Comcast signed deal with Starz Encore

[jgantert]

There is nothing better than these companies fighting for my business.

Back then the cable industry had a attitude of take it or use your rabbit ears; and then came the satellite industry and gave the cables company a kick in the butt. So now cable is fighting back. I am not a fan of any of them, I just want the best bang for my buck.

Yup, all good. I just wish the Comcast DVR didn't suck so bad. Maybe next year with the TiVo upgrade.

I'm still not a fan of On Demand, tho. It's ok, I guess. But with the DVRs, its not really that useful. Plus, I'm an HD-snob now and OD is mostly all SD.

-John

[fksammons]

Encore On Demand is now appearing on my menu and has many movies behind. Even though I subscribe to Encore it is displaying a message that I have to subscribe to it!!!
Hopefully this is just a temporary glitch.

[jgantert]

Wow, finally got Encore On Demand here as well. So, it took from the end of June when the agreement was signed, to middle of October before we actually see the channel. Man thats fast.

-John

[Chris Freeland]

Here in Chattanooga we still don't have VOD of any kind yet, Comcast keeps promising it next whenever, but then when next whenever comes it is next next whenever again. Once when I asked why other Comcast communities around the country have had VOD for a long time, I was told that other areas were having problems with their VOD and we would get it untill all the bugs were worked out, yeah wright! If I could get line of sight for E* here at my current house, I would keep Comcast for Internet and Limited Basic cable tv, but go back to E* for the bulk of my TV viewing. The one good thing I like about Comcast for TV is that since I have 2 digital box's I can upgrade 1 to a DVR for only $3/mo more, which I am doing latter this week, so mabye having VOD or not will not be such a big deal.