4000 on demand movies for free

[cjfleetwood]

A competing sat company is offering 4000 on demand movies for free in their latest TV ads. Will U-Verse compete with a similar offer soon?

[dhascall ACE - Professor]

We do not know.  This is a peer to peer (customer to customer) forum.  Is having a library of 4000 movies worth a 24 month contract with ETF's?

I will say from experience, that VOD is not a U-Verse strong-point compared to Comcast but is better than some others and way better than a few.  I switched from Comcast in 10/2008 and have not missed the VOD, one bit.

Now there is U-Verse Online which is an online portal to shows that you can watch online and seems to have hundreds if not thousands of movies.  http://uverseonline.att.net/home  You could, if you have a laptop with HDMI out and a TV with HDMI in, watch these on a TV.

There is not one perfect service.  If so, we would all be there.  Changing TV providers requires research and unfortunately some trade offs.

[oufanindallas]

Also if you have HBO and / or Cinemax their websites are now available to UVerse customers. 

[dhascall ACE - Professor]

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oufanindallas wrote:

Also if you have HBO and / or Cinemax their websites are now available to UVerse customers. 

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Is something similarly available for Showtime or the other channels?

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

I hope so, and soon.

[oufanindallas]

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dhascall wrote:

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oufanindallas wrote:

Also if you have HBO and / or Cinemax their websites are now available to UVerse customers. 

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Is something similarly available for Showtime or the other channels?

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Showtime

Starz

Showtime required proving what provider I was using to sign up, Starz didn't.

[dhascall ACE - Professor]

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oufanindallas wrote:

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dhascall wrote:

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oufanindallas wrote:

Also if you have HBO and / or Cinemax their websites are now available to UVerse customers. 

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Is something similarly available for Showtime or the other channels?

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Showtime

Starz

Showtime required proving what provider I was using to sign up, Starz didn't.

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Flippin' awesome!  Thanks!  Now one more question, this time about  HBO.  How do your prove that you have U-450?

[oufanindallas]

I don't remember, I know I signed up as soon as it was avaiable.  I've only watched anything online a couple of times.

Starz and Showtime aren't nearly as inclusive as either HBO or Max.

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

How do you watch movies on Showtime?  I was able to watch an episode of one of their series but I didn't see how to watch a movie.

[dhascall ACE - Professor]

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RCSMG wrote:

How do you watch movies on Showtime?  I was able to watch an episode of one of their series but I didn't see how to watch a movie.

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Bump.  Anyone?  Anyone?  Anyone seen Bueller?

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

After over 350 views, I don't think anyone knows how.

[hpmsrm]

We have watched a couple of shows from Internet sites.  HDMI between the PC and the TV.  Worked OK but if we made a habit of it we would have to jump our Internet speed up a couple of notches.....at least.  Motion was fairly jerky.

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

I signed up for vod on the Showtime site, and I thought I would be able to watch movies like people can do on HBO.  I was able to watch their series but only saw previews of their movies.  I was wondering if anyone signed up to Showtime who is a subscriber, and was able to watch a vod movie on their site? 

I hope that question was clear.

[dhascall ACE - Professor]

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RCSMG wrote:

I signed up for vod on the Showtime site, and I thought I would be able to watch movies like people can do on HBO.  I was able to watch their series but only saw previews of their movies.  I was wondering if anyone signed up to Showtime who is a subscriber, and was able to watch a vod movie on their site? 

I hope that question was clear.

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Your "?" was very clear and it is very clear that no one is answering!  I want to know too........

[JefferMC ACE - Wizard]

I've actually meant to try this out when I'm at home, but I've been too busy.  I subscribe to U-300 (at the moment) so I should be able to see.

[texasguy37 ACE - Champion]

Full movies are not available on the Showtime website.  There are some clips and a few episodes of some series, but no full movies.  The site is not similar to HBO GO or Max Go.  It is simply the official website of Showtime.

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

Thanks for the response and chuckle DH.

TG awwwwww.

[willyb]

There is always Netflix with 6,000+ movies plus more and more TV.  For $8 a month you have unlimited streaming of movies and TV, and you have your selected programs in a queue for easy access.  Of course you need a device to interface with the providers, like a Blu-ray player with streaming (but NOT Sony, which runs all your streams through its own servers, slowing it down and causing myriad network problems) or a box like the Roku or Apple TV interfaces.  And many new TV's have internet apps built in.  My Vizio TV is one of them...and these plus coming sets with full-blown web browsers are the future.

With AT&T set top boxes, you may not even need a WIFI connection, since the STB serves as a network hub where you can plug in your Ethernet cable.  That means even a lower-end Roku box can work.  Once you have the setup, you can have all kinds of Internet video available.  For another $8 a month, there is Hulu Plus.

My point is that there are considerable low cost video on demand providers that make that function per se not the deal maker/breaker it might have been.

[RCSMG ACE - Master]

I have another source to watch vod movies on my computer at no charge.  Thanks for all the responses, but now I am good to go.