November 21, 2006
Movies on Demand
We are not at all fond of watching sports -- I have always considered sports as something you participate in, not watch. Watching others have fun does not strike me as being much fun.
We like watching movies. Over the course of the past two decades Wendy has accumulated quite a collection of movies on bETA, VHS, LD, and DVD. When we wish to watch a movie we simply pop in the tape or disk and watch the movie.
On those rare occasions that that we do not already have the movie we wish to see we can simply stop by the Internet Movie Database, look up the movie, check the ratings, plot summary, reviews, and click on the purchase option. This is Movies on Demand, stage one. It takes a week, give or take a bit, before you can actually watch the movie.
The latest in Buzz phrasing is Movies on Demand! This sounds neat. When we want to watch a movie we can simply type in which one and watch it --on demand.
Ah.... seems it does not work that way. Stopped by the Dish Network and read the blurbs and caught a line that did not look too good to me...
Under the heading, "How Movies On Demand Work" (grammar nit - "movies" (plural) work, "Movies On Demand" (singular) works -- they work, he works) bullet two -- Select a movie from the "Now Showing" or "Featured Movies" listings.... HUH?? I can only demand a movie from whatever short list they have put up for the current month? That is not "On Demand!" That is not the instant gratification the name would have you expecting.
Posted by Paladin at November 21, 2006 10:22 AM