[PLUG] OT: Comcast ONDEMAND

Paul Johnson baloo at ursine.ca
Sat Aug 7 23:06:02 UTC 2004


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"Vincent Yau" <v_yau3 at hotmail.com> writes:

> This is a little off topic but I thought I checked with the group
> to see if anyone has used Comcast ONDEMAND or similar video
> on demand service from those cable companies.
> Did you like it or not?  What was your impression of it?

I fail to see the point.  TiVo lets you accomplish the same thing with
any show you want, and you just buy the unit.  You don't even need
digital cable.  If you have analog cable or use a rooftop antenna, then
you don't need any other hardware, the TiVo will work wonderfully as
your TV tuner as well.  If not, well, you lose the ability to channel
surf, which isn't a big deal since you get on-screen TV listings.  You
can even give up on live TV altogether, tell TiVo all the shows you want
to watch, and just fast forward past all the ads (watch Enterprise
inside 45 minutes!).

We have an ONDEMAND remote someplace.  Not that it matters, since
ONDEMAND doesn't ever have anything good on, and our digital cable
converter is wrapped in tin foil to help the IR blasters change the
channel on the cable box on behalf of the tivo...
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