Can anyone explain Video on Demand is?

[KDRE]

or Dish on demand or whatever it is?

Is it just pay per view, is it pay for a month of vewing.. what is it?

Also how does this work with Dish's DVR's?

 

[korsjs]

dish on demand is video content stored on your hard drive that you will be able to access anytime you want, for a fee.

 

[TuxCoder]

I believe they also call their regular PPV "Dish on Demand Pay-per-view", at least that's what I always remember hearing during their inserted PPV ads when watching TV.

 

[KDRE]

So what its 5 or 6 bucks for one movie?

 

[jollygrunt]

It's $4.99 if you have a 625.

 

[GaryPen]

Can you say ripoff? I knew that you could.

 

[Annie2005]

Dish/Video on Demand

Dish On Demand is if you have a DVR you can pause live tv and play whenever you want. Its basically what they call their DVR players capabilities. Video on Demand is when you have one of the larger drive DVR's you can order the pay per view movies that are on that month any time you want to see them, rather than just the times they are listed. It cost 4.99 per movie instead of the regular 3.99 and there is something about having to keep your phone line connected to the DVR at all times which you don't have to do normally.

 

[Cascade]

It's Dish Networks way of conning the paying public into *thinking* they're getting something that cable customers pay less for, and have enjoyed for a while.
Only not.

 

[kbohip]

Scary enough their con actually seems to have worked on some people too. I can't imagine ever wanting to pay an extra dollar for this.

 

[MustangLX89]

It's a ripoff at best. I had no problem at all recording a ppv on my 510 at some ungodly hour and watch it any time I wanted just like the rest of my dvr'd programs.