Comments on: Direct TV's "On Demand" now available nationwide

By: al

al — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:16:46 +0000

Yeah! I got excited when I changed from Comcast to Direct TV and learned about hundreds of free movies I could get with Direct TV Ondemand. After spending $ 200 to upgrade my wireless router and purchase a wireless adapter the disappoint was unbelieveable. If you don’t subscribe to the premium channels you don’t get their content. The few basic channels that carry movies limit their ondemand content to maybe one or two not very good movies at best. In comparison, Comcast provides over 50 free movies some HD for anyone with the basic subscription to access. Granted the Comcast movies aren’t all the great either but if you are a movie nut like I am but too cheap to pay for premium channels that was a better deal than what I’m getting with Direct TV ondemand.
My Netflix instant streaming to my TV is picking up the slack.

By: spencer

spencer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:17:16 +0000

do i have to have a premium channel subscription to watch the on demand movies of a certain channel, like starz or hbo??

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:23:54 +0000

is it possible… rather than buying DirectTV’s box.. can I connect to OnDemand through my PS3.. which is able to get on the network? I ran an ethernet connection from my DVR to my playstation but no luck.. yet.. . any suggestions? has anyone done this?

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:28:20 +0000

LOL

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:07:31 +0000

I'm not saying you NEED more, you just need to hook it up to your home network. If you have it close by, then you just plug it in.

If you don't, then you need to do more.

I guess if they did it over the satellite, that would be easier, but I don't think they have the bandwidth for all that.

It's really not THEIR fault for this...it's something the offer for free, if you want to use it, you gotta hook it up to the net.

By: ScottyDub

ScottyDub — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:05:21 +0000

Well, even MO says you need something more, in this case the a router, etc. My question is why? Isn't it enough there getting my $350 for NFL Sunday ticket?

By: Cap'n Schwartz

Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:59:36 +0000

Yeah but then they cant get you to buy their extra box I say you need that Mo doesnt…

By: Mike Olbinski

Mike Olbinski — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:54:46 +0000

Ugh

By: ScottyDub

ScottyDub — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:52:01 +0000

Wouldn't it be nice if my DVR had wireless capability? As opposed to requiring another device. Now that would be nice.

By: Cap'n Schwartz

Cap'n Schwartz — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:18:03 +0000

Actually if you have a DVR, press menu and Indemand option, in que you will have a little movie about it all… its only 5 min, and it was tyhe first thing the writers got to getther and wrote once the strike ended… its a cute little film…