DISH becomes a pay per view turbo HD lover and BD-live |
Turbo is considered to be one of the worst Judas Priest albums, so let’s hope the turbo theme works better for DISH TV. Got this email today:
Did I read that right? We’re getting full on 1080p action through DISH? No, not exactly, they will only be offering 1080p video on demand movies (pay per view). Will this cost extra? It doesn’t say if the 1080p pay per view movies will cost more than the standard definition like Xbox and the PS3 are currently doing through their networks.
All DISH Network HD customers have been Turbo-charged! In the early morning hours of 8/1 DISH Network reinvented high definition! Current HD customers had the next generation of HD downloaded right to their receivers!
It sucks that this is for pay per view and not for all of their HD channels. Sort of a non announcement. Turbo … what?
Add to that today seeing the release of Starship Troopers 1-3 trilogy Blu-ray (2008) for $56.95 at Amazon or $59.99 at Best Buy (where we bought it). Oh yeah it’s a beautiful day to be at 1080p!
The trilogy offers the first Starship Troopers movie (a classic!), Starship Troopers 2 which was kind of lame and the newest straight to DVD Starship Troopers 3 Marauders. This is BD-live enabled which means extras and goodies through a separate menu including the ability to "join the fight" against the bugs by uploading a headshot of yourself. Just click on the "BD-Live" option in the main menu screen and wait for BD-live to load.
Expect to be staring at this for an awkward amount of time, even if you have a fast connection:
Waiting. Man, why does the loading take so long for BD-live? And it’s every me too. I have a PS3, use the hard drive already, cache some content, buy some faster servers, whatever it takes. Once you get into the BD-live menu, you still need to register for an account before you can "join the fight." That only takes a little bit of time, but then you are sent to your email to find a link to upload a head shot.
It’s a clumsy, laborious process. Will save you some hassle, make sure your headshot is 640×480, anything larger or that much smaller and your face will not fit in the matte. Once you’ve done that you can watch scenes with your face super-imposed on a Starship Trooper solider. Would have preferred a networked game blasting bugs with a fellow Starship Troopers fan.
As for the Starship Troopers 3 movie? It’s better than the second movie, but not as good as the first. Good to see Casper Van Dien back but I miss Denise Richards. Her absence isn’t explained in the movie at all. The Marauders part doesn’t come until the last act of the film and feels kind of Robocop to me. Grade: C
Did this post make you go hmm?
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Sounds Good but a bit overpriced i think.
Comment by Terry Till — August 7, 2008 @ 1:39 pm PST
I didn’t even know there was a third movie. My son has the UMD for his PSP and loves it, but would be bored out of his mind with the game. Like you, he prefers to be blasting and killing things (preferably first person).
Speaking of Robocop, I just ordered the trilogy from eBay. Hubby and I loooooove it and quote it often and I’ve been jonesin’ for it lately. Like Starship Troopers, the first one can’t be topped.
Comment by UptakeInOH — August 11, 2008 @ 9:22 am PST
this is great news for well off folks since they can afford all the 1080p they want… but i guess the deal is not really bad. i just hope that the day for ‘unlimited’ 1080p comes sooner, because i am the biggest couch potato in the whole world…
Comment by Andrea — August 11, 2008 @ 2:15 pm PST