http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/ Engadget HD Comments for Echostar invests in CinemaNow: HD VOD soon? http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/Jul 13th 2006 5:44PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/This will be pretty interesting to watch, as cable heavily touts VOD as something that satellite can't offer. It would be a great equalizer and competition is always good for the consumer.

The reason there's less HD on cable is because analog channels hog all the bandwidth. It's a double-edged sword. All digital is great, but you need some kind of converter (box or card) to decode it, right now anyway. Analog allows you to do that very easily without any extra eqipment.
I say bring on the digital transition, but I'm not sure exactly how that will effect cable companies. Because that transition is a mandate for all OTA broadcasters to go digital. Cable companies don't broadcast OTA. ]]>Jul 13th 2006 7:38PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/Jul 13th 2006 10:58PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/
And Yes, DISH's vip622 (mpeg4DVR) which has been out for a while has Ethernet.]]>Jul 14th 2006 8:45AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/Jul 14th 2006 6:26PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/Jul 17th 2006 3:12AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/13/echostar-invests-in-cinemanow-hd-vod-soon/Aug 30th 2006 12:54AM