Cox: New On Demand offerings in OKC

I noticed this week that Cox cable has added some additional HD On Demand content.

For some reason this content is not offered through the “HD On Demand” channel (700 in OKC), but on the regular On Demand channel (1 in OKC). Go figure.

For premium subscribers, there is now Showtime HD on demand and Cinemax HD on demand. This is in addition to Starz HD on demand added earlier this year. Strangely, HBO HD on demand was not added. (I watch a couple of HBO series, so that would have been a nice addition. Maybe someday!)

I checked out Showtime HD on demand. Not much there. As of Saturday afternoon there are only three HD movies and a few episodes from 4 original Showtime series. I don’t subscribe to Cinemax, so I don’t know what their offerings are like.

There is also the new (and much ballyhooed) FREEZONE HD ON DEMAND. Personally, I wasn’t very impressed with the offerings there, but some people may like it. If you are a fan of HD music videos, VH1′s Celebrity Rehab, MTV’s Paris Hilton’s BFF, or A&E’s Intervention, you’re in business.

Overall, I’d say these additions are better than nothing. But if I had to choose, I would prefer to see Cox significantly increase the number of HD CHANNELS instead of HD on demand content.