petition dish to allow disabling VOD

[Frostwolf]

This affects Sky Angel viewers using Dish Recievers that get the VOD service.

I have started a petition to have dish network include an option in the setup menu to disable Video on Demand downloads

http://www.petitiononline.com/VODOFF/petition.html

Help Spread the word please.

Please sign the petition, I don't feel having the option to turn it off is to much to trouble.

Thanks
James

 

[airgator96]

This affects Sky Angel viewers using Dish Recievers that get the VOD service.

I have started a petition to have dish network include an option in the setup menu to disable Video on Demand downloads

http://www.petitiononline.com/VODOFF/petition.html

Help Spread the word please.

Please sign the petition, I don't feel having the option to turn it off is to much to trouble.

Thanks
James

what is it ppv? i'm alittle confused?

 

[Frostwolf]

what is it ppv? i'm alittle confused?

Its the same a ppv, except they already downloaded the movie of there chice into the hard drive on your reciever, this only affects the recievers that can record like a tivo. It downloads the movie onto your machine after you power off or it goes to sleep. Meaning your owned/leased equipment is running almost all the time. It causes extra wear and tear on the machines, uses extra electricity and generates additional heat. Some recievers run at +120 degrees all the time.

Fof people who have no warrantys, this could mean they will be forced to pay for repairs or replace equipment sooner than need be.

thanks
James

 

[Stargazer]

I seriously doubt they will ever allow an option to disable the feature.

 

[Frostwolf]

I seriously doubt they will ever allow an option to disable the feature.

I know, but I'm trying. I don't think I'll get enough votes to make a difference.

 

[airgator96]

Does PPV work if you have skyangel only?

 

[Frostwolf]

Does PPV work if you have skyangel only?

My father has both Dish and Skyangel (lifetime member). He can order them, but I can't say about skyangel only.

I found more info on power usage here http://rweb.echostar.com/departmental_content/TechPortal/content/tech/receiver/501.shtml

that states thet the 508 uses 60 watts on average and 15 watts in standby. Max was at 230 watts, I will leave that out and use the lowest number and average number.

So imagine 2 night lights (7 watts each) versus a standard 60 watt light bulb. Now leave it on for an entire year.

Its not a whole lot of money but a little. Using the Electric Appliance Calculator at http://www.uppco.com/home/appcalc.asp

It comes out like this,
yearly cost at 24hrs a day is $48.33,
yearly cost at standby is $12.09,
now figuring it at 6 hours on and 18 hours standby for average use at my house it (before the wife broke her foot)is $21.16.

If my math is right using the website above, that VOD I never use is $27.17 extra a year at 0.091888 per kwhour. How many PPV's could have chosen with that?

You will need to know your own cost to figure the exact out, that is if you care. According to some data I found, summer 2001 in CA, it would have been double the above.