on demand

[oce57]

best way to get on demand?

[david_gilbert]

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DTV offers 2 methods, internet or those "watch now" VOD programs they force download from the bird to your DVR.

DTV's VOD is a joke though, you cannot watch it in a few minutes, you have to wait for it to download. they limit the speed they send it, so a 2 hour HD movie could take 12-16 hours to download!

don't get me wrong, i use it occasionally. but it is not TRUE VOD.

[yorktown]

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DTV offers 2 methods, internet or those "watch now" VOD programs they force download from the bird to your DVR.

DTV's VOD is a joke though, you cannot watch it in a few minutes, you have to wait for it to download. they limit the speed they send it, so a 2 hour HD movie could take 12-16 hours to download!

don't get me wrong, i use it occasionally. but it is not TRUE VOD.

I've use it to download some 30 minute and some 1 hour HD programs from SHOWTIME a lot lately. It doesn't take 3 hours to download a 30 minute program or 6 hours for me to download a 1 hour program.

don't get me wrong, but maybe your internet speed sucks.

[mbarry55]

I don't find the speed an issue, just the lack of anything good. I don't have any premium channels and that's where everything good is.

[yorktown]

PPV isn't a premium channel and there's some pretty good PPV to download.

[joed32]

best way to get on demand?

Cat-5 or Cat-6 cable from your DVR to your router, or to a switch box connected to your router. Cables are very cheap at monoprice. If you want wireless it gets more expensive and complicated.

[robjlevin]

Cat-5 or Cat-6 cable from your DVR to your router, or to a switch box connected to your router. Cables are very cheap at monoprice. If you want wireless it gets more expensive and complicated.

And in many cases, slower.

[david_gilbert]

it depends on a lot of things, and DTV is getting better lately. but a search of the forum here will back up what i said about it has almost ZERO to with your speed as DTV limits the bandwidth. no it won't work on dial up, but folks with 1 meg or 10 meg connections report about teh same DL speeds, depending on time of day. i can pull torrents faster than i can pull VOD from DTV.

i will say i have not pulled any 30-60 min shows, just full length movies. a SD movie takes about 2-4 hours at times, 5-6 at others. HD movies(1080i i ain't paying for a 1080p when i can get it free elsewhere) take at least 2x as long and sometimes 3x. i just queue them and watch them a day or two later, not a big deal to me. i just wanted to clarify that it is NOT TRUE VOD.

[jdspencer]

To simply answer the OP's question. He needs an HR2x DVR and an internet connection. Everything else said above follows.

[Jimbo]

it depends on a lot of things, and DTV is getting better lately. but a search of the forum here will back up what i said about it has almost ZERO to with your speed as DTV limits the bandwidth. no it won't work on dial up, but folks with 1 meg or 10 meg connections report about teh same DL speeds, depending on time of day. i can pull torrents faster than i can pull VOD from DTV.

i will say i have not pulled any 30-60 min shows, just full length movies. a SD movie takes about 2-4 hours at times, 5-6 at others. HD movies(1080i i ain't paying for a 1080p when i can get it free elsewhere) take at least 2x as long and sometimes 3x. i just queue them and watch them a day or two later, not a big deal to me. i just wanted to clarify that it is NOT TRUE VOD.

When the 1080P first came out, I set up a wireless set up and downloaded the "Bucket List" I have a 3 mg speed connection and it took over 24 hours to DL ... knowing that, I pretty much gave up on the idea of using the internet for dl'ing movies like this.