This isn't about which format one prefers, as long as the full quality of the Cinemax broadcast is captured and preserved. What do you mean it can't be recorded from Cinemax, no one else has mentioned any such thing? The German t.v. broadcast of A New Hope in 1080 HD which that fan on the other forum recorded works just fine according to him, and it looks superb. So why couldn't the same thing be done with the Cinemax HD presentation?