First look at DirecTV on Demand
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Key Points quoted from DBSTalk.com:
- Content can be watched and trickplayed while downloading. But just like a live recording, you can't exceed the end of "recorded/downloaded" content
- Content that "costs" will be denoted with a $. These are PPV's and follow the same rules as broadcast PPVs. You will only be charged when you VIEW the conent, not when you download it.
- Some content is only available if you subscribe to the corresponding normal channel (such as Starz)
- Download speeds are dependent on your ISP, home network, router, etc.
- Some content has expiration dates
- Some content will be PUSHED via SAT to the systems. This content will be stored in the reserved area of the drive, and will not use your normal recording space.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ryan10ad @ Aug 27th 2007 12:06PM
You should all see this, as this is how it should be done.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Anytime
Ben @ Aug 27th 2007 3:42PM
Will Howard Stern On Demand be available through this service?
michael @ Aug 28th 2007 12:57PM
why cant they do it like they do it with cable that is the perfect system
Cozmo @ Aug 28th 2007 1:21PM
Because they don't have enough bandwidth to do it right. This is one reason they will always be behind cable companies in terms of image quality and features.
jfrykman @ Nov 3rd 2007 12:17PM
Huh? I think they have the bandwidth. 4 additional state of the art satellites in 2 years, each with 32 transponders, each transponder capable of 4-6 HD channels. Three are up now, and the last one launches before the end of the year. Let's see: 128 transponders with let's say an average of channels. That's 640 HD channels ADDITIONAL capacity. I think that's sufficient.
Mr_Dough @ Nov 21st 2007 6:55PM
I called DirecTV about an issue i was having with my service that
finally got resolved. After talking about services on DTV, he
mentioned the Video On-demand service would be activated on/or around
February 28th 2008 on the HR21-700 first then other HD receivers then
all Standard def receivers.