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Old 17-09-2008, 12:49
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I walked down to my local cinema the other day.

Nothing but repeats. Over and over again on a constant loop. A loop that never changes in weeks.

I was disgusted so I walked home...
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Old 17-09-2008, 13:45
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I don't mind the repeats as I like to watch a film when I feel like it.

The one thing that really annoyed me is, I recorded Black Christmas in HD and when I started watching it, it had that fella signing the film. I don't have a problem with that, but could they not put this info on the scan banner also and not just in the information bar???

And guess what Black Christmas hasn't been repeated since!
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Old 17-09-2008, 13:54
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I don't mind the repeats as I like to watch a film when I feel like it.

The one thing that really annoyed me is, I recorded Black Christmas in HD and when I started watching it, it had that fella signing the film. I don't have a problem with that, but could they not put this info on the scan banner also and not just in the information bar???

And guess what Black Christmas hasn't been repeated since!
What annoys me is the amount of Christmas movies that are being shown throughout the year.

I'm getting fed up with taking the decorations up and down.
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Old 17-09-2008, 14:16
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What annoys me is the amount of Christmas movies that are being shown throughout the year.

I'm getting fed up with taking the decorations up and down.
ROFL

Very good.

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Old 17-09-2008, 17:12
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Got rid of movies today as I was not watching them. Sky tried to offer me half price. I said NO.

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Old 17-09-2008, 17:32
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Got rid of movies today as I was not watching them. Sky tried to offer me half price. I said NO.

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Quite right too. If you're not a film fan, it's not worth paying the subs.
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Old 17-09-2008, 17:37
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I'm getting rid of my movies tomorrow, just need to get around to it - will record anything I really want to watch (HD only) and subscribe over Xmas and watch them all - then cancel again!
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Old 17-09-2008, 18:01
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I don't mind the repeats as I like to watch a film when I feel like it.

The one thing that really annoyed me is, I recorded Black Christmas in HD and when I started watching it, it had that fella signing the film. I don't have a problem with that, but could they not put this info on the scan banner also and not just in the information bar???

And guess what Black Christmas hasn't been repeated since!

Not too long to wait now. And no mention of signing.

FILM: Black Christmas
On: Sky Screen 2 HD (332)
Date: Sunday 28th September 2008 (starting in 11 days)
Time: 23:15 to 00:39 (1 hour and 24 minutes long)

Billy escapes the asylum to take bloody revenge on the residents of his childhood home - a sorority sisterhood - with the help of his one-eyed sibling.
(Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, Dolby Digital 5.1, 2006, 15, 2 Star)

Director: Glen Morgan
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kristen Cloke, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Andrea Martin

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marked By: 'Category: Film' marker
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=25307

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.
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Old 18-12-2016, 06:09
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I have been subscribing to Sky Movies Package since April 2004. Some repeats are necessary, but over the last 5-8 years movies are being screened as much as 6 times a week,and recycled about every 3 months are so, if you add that up....there's not much to watch 95% of the time. I have phoned Sky and mentioned this,and got a vague response.Just to mention that I subscribed to the top package Sky offer. Because of new technology,these days of video recorders,dvd recorders,memory boxes,etc,etc,so many repeats on Sky Movies is unnecessary. It has got to stage that I didn't watch Sky Movies at all. For my Sky package I was wasting £80 per month. It seems that Sky are not interested in what their customers want,only what Sky wants. Sky is now longer practical or value for money.I cancelled my Sky subscription on 13th August 2016. I now watch movies on my dvd(Lovefilm Subscription) also I now subscribe to Netflix,many good films on YouTube,there are also many other was to watch movies on the internet. Until things change on Sky,I am not interested in subscribing to it.
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Old 18-12-2016, 08:25
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I have been subscribing to Sky Movies Package since April 2004. Some repeats are necessary, but over the last 5-8 years movies are being screened as much as 6 times a week,and recycled about every 3 months are so, if you add that up....there's not much to watch 95% of the time. I have phoned Sky and mentioned this,and got a vague response.Just to mention that I subscribed to the top package Sky offer. Because of new technology,these days of video recorders,dvd recorders,memory boxes,etc,etc,so many repeats on Sky Movies is unnecessary. It has got to stage that I didn't watch Sky Movies at all. For my Sky package I was wasting £80 per month. It seems that Sky are not interested in what their customers want,only what Sky wants. Sky is now longer practical or value for money.I cancelled my Sky subscription on 13th August 2016. I now watch movies on my dvd(Lovefilm Subscription) also I now subscribe to Netflix,many good films on YouTube,there are also many other was to watch movies on the internet. Until things change on Sky,I am not interested in subscribing to it.
First world problems!
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Old 18-12-2016, 08:58
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Someone revives a 9 yr old thread?. ....................
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Old 18-12-2016, 14:04
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There's 22 different HD titles just today!!

