I recorded the 1st movie from Encore Avenue HD the other day but the compression is laughable. The stream is MPEG-2 12.8Mbps 1080i but it must have been recompressed a couple times before being sent over the cable system to end up like this. My lower-bitrate 720p capture from a satellite commercial channel looks better.

Comparisons: http://imgbox.com/g/WJyU10Cn6i (Blu-ray, WOWOW shots from AVS, Space HD, Encore Avenue HD)

It's available On Demand again but my BlackMagic capture device has stopped working with my SSD. Fun.