| dbot said: Regarding the comments about Dish TV and Directv offering 1080p HD service. Neither satellite provider offers 1080p HD service, nor do they plan to offer it in the future. Both providers offer 1080p VOD service, sort of. The DishTV 1080p VOD offering is currently Speed Racer, with a second movie planned in November. Dish TV pushes a copy of 1080p Speed Racer to the receiver during the night regardless of if the consumer purchased it. If a user pays $7 to watch Speed Racer, the receiver unlocks the movie.
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Dish is stating that all HD VOD channels are 1080p, but perhaps that's incorrect.
You are correct that not all "HD" channels are 1080p. Then tend to be 1440x1080i, depending on the network feed.
Still, I have a Sony Bravia 40" LCD set and have a difficult time telling any difference between HD-DVD quality and what I see on Dish HD channels that are running "1080", or even "720" for that matter. The movies and shows that were recorded in an "HD" format look VERY good.
So, I don't imagine Joe TV Watcher is going to go for Blu-ray over HD satellite because Blu-ray looks so-much-better, because to the untrained eye it doesn't look much different at all... both beat the daylights out of standard-res programming. It's going to come down to how determined Joe TV Watcher is to "own" movies vs. simply watch them a time or two. I prefer to own my own disks, but that's just me.
