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Originally Posted by jimbo
I'm not sure how many details have been publicly released on the ntl PVR, but from what I've seen, it could be awesome, ...
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Investor briefings posted on the web have mentioned a PVR, but nothing has been announced directly to the customers. Given how heavily sky+ is being pushed, you have to wonder if ntl's marketing dept. is awake. I'm not too worried about it being awesome, I'm more interested in it being available!
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There's a mix of content currently available via ntl on demand...
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... all of it chosen by someone else, and much of it I'd have to pay for. VOD is no substitute for a PVR, it's a totally different market. Just look at the sky+ advertising - "pause live TV", "rewind live sports" - how does VOD meet that market? It doesn't even meet the time-shifting function that 1980's VCR technology provides.