Sky Anytime now on Sky+ boxes (Pace)

Sir Oxman

Overnight, Anytime is now on my Pace Sky+ box.

Only one offering though...ScoobyDoo on Boomerang!

dmeehan

excellent! will anytime only download stuff your current package allows you to view?

The Sparrow

they now have:

Walk the Line
Johnny Cash: Half a Mile a Day (doc)
Spongebob Squarepants
Scooby Doo

So is this free?? Sounds great!

Sir Oxman

The update adds the following to the menus:

Adds 'Anytime TV' to the TV Guide menu (although it will take 1 week to get activated
Adds 'Auto Standby' in which the box will turn itself into standby overnight if not touched for 2 hours
Renames 'A-Z Listings' to 'Search A-Z'

It looks like it's Sky that picks the material available:
http://anytime.sky.com/about/tv.aspx

Once it doesn't mess up my own choices on Sky+, it's a nifty addition.

Streete

Do you need to have your phoneline connected on Sky+ to access material from the Anytime menu?
I only connect periodically as I do not have multiroom.

dulpit

delah wrote:

Adds 'Auto Standby' in which the box will turn itself into standby overnight if not touched for 2 hours

what happens if you're watching a long film and don't turn over during ad-breaks etc.???

DigiDec

You don't need your phone line connected to access Anytime and if you are watching a long movie the box will go into standby mode after 2 hours if no buttons are pressed, this is only between 11pm and 4am.

L1011

dulpit wrote:

what happens if you're watching a long film and don't turn over during ad-breaks etc.???

you get a warning. If you ignore it it goes in to standby.

Sir Oxman

The auto standby thing cvan be turned off as can AnytimeTV

Funny now as the choices I have in Anytime are different to wooo32's...
ScoobyDoo
Soccer AMs bestbits
Gene Simmons Show
Brina Wilson concert

I have the full package btw.

The Sparrow

delah wrote:

The auto standby thing cvan be turned off as can AnytimeTV

Funny now as the choices I have in Anytime are different to wooo32's...
ScoobyDoo
Soccer AMs bestbits
Gene Simmons Show
Brina Wilson concert

I have the full package btw.

Thats wierd all right.. i know have Megafactories, On the Waterfront, Soccer AM and Gene Simmons show as wells the ones I already posted. I have the full package too!

The Sparrow

oh and there are no ads whatsoever! its seems like a really good service to me.

Sir Oxman

Maybe it's still downloading stuff and people get the lot at different times?

It looks good and once it doesn't mess up the normal sky+ I'm well happy - nice addon to have.
Would be even better if it 'learned' what you like and downloaded your prefs or similar...maybe it will in the future.

Also, at least the other half of the hdd disk space is being used now.

All-in-all, it's good!

byte

Haven't got it on my box yet, though knew it was scheduled to be rolled out this week.

Still, it will be a nice extra feature for those with the newer Sky+ boxes (will not work on older Sky+)

aidan_walsh

Is this an extra service on top of the usual Sky+ sub, or is it a free add on?

byte

It's a free add-on but only for those with the PVR3 Sky+ boxes (the ones that have 80GB HDD space reserved).

_Kaiser_

Any word on if it works with user-upgraded hard drives in older boxes?

Sir Oxman

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Any word on if it works with user-upgraded hard drives in older boxes?

AFAIK, it is only available to PVR 2.5's and 3's
I have a 250gb Samsung in mine and it works okay.

Have a look over at Digital Spy http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=35

According to DS, TIVO-like functionality (in that it should learn what you record and download other similar stuff) is coming in 2008.

byte

delah wrote:

According to DS, TIVO-like functionality (in that it should learn what you record and download other similar stuff) is coming in 2008.

Now that would be interesting, though a phoneline would need to be connected for info on the stuff you record to be uploaded.

Johnny Storm

For my info, since there's no charge and no adverts, how do Sky make money out of it?

okidoki987

how do Sky make money out of it

Come back and ask that same question in a couple of months time I'd guess.

byte

All of the Anytime shows I've played at work (admittedly only 3 or 4) they all start with the Sony Bravia advert, though little else that I'm aware of.

Jungle Boy

dmeehan wrote:

will anytime only download stuff your current package allows you to view?

I would have expected that to watch 'Sky Movies on Anytime' we would need to be a Sky Movies subscriber. But on their website, they have this

[b]Tell us what you have[/b]

To find out what Sky Anytime can offer you, 
tell us what Sky TV package and Sky Box you have using the menus below:

[B]Your Sky TV package >>[/B] selected Variety Mix (ie: no premium channels)
[B]Your Sky box >>[/B] selected Sky+    

If you have an up to date Sky+ box with the Variety Mix (includes Sky One), 
you could enjoy all this with Sky Anytime (on tv).

Walk The Line (Sky Movies Drama)
Kylie : Cultural Icon (Sky Arts)
Soccer AM (Sky Sports)
Ben 10 (Cartoon Network)
Lost : Series 3 (Sky One)
Herbie : Fully Loaded (Sky Movies Family)
Dresden Files : Pilot (Sky One)
Lawrence of Arabia (Sky Movies Classics)

With Sky HD, you can watch Sky Anytime on your TV now; 
if you've a recent Sky+ box, the service is being rolled out to you now.

http://anytime.sky.com/watch/

JohnC.

Jungle Boy wrote:

I would have expected that to watch 'Sky Movies on Anytime' we would need to be a Sky Movies subscriber.

Yeah, I tried watching a move and it asked me to upgrade my subscription.

Brian017

It's not available on 9F21 code boxes.

byte

I got the update Friday night on my Sky+ box. Not much worth looking at so far.