On Demand?

[priester68]

So I just got dsl internet at my house and connected it to my 722k. So where is the on demand content? Besides PPV isn't there a bunch of stuff you can download for free? When I was with Directv, their on demand stuff was all listed like channels and when you picked a channel, it would show a menu of stuff you could download for free pertaining to that channel. I'm sure Dish has a ton of stuff too, I just can't find it. I looked in the (Dish button on remote) interactive menu and all I could find was PPV stuff. Can anyone help me with this? thanks.

 

[n0qcu]

press the DVR button once then select "DISHONLINE"

 

[nuttz565]

Just a FYI Dish's ON Demand library is nowhere near D's.

 

[DishSubLA]

Also, DishONLINE is very poorly organized as you need to know the title of the show you are looking for rather than having a channel name portal. So, you will have to dig to find what you want, but it is there. There is a SORT and SEARCH function you can use to help find content.

Dish doesn't seem to have as much free VOD as others, but I have downloaded free HD episodes in the past. On the other hand, the movie library has thousands of titles, of awful, good, and great movies: a potpourri of films. Not enough HD content, for me, though. The vast majority is SD. Good luck.

 

[pabeader]

plus some of the VOD stuff will spool to your receiver over the next few days. you should see stuff start to appear at channel 1 and 501.

 

[priester68]

ok. thanks for the help

 

[Charade]

And as far as I know (from my previous experience) that once you start a download, you can't cancel it.

I hope they improve this - A LOT! otherwise it's a waste of time (for me).

 

[pabeader]

Also, DishONLINE is very poorly organized as you need to know the title of the show you are looking for rather than having a channel name portal. So, you will have to dig to find what you want, but it is there. There is a SORT and SEARCH function you can use to help find content.

Dish doesn't seem to have as much free VOD as others, but I have downloaded free HD episodes in the past. On the other hand, the movie library has thousands of titles, of awful, good, and great movies: a potpourri of films. Not enough HD content, for me, though. The vast majority is SD. Good luck.

i'm confused. how else would you possibly want to search for a show? what else is there besides the name? i doubt there are very many people that know the channel and time of a show but not the name.