See i dont think id trade hbo/cinemax just to get starz, glad ill have all of them soon enough..
I havent read any "real" reviews of D-Ondemand, how is it? Is there much delay? Some say between 1-2 mins. I guess it depends on your internet connection and of course their traffic. My only big problem with D-Ondemand is from what I hear you only get 24 hours to watch the movie? so this means if you download the whole thing, watch half leave and want to watch it the next day from the point you left off you have to wait for the whole thing to download again. With cable on-demand I can start fast forarding to any part the second I start it.
Granted its way better then nothing, and a step in the right direction for Dish but it still requires the customer to use a competitors of Dirctvs service.
I would say the delay is more than 1-2 minutes. It has to get to something like 66% downloaded before it will play. However, I queue up and download a few items before I watch them. I don't watch them instantly like I had previously with BHN's On Demand.
As far as being limited to 24hours, that only applies to PPV.
As far as the other stuff, let me explain it like this. You know how Showtime on demand for example has let's say, Batman Returns available until June 20th and then after June 20th you can no longer find it in the menu and download it? Well, it works similar. You can download Batman Returns from Showtime On Demand and it appears in your recorded list with the DVR programs except it says VOD next to it. It has an expiration date of June 20th. So it is available the same amount of time. Obviously, it is better to DVR the movie and set to save it until erased.
Since I have downloaded 4 or 5 items to On Demand, some have gone away by expiring out while I watched a few others.
As far as the PPV movies on demand. You can download them and are only charged if you watch them. And I believe the 24 hours starts when you watch it, not when you download it.
