TurboHD

[Toph]

The Dish Network recently announced their all-HD TurboHD packages. They also claim to offer 1080p on-demand programs which they say are the equivalent to Blu-Ray. I prefer to watch only HD on my plasma. I'm not really thrilled with my AT&T service. TurboHD sounds pretty good. Am I missing something?

[xtop]

its being discussed in a few threads around here, but what exactly are you asking?

btw..its not going to quite be blu-ray quality. but its gonna be better than what you're seeing on tv now

[Toph]

I was suspicious that it might not have the resolution that it claimed. I recently switched from Comcast cable to AT&T and I am disappointed. The picture doesn't appear as clear, the remote doesn't work as well and there are no HD on-demand movies. This Dish offering appeared too good to be true.

[xtop]

its the same resolution at least. i dont believe anyone has watched their 1080p movies. but it wont quite be bluray quality, but will be better than anything anyone offers on tv/satellite

[woldymoldy]

i switched to dish from comcrap and i love it...and the turbo HD is a great deal

[ryoohki]

Like all Cable/sat offering, they will be macroblocks because bandwitdh cost money and those company just can't afford it. Might not be a problem on a 40' at 20 feet..but people with Profector's ouch... (i can't comment on the situation, only on what's on right now)... plus the sound have a chance to be screwed. I friend recorded the PPV of Transformers and the PPV sound like crap compared to the HD DVD...

[xtop]

1080p movies are downloaded to the dvr. so i doubt there will be those problems

[john_1958]

Originally Posted by Toph

The Dish Network recently announced their all-HD TurboHD packages. They also claim to offer 1080p on-demand programs which they say are the equivalent to Blu-Ray. I prefer to watch only HD on my plasma. I'm not really thrilled with my AT&T service. TurboHD sounds pretty good. Am I missing something?

looks great but i think won't be able to get it in canada
http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/our_products/dish_hd/index.shtml

[Toph]

Originally Posted by john_1958

looks great but i think won't be able to get it in canada
http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/o...hd/index.shtml

I don't know if they are the same thing or not but evidently Dish Network Canada became Bell ExpressVu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_Network_Canada