Total Choice Premier Free Preview weekend

[bjflynn04]

I just got my October issue of Directv the guide and I seen that on October 15-17 Directv will be having a free preview weekend of the Total Choice Premier package. :D

[jpurkey]

Cool! It's been about a year and a half since they last had one. Hopefully they won't add banners with an 800 # to the bottom of the screen during the movies.

[Mark Holtz]

Time to clear out some space on the DVR.

[midnight75]

Cool! Hope they have some good movies on. That's the first time they've had one since I've had DirecTV. :grin:

[Steve Mehs]

Cool thanks for the heads up Bjflynn!

[Darkwing Duck]

Sweet and I'm still trying to recover from the Starz weekend what will I do with all those channels?! I don't think my DVR has enough room.

[n8dagr8]

Hehe...I think everybody's got their DVR's running hot because of all these free views. I know I filled up about 2 6hr tapes that I need to find time to watch because of starz.

[John Walsh III]

Yep, filled up my tivo with last weekends STARZ preview too.

[redfishhunter]

Cool....Thanks for the info

[bjflynn04]

Cool thanks for the heads up Bjflynn!

Your Welcome. Now I wish we can find out more information on the new interactive service and what receivers will work with it. :)

[Veander]

I bought a month of UNlimited Movie Rentals from Blockbuster recently (only a month) and it was the first time I have ever not watched some new movies on a freeview.

I wonder what goodies will be on in October though?

[Andy]

Awesome my DVD recorder will get some use. :)

[Warp]

Does anyone know if the HD versions of HBO and Showtime will be included in the freeview?

[LOBO2999]

Go here http://www.directv.com/see/landing/tcpfp.html

[Mark Holtz]

Well, I decided to go through the list and see what I can record over the Total Choice Premiere weekend. Unfortunately, some of the movies that I wanted to record were airing either before or after the premiere weekend. The only recommendations would be anime, of course. :( Anyways, here is what I'm recording over the weekend: Fri 3:15 AM - Tokyo Godfathers (crossing my fingers) Fri 7:00 AM - Crucible of Horror Fri 8:00 AM - Seabiscuit Fri 8:30 AM - Fortress (the 1985 version) Fri 6:30 PM - One Hour Photo Sat 7:45 AM - Hero Sun 9:00 AM - The Ring Sun 10:20 AM - In The Year 2889 Sun 5:45 PM - JFKSo, I think I have enough on the movie cheese side.

[jpurkey]

Do any of the premium channels use the "broadcast flag"?

I have a DVD Recorder that won't record directly to DVD-R if the broadcast flag is turned on. I have not run into the problem yet with anything I've recorded to DVD-R, including a PPV moive, but I seem to recall reading that HBO uses it or something similar to prevent multiple digital recordings?

[jabroni]

I couldn't find a thing that I cared to record.....sigh.

[Andy]

This is so cool, I have been wanting to see Matchstick Men and its on HBO 2 west now, so thats cool.

[jimisham]

I've had one movie so far that overran. Directv quit recording before the movie was over. A Woody Allen movie 'Anything Else' on HBO2 East.

[Mark Holtz]

A quick check this morning shows that Tokyo Godfathers was recorded properly this morning from Starz!

[jpurkey]

I've been able to record several movies to DVD-R without problems. Either the premium channels are not using the signal to block recordings or I don't understand the following from the manual:

> * Some broadcasts carry signals that allow you to copy once,
> but you cannot record them with DVD-R. Use DVD-RAM to record
> these kinds of broadcast.