When r we getting VOD ??

"Stefan" wrote in message
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I think Sky should give us Video on Demand asap, i saw this in the USA and
it is great. HBO, Showtime and the movie channels have this (Time Warner
Cable). You just go to the VOD channel and pick a movie or whatever and
watch it. it's not like PPV it is included in the subscription and i guess
the movies are stored on your system cause u can fast forward or rewind or
pause the movie or show .

VOD really gives people choice and makes u feel like your getting
something
for your money. Now u have to watch the same movies all the time and they
r
usually on when u r not able to watch them.



If Sky's customers are silly enough to pay the £3.75 for the current system
(on top of their monthy subs), why would Sky change their system.

S

Stefan wrote:
I think Sky should give us Video on Demand asap, i saw this in the
USA and it is great. HBO, Showtime and the movie channels have this
(Time Warner Cable). You just go to the VOD channel and pick a movie
or whatever and watch it. it's not like PPV it is included in the
subscription and i guess the movies are stored on your system cause u
can fast forward or rewind or pause the movie or show .


True VOD (as opposed to Sky's same film every 15 minutes) is "limited"
to cable. Sky is not a cable broadcaster.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:53:19 +0100, Chris Vowles
wrote:

However it seems that Sky prefer to have the monthly subs, I would buy
the occasional PPV film if I could as a non Sky subscriber.

Surely it's better value to rent a DVD from Blockbuster than PPV? The audio &
video quality is better, you get all the added features plus you get the movie
6-12 months before it's broadcast by SKy.

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Unfortunately you can no longer buy a new Tivo or subscription in the UK.

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:42:09 GMT, Nigel Barker wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:53:19 +0100, Chris Vowles
wrote:

However it seems that Sky prefer to have the monthly subs, I would buy
the occasional PPV film if I could as a non Sky subscriber.

Surely it's better value to rent a DVD from Blockbuster than PPV? The audio &
video quality is better, you get all the added features plus you get the movie
6-12 months before it's broadcast by SKy.

I do rent from blockbusters and use postal DVD rental firms like
movietrak, and also buy many from cd-wow, play and amazon, and all
this comes in at much less than a Sky sub a month, but there are still
those evenings when for convenience I would buy a PPV movie

Chris

qIroS said this:

ghItlh Nigel Barker


Unfortunately you can no longer buy a new Tivo or subscription in
the UK.

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Elaborate.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:54:43 +0100, qIroS wrote:

ghItlh Nigel Barker


Unfortunately you can no longer buy a new Tivo or subscription in the UK.

Partly ********.

Which part of my statement is inaccurate? I would be absolutely delighted if you
can tell me where in the UK I can buy a brand new boxed TiVo. www.tivo.co.uk
doesn't seem to have been updated for about a year. Are they still selling
subscriptions?

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I still think that having a list of movies to be played whenever u want @ no
extra cost per movie is the best. And not just movies also shows etc...

But as was pointed out earlier in this thread, if enough people are paying out
nearly £4 per standard PPV film, why would Sky bother with VOD? They'd
certainly charge a premium for it.
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Nigel Barker wrote:

You can still find the odd new Tivo if you look very hard and they are
still selling subs, AFAIK.

I have devoted myself to some very intensive research as it is Friday
afternoon:-) The only source that I can find is Ebay & then they are pretty
pricey (circa 300GBP). There are a couple claimed to be new & unused but I'm not
sure how I would stand warranty wise if I bought one.

I saw a comment from someone recently who had just bought a new boxed
Tivo in a branch of Dixons or similar. I'm sure that the odd one must
still be lurking in small TV shops here and there. I didn't say that
they would be easy to find on the web.


My researches have made me more interested as I found references to downloading
TV guide information from Tivo without a subscription or perhaps more honestly
grabbing XMLTV data, reformatting it & uploading to your Tivo.

Even if possible I doubt that it is worth the trouble. Just get the
lifetime sub.

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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:33:44 GMT, Nigel Barker wrote:

I have devoted myself to some very intensive research as it is Friday
afternoon:-) The only source that I can find is Ebay & then they are pretty
pricey (circa 300GBP).

I paid £400 for my TiVo when they first came out, and still don't
regret it for a second.