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Neil_HarrisNeil_Harris Posts: 1,822
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Fancied watching a film tonight, went straight to on demand.
Does everyone do this? Is there any point in the sky movies channels clogging up the channel list?

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    Darth-HabibDarth-Habib Posts: 466
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    Neil_Harris wrote: »
    Fancied watching a film tonight, went straight to on demand.
    Does everyone do this? Is there any point in the sky movies channels clogging up the channel list?

    No, not everyone has superfast broadband, my friend's broadband speed is less than 2 meg. Which makes on demand a real chore.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Actually i've noticed that since they introduced Rent and Buy many films are now behind a pay wall and not just On Demand.

    I'm sure the films are not available as long as they used to be before they brought in the new setup.
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    omnidirectionalomnidirectional Posts: 18,822
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    Darth-Habib wrote: »
    No, not everyone has superfast broadband, my friend's broadband speed is less than 2 meg. Which makes on demand a real chore.

    Yeah, they still serve a purpose for those with poor broadband connections. The linear movie channels might become obsolete in a few years, but I imagine the Box Office channels will go first.
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    Neil_HarrisNeil_Harris Posts: 1,822
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    Film I'm watching (Philomena) didn't download. Straight on. Are there only a few that do this?
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    Darth-HabibDarth-Habib Posts: 466
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    omnidirectional wrote: »
    Yeah, they still serve a purpose for those with poor broadband connections. The linear movie channels might become obsolete in a few years, but I imagine the Box Office channels will go first.

    I assume the other limitation for some people, is their broadband download limit.

    For example a 2 hour HD film is about 4 gig. If your broadband allowance is 40 gig a month, then you can download around 8-9 films a month before you hit your limit.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Neil_Harris wrote: »
    Film I'm watching (Philomena) didn't download. Straight on. Are there only a few that do this?
    Yep, some are downloaded to your box automatically and therefore are instantly available.
    I think most, if not all, are in the Showcase section.
    You can tell these by the icon next to the name. (Circle with arrow inside it)
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    Neil_HarrisNeil_Harris Posts: 1,822
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    Darth-Habib wrote: »
    No, not everyone has superfast broadband, my friend's broadband speed is less than 2 meg. Which makes on demand a real chore.

    And you?
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    malcy30malcy30 Posts: 7,166
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    Darth-Habib wrote: »
    I assume the other limitation for some people, is their broadband download limit.

    For example a 2 hour HD film is about 4 gig. If your broadband allowance is 40 gig a month, then you can download around 8-9 films a month before you hit your limit.

    Another reason for Sky subscribers to move their BB to Sky with no caps rather than BT or others who still only have a 40gb cap.
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    Darth-HabibDarth-Habib Posts: 466
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    Neil_Harris wrote: »
    And you?

    The only thing I download via On demand is TV Boxsets, but I have BT infinity 2 and unlimited download
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    CricketbladeCricketblade Posts: 2,218
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    malcy30 wrote: »
    Another reason for Sky subscribers to move their BB to Sky with no caps rather than BT or others who still only have a 40gb cap.

    I am on bt and have no cap...
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    Zeropoint1Zeropoint1 Posts: 10,917
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    I'm on Virgin Broadband uncapped but have yet to try it with Sky. But me and my flatmate must easily download 50+ Gb a month. I often down download programmes in HD from the iPlayer with little to no intention of watching and everything on Youtube is either 720p or 1080p.
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    ocavocav Posts: 2,341
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    Zeropoint1 wrote: »
    I'm on Virgin Broadband uncapped but have yet to try it with Sky. But me and my flatmate must easily download 50+ Gb a month. I often down download programmes in HD from the iPlayer with little to no intention of watching and everything on Youtube is either 720p or 1080p.

    Our house eats through 400GB a month

    (However that includes general usage, on demand, as well as uploading and downloading uncompressed video for work and hosting a small web server)
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    derek500derek500 Posts: 24,892
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    Cricketblade wrote: »
    I am on bt and have no cap...

    But many with BT do.

    Their current 'best evef' Summer deal advert has usage limits and is vastly more expensive than other unlimited ISPs.
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    mikwmikw Posts: 48,715
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    derek500 wrote: »
    But many with BT do.

    Their current 'best evef' Summer deal advert has usage limits and is vastly more expensive than other unlimited ISPs.

    Not with some of my family, if you negotiate well you can get uncapped.

    Bit like Sky's retention deals
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    mikw wrote: »
    Not with some of my family, if you negotiate well you can get uncapped.

    Bit like Sky's retention deals

    But people don't do that, they go for the best price, some are even unaware they have a cap.
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    neyney Posts: 12,516
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    Im with BT Infinity and don't have any monthly caps.
    Some months I can use almost 40GB with downloading music now and again, Watching Netflix at lest once or twice a week and listening to internet radio now and again. I also now again watch Youtube.
    On Demand TV from BT don't count towards any monthly cap. if you are on a monthly cap package.

    Darren
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