Question: Starz On Demand

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It really has nothing to do with the TV, you need digital cable and a
converter box for it to work. It will work with any TV that has a
video input jack.
Clay
"RM MS" <piratebob@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> I have an old RCA DirecTV that we have been using for about 8 years.
I
> recently have been seeing ads on Starz Channels for "Starz On
Demand"
> claiming to be able to stop, rewind, pause, etc. their movies with
no
> extra charge, included in the subscription. Can anybody explain more
to
> me? Do I need any more equipment to use it? Email appreciated, TIA
>

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i thought directv didn't have vod? or was this meant to be a wiseass post
pointing out that vod is useless if you have tivo?...which, correct me if
i'm wrong, but that would require you to record everything you might want to
watch 'on demand' at a later time, right? not exactly the same, now is it?


"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> RM MS (piratebob@webtv.net) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> > I have an old RCA DirecTV that we have been using for about 8 years. I
> > recently have been seeing ads on Starz Channels for "Starz On Demand"
> > claiming to be able to stop, rewind, pause, etc. their movies with no
> > extra charge, included in the subscription. Can anybody explain more to
> > me? Do I need any more equipment to use it?
>
> Yes.
>
> "Starz! on Demand" is free for anybody who has a DirecTV DVR and a Starz!
> subscription. You just need to sign up for SoD to get it activated.
>
> Basically, it's useless since you already have a DirecTiVo.
>
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oscargrouch (leeYOURjackVIRGINITYmo@hotmail.com) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> i thought directv didn't have vod?

It doesn't. "Starz! on Demand" from DirecTV is done by having your
DirecTiVo record movies that Starz! shows, but you don't tell it to record
them...DirecTV does.

> or was this meant to be a wiseass post
> pointing out that vod is useless if you have tivo?

No, it's meant to point out that *any* recording by your DirecTiVo is
pretty much the same, and having DirecTV control the recording is dumb,
stupid, useless, and inane.

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OR digital cable, as I mentioned earlier.

"SAC 441" <SAC441@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Technically,a DirecTV/DVR is not truly a VOD system.It COULD be
> characterized as a NVOD system (Near Video On Demand).You enter a
> program on the WISH LIST of a TiVo and you most likely have to WAIT
for
> it.A truly VOD system to me is one that works off of the internet
and
> downloads programs IMMEDIATELY according to a choice list of
programs
> like Akimbo systems at http//www.akimbo.com/index.html.
>

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yeah, i've been reading your responses, but starting with the first one, you
weren't real clear about your point...i thought there might be something
with directv that prompted you to record or auto recorded some starz stuff,
but i wasn't real sure if it was that or a little sarcasm saying that you
can just record whatever you want and watch it later...i think i get it now,
though


"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> oscargrouch (leeYOURjackVIRGINITYmo@hotmail.com) wrote in
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> > there are at least 30 movies on starz on demand on cable right now i
> > think...
>
> Right. On cable, "Starz! on Demand" is a true VOD system. With DirecTV,
> it's a "record it yourself and watch it later" system just like any other,
> except that DirecTV *tells* you to record it.
>
> > not to mention another 20 on hbo and showtime, plus their
serieses
> > and all the other stuff that's available on demand from cable...now vod
has
> > its drawbacks as far as functionality and i'm not saying it's the
world's
> > greatest technology, but it's a stretch to compare it to tivo...
>
> You really haven't read my responses, have you? On DirecTV, the "Starz!
on
> Demand" is implemented by having your DirecTiVo record the show. It is
> *exactly* like a TiVo, because it *is* a TiVo.
>
> > how many
> > hours of programming will fit on most people's tivos?
>
> Well, I can keep about 200 hours on my DirecTiVo, so 50 movies or so would
> be no big deal. With the HD DirecTiVo, if you record SD, you can store
> about 225 hours.
>
> Since it's easy and cheap to add hard drive space to any TiVo, it's not
> that uncommon to see people with 100 hours capacity or more. Upgrading
the
> HD DirecTiVo can give you 500 (or more) hours of SD recording time.
>
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