stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA | Content.. I'm curious how DTV is going to provide INSTANT On-Demand service. I'll bet you'll have to plan ahead, which is what I already do with my cable DVR when I want to record a movie/TV show, ect.... On-Demand is just that-I WANT IT NOW!!!
I want to see some specifications-like how fat a pipe do you need to get the true on-demand service.
Since I have on-demand thru Charter cable I'll guess around 6Mbs.
On-Demand is nice, but the controls aren't like using a DVD(or a recorded dvr show)-as in WAY SLOW reaction times, ect.
Otherwise, I love it.
If DTV can pull this off..well.... |
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| I've been beta testing it for a few weeks now and it pretty much fires right up. It streams while it downloads to the hardrive not all unlike how u tube pulls it off. |
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I've been using it on a 6Mbps connection. Not instant but I've been able to start watching a program after a minute of downloading and never hit the end of the buffer. Of course that was SD programing, there were a couple HD test items out there, for those you just about have to wait for the complete program to download before trying to watch. |
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stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA | There's the problem-having to wait a minute. Seems trivial but VERY annoying IMHO. I still use my DVR to record movies as it works just fine, but on-demand is useful when I see something I want to watch. I've noticed that Charter is leaning to the on-demand service for pay-for-view as far as new movies goes. I can see why but I've always preferred to purchase a movie that I can record onto my DVR, since I don't have to worry about watching it within a 24 hour period. |
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