BREAKING. Top movies? TopTV's Top Movies channel makes the grade.

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TopTV, South Africa's new satellite TV pay operator started its commercial service on Saturday, May 1, with several TV channels including some of its own packaged and compiled TV channels like Top Movies (TopTV 100).

So, how does Top Movies (TopTV 100), one of TopTV's premium TV channels, compare to the movie channels South African viewers have had access to before TopTV came along? My verdict: Very well. Top Movies (TopTV 100) has some excellent movies and is as a TV channel on par, and better than several other available DStv movie channels that's available to South African viewers.

TopTV has also introduced another South African first: time-shifted movies by way of TV channels. Besides the Top Movies TV channel, TopTV also have Top Movies 2 (TopTV 101). Top Movies 2 is the Top Movies channel, but time-shifted by two hours. For instance, if you have missed a movie, you can catch it two hours after it has started on Top Movies 2.
Then there is also Top Movies 24 (TopTV 102) employing the same concept but stretching it a day. Top Movies 24 has every movie that was on Top Movies, but starting exactly a day later.

I have the schedule for Top Movies and it compares very well as a single movie channel regarding the films on offer. From comedy like Are We Done Yet? and action adventure like Spider-Man III, to sci-fi flicks like Ghostrider and romance like The Notebook, Top Movies has a selection from every movie genre. In May Top Movies debut - to name just a few, movies running the gamut from Murder on the Orient Express (2001), Reign over Me, Die Hard IV, The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, Epic Movie, Wind Chill, Love and other Disasters, Plain Truth, Dragon Hunter, The List, First Comes Love and a lot more.