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bamav · 18-03-2014, 14:22

Assuming the technology all works - and why wouldn't it!? ;-)

What if someone told you all you need to do is simply tick a box beside any programme or movie on the TV guide or in On Demand, and you then go to "your shows" and all those programmes were available to you - in HD if you prefer. You may even have an option to say keep until I watch / remove. And what if it was virtually unlimited (subject to VM fair usage policy I would guess).

All we'll need is a smart TV or an HDMI dongle. And if you don't have an HD TV yet, get one!! Stop paying VM for a few months and save up for one! ;-)

I agree, current cloud solutions are great at storing large amounts of data. With the appropriate infrastructure, all they're adding is the means to view that data - in this case video. I don't "see" any difference between on-demand content and my TiVo recordings.

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PS - Sky are rolling out an update to their HD boxes that will give on-demand equal presence with their TV guide. Another step toward on-demand becoming king.

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bamav cf.addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Glasgow Services: EE TV Pro Box with Entertainment bundle, NOW TV, Netflix, Disney, Discovery+, Prime, 1GB BB. Posts: 284	Re: SD and STB's to go by 2020 claims David Elstein. Assuming the technology all works - and why wouldn't it!? ;-) What if someone told you all you need to do is simply tick a box beside any programme or movie on the TV guide or in On Demand, and you then go to "your shows" and all those programmes were available to you - in HD if you prefer. You may even have an option to say keep until I watch / remove. And what if it was virtually unlimited (subject to VM fair usage policy I would guess). All we'll need is a smart TV or an HDMI dongle. And if you don't have an HD TV yet, get one!! Stop paying VM for a few months and save up for one! ;-) I agree, current cloud solutions are great at storing large amounts of data. With the appropriate infrastructure, all they're adding is the means to view that data - in this case video. I don't "see" any difference between on-demand content and my TiVo recordings. ---------- Post added at 13:22 ---------- Previous post was at 13:20 ---------- PS - Sky are rolling out an update to their HD boxes that will give on-demand equal presence with their TV guide. Another step toward on-demand becoming king.