1080i or 720p. So typically, uncompressed 1080i requires 6Mhz of bandwidth. 1080p uncompressed would required 12Mhz, which would eat up cable and satellite bandwidth pretty quickly. NBC and CBS broadcast in primetime at 1080i, while ABC and FOX broadcast in 720p (the progressive format, with twice as many frames per second have less motion artifacts for sporting events).

  So Cinemax would look as good as NBC and CBS looks during primetime unless your cable provider adds more compression to cut down on bandwidth.

  Comment by Dan Zee — Monday August 25, 2008 @ 10:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Plus what’s the point in broadcasting in ‘p’ if Comcast, Dish & Direct only deliver it in ‘i’

  Comment by Davewavey — Tuesday August 26, 2008 @ 6:01am PDT  Reply to this post

• Did anyone else read that headline as…..

  “Climax Going All HD Starting September.” ?

  …I think I’ve spent too much time on the Internet.

  Comment by Warner Borg — Tuesday August 26, 2008 @ 8:08am PDT  Reply to this post

• Isn’t the main Cinemax channel already in HD? I have it.

  Comment by Klaatu — Tuesday August 26, 2008 @ 9:19am PDT  Reply to this post