Tomorrow, excluding Premiere there's 14 more different titles.

That's 36 HD films in two days!!
The point that I think is being made that the films are repeated on quite a number of ocassions through the week. There may well be 22 different titles just today but many if not all have been shown earlier in the week or month. That is how Sky works but they have schedules to fill unlike streaming services. Also with so many films available it isn't possible to consume all the films you may want to see or even record them as you may be limited by the box you have or how good your broadband service is.

We are probably some years away from having a broadband service that can satisfy access in the same way linear TV or Pay TV does through satellite, cable or Freeview/Freesat only then there may be a strong case to dramatically decrease the number of channels and do as Netflix, Amazon or streaming services offer, is a catalougue of films and shows that you can scroll through and choose what to watch when you want to watch it.

For now SKY has no alternative but to have multiple channels repeating shows and films which enable people to watch or record them at different times through the week or month. For those with very good broadband however, someone who loves films would probably be better choosing the NOW TV option although SKY need to catch up with Netflix and Amazon and offer better quality streaming at least a minimum of 1080p.
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Old 18-12-2016, 15:41
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These days Sky appear to treat the linear movie channels more like a shopfront rather than the driver of the movie package...hence the emphasis of the on-demand catalogue, the restart button and the increased use of 'pop up channels'.

Repeats on Sky Cinema still have their place...for those without or with poor internet connections especially however let's be honest you'll never please everyone - for everyone who complains about repeats, they'll probably be someone complaining they don't repeat enough!
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Old 04-01-2017, 14:48
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I agree there could be a greater amount of films to choose from.Yes we can only watch 1 at a time.But most homes now have a fire stick with Kodi. As Ive said before why cant Sky have the movies section like IMDB where you key in an actors name and all his and her films comes up and then pick and pay if you want to pay that is.As for the price of Sky store at 5.49 a movie who is going to pay that thats got sense when you can wait until it comes on Premier or a fire stick.As for choice Sky should have actors movie showning thats sadly died not just stars whos living. As with IMDB you can watch what you want from Robert De Niro for example whether it be from the 60s 70s 80s 90s or 2000 with pick a movie from his section.Personally I think this would be better.I no I would like it.And Sky cinema is good.
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Old 04-01-2017, 15:21
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Someone revives a 9 yr old thread?. ....................
It might as well have been a 39 year old thread considering the poster who bumped the thread considers video recorders to be new technology.
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Old 04-01-2017, 15:24
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I agree there could be a greater amount of films to choose from.Yes we can only watch 1 at a time.But most homes now have a fire stick with Kodi. As Ive said before why cant Sky have the movies section like IMDB where you key in an actors name and all his and her films comes up and then pick and pay if you want to pay that is.As for the price of Sky store at 5.49 a movie who is going to pay that thats got sense when you can wait until it comes on Premier or a fire stick.As for choice Sky should have actors movie showning thats sadly died not just stars whos living. As with IMDB you can watch what you want from Robert De Niro for example whether it be from the 60s 70s 80s 90s or 2000 with pick a movie from his section.Personally I think this would be better.I no I would like it.And Sky cinema is good.
You can search by actor on Sky Q - that searches both Sky Cinema & Sky Store.
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