Sky's (push-)VOD service - Sky Anytime on TV

[RS100]

Here is info and pic's of sky's vod service


http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...v-preview.html

what do you guys think about it,

[Stephen]

Dunno if I would really called it VOD though. Having your box download it overnight and store it on the stb HDD. Having Sky choose what they download to the spare partition of 80GB isn't really comparable to the amount of content NTL has available. Also only 80GB there won't really be a lot there will there?

Not quite the same as The Virgin media VOD is it.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Moved to the Sky+/HD forum...



Hmmm. Nice idea, but I think I'd rather have the V/ntl/TW pull-VOD than Sky's push-VOD.

[Although I can't get either ]

[quadplay]

Hmm... potentially 35 hours of content, compared to potentially unlimited hours of content.

I know which I prefer.

[RS100]

I Know it ain't real vod just wanted to know what you guys think about it

[monkey2468]

If I had Sky+, I would rather have the extra 80 gig of space to use.

[andygrif]

Using 80gb is pretty hard work, you must never leave the telly if you needed the full 160gb.

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by andygrif

Using 80gb is pretty hard work, you must never leave the telly if you needed the full 160gb.

Not if your other half is i nto big bother you don't!!!

It looks ok - but as others say it's going to be limited, and I'd rather have the sapce to fill with what I want not what they want.

As for vod better than ntl - well ever since my tv drive was fitted neiter of my boxes actually allow me to watch vod not the samsung or the tvdrive itself.

[andygrif]

But then you should have bought the Sky+160 if you needed the extra space. If you bought the standard version you only bought 80gb of space...so the extra stuff is a bonus.

[Derek]

And if you were one of the original people who bought it (or even one of the ones that got the V2 Sky+ box) you get left out in the cold with no Vod/near-Vod.

No doubt Sky will have an incentive for you to upgrade (i.e. Pay full price for the box or nothing at all judging from past efforts)

[Bob]

So is this service only available to those people with Sky+ 160GB or a Sky HD box?

[andygrif]

No it's for people with V3 boxes, the 80gb ones, but they were fitted with an extra 80gb for 'future use'

[Chris W]

would it be cynical of me to predict that Sky's service will have Sky content that they will never let Virgin get their hands on, and Virgins will have Flextech content that they won't let Sky get their hands on....

[Horizon]

....possibly. Lots of wild speculation in another thread that Sky will ditch its channels from cable. I think this is highly unlikely, think of all the complaints from 24 viewers for a start...What is more likely is that Sky may withhold its HD content from cable for another year or so. HD is a money spinner for Sky and exclusive to them, so why would Sky give this advantage up to cable? That said, "cable" is the largest supplier of digital channels to Sky, if you include UKTV too. So both sides have a bargaining chip. I'm pretty sure a deal with be done between the sides.

The fight between Sky and cable will be over price and what you get for your money. Cable has VOD as its advantage and especially fast broadband. Sky will always have the advantage of having more channels. Sky, also has been an innovator in new technology, ie Sky+. So, if they released, as speculated elsewhere, a multi-tuner Sky+ with 5/6/7/8 tuners. I doubt cable could compete with that in the near term. So customers have a genuine choice between fast reliable broadband and vod, or billions of channels and a possible souped-up Sky+. The choice is ours

[Bob]

Originally Posted by andygrif

No it's for people with V3 boxes, the 80gb ones, but they were fitted with an extra 80gb for 'future use'

As I have never had Sky I don't know the difference between these versions lol!

Could you briefly explain them for me?