[ejjames]

I understand PPV movies expiring, but something like trainspotting on Starz? It seems like their shooting themselves in the foot with these kinds of limitations.

ej

 

[tcusta00]

Come again?

 

[SockMonkey]

I believe he's referring to downloading movies on DirecTV on Demand.

ejjames, I hear ya and I don't like it either... but, this is just DirecTV following the guidelines set forth by the MPAA (or someone who makes the rules). DirecTV is being told they can only allow the viewer to keep the movies for a certain amount of time. It may not seem like an issue to you to keep a movie like Trainspotting on your DVR forever, but apparently someone somewhere thinks it is a problem.

The way I understand it, this is the future and all cable / sat companies have to start imposing these limits.

Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Bob

 

[tcusta00]

Oh, I didn't even notice what forum this was in - I frantically went into my list a few minutes ago to make sure I hadn't lost all my movies. :lol:

Thanks, Bob.

 

[gregjones]

VOD items all have expiration dates. I believe they are not based on when you downloaded them but when they were made available. Each movie/item has a window of availability.

I think your seeing only a 48-hour window is a coincidence. If you downloaded it a day earlier you'd have had a 72-hour window. I think the expiration date for these items is fixed.