Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
07-12-2010, 19:47
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Yup. And applies to the HD and 3D films as well
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Thanks  - Brill news 
Does this mean that soon we will have WWE PPV's for longer than 24 hours. Like Sky have them all week long.
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07-12-2010, 19:52
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mattboothers
Does this mean that soon we will have WWE PPV's for longer than 24 hours. Like Sky have them all week long.
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Have a feeling that's a completely seperate negotiation unfortunately
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07-12-2010, 20:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
Great news for VOD movies though
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07-12-2010, 20:45
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by Perfect Choice
I hope it is permanent and catches up with DVD rentals. Go to Blockbuster and you get a DVD to watch for 2 days.
I also find that my wife and I often never complete a film in a single viewing; you decide something after 9pm when the children have gone to bed, then only watch half of it and then want to watch the rest the following night after they have gone to bed again but that is more than 24 hours, problem solved now!
Without trying to change subject but relevant, I note the TiVo has an interface to Blockbuster online in the USA, hopefully this will appear in the UK version on the Tivo box to extend download capability for films.
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You only get blockbuster for 1 night so about the same as virgin now. 48 hours is great.
HD price is a bit pricey
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07-12-2010, 21:00
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by braysoj1
any news on tna
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Is it not on Extreme Sports? I briefly watched it on there for a few minutes while waiting for the cricket although I'd have no idea if its new episodes or not.
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07-12-2010, 21:13
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
From Monday 13th December, all Filmflex rentals will be for 48 hours rather than 24
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I never quite understand why anybody would want to pay £4.99 for a HD film rental from Filmflex. You can get a blu ray movie for £2.50 from LoveFilm.com or even from ITunes you get 30 days allowed before you need to watch your rental!
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07-12-2010, 22:18
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
I never quite understand why anybody would want to pay £4.99 for a HD film rental from Filmflex. You can get a blu ray movie for £2.50 from LoveFilm.com or even from ITunes you get 30 days allowed before you need to watch your rental!
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Just the convenience of a spur of the moment purchase I suppose, it's handy sometimes but if you plan ahead a bit there is better value to be had.
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07-12-2010, 22:52
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mattboothers
Thanks - Brill news
Does this mean that soon we will have WWE PPV's for longer than 24 hours. Like Sky have them all week long. |
FilmFlex is a joint venture between Sony and The Walt Disney Company. And Virgin are just getting the same deal as Channel 4 DID for Film4OD, which officially launched on 1 November.
WWE PPV's plus other Sports is run by Sky Box Office and Primetime.
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07-12-2010, 23:02
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
I never quite understand why anybody would want to pay £4.99 for a HD film rental from Filmflex. You can get a blu ray movie for £2.50 from LoveFilm.com or even from ITunes you get 30 days allowed before you need to watch your rental!
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Which is why I've haven't used Filmflex in well over 2 years now. 
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07-12-2010, 23:24
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Which is why I've haven't used Filmflex in well over 2 years now. |
The interesting development for me is now you can stream LoveFilm movies wirelessly to you TV. The funny thing is it is on Sony TV's wouldn't they be competing against themselves (FilmFlex)?
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07-12-2010, 23:42
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
The interesting development for me is now you can stream LoveFilm movies wirelessly to you TV. The funny thing is it is on Sony TV's wouldn't they be competing against themselves (FilmFlex)?
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The free movies that you can stream from Lovefilm aren't the latest releases and are generally older films (and in SD with only stereo sound). They add to the selection regularly though and as a freebie, it's excellent; some good live concert DVDs on there.
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07-12-2010, 23:50
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by mlayzell
I never quite understand why anybody would want to pay £4.99 for a HD film rental from Filmflex. You can get a blu ray movie for £2.50 from LoveFilm.com or even from ITunes you get 30 days allowed before you need to watch your rental!
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Exactly right, virgin are so out of touch on this pricing, when you can buy dvd's and blurays and watch permenantly for the same price. They would treble the viewing of filmflex if it was a sensible pricing system £1 per film than the overpriced £4.99 extortion running at present for films that can be up to 10 years old, they need to get in the real world of what things cost today.
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08-12-2010, 00:14
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by Masque
I like my SA.  |
Me too.
Thank god for SA and Component output
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08-12-2010, 00:21
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
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Originally Posted by Rik
Me too.
Thank god for SA and Component output |
Me not.
Give me a Samsung & HDMI any day
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08-12-2010, 01:08
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2010) Vol. IV
well as a response to some people who are saying about blurays being cheaper than a rental - not everyone has a blurray player.
lets just say you watch 1 films per week on your bluray player (~£100)
you own around 30 bluray discs (~£7)
around 52 seperate veiwings a year
30x7 = £210
210+100 = £310
£310/52 = ~£5.96
If you only watch one bluray a week, it would be in this case cheaper to rent from filmflex, and you dont even have to leave your sofa.
Just saying
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