redford

I've been enjoying the HiDef channels with my recent change over to RCN cable and for HBO-HD it's been kind of hit or miss. 'Episode III' was amazing. As was 'Titanic' - the 2.35 image was glorious to say the least, I saw alot of detail in the costumes and jewerly I have not really noticed in standard DVD form - however, the sound for some reason was not up to par. The sound from my Motorola cable box was sending a 2-channel mix to my Yamaha receiver which in turn was decoding it at Pro-Logic sound - I did a faux 70mm sound effect, which was a letdown since this film should have been in Dolby Digital 5.1. James Cameron's 'True Lies' on the other hand looked absolutely fantastic, albeit in reformatted/cropped 1.78, the sound this time around was correctly presented in bombastic 5.1 sound. It was a letdown to record the late night airing of Michael Mann's 'The Last of the Mohicans' which was presented in full screen - ack! For a HD channel, the presentations range from the bad to the spectacular.