atlantamoi

I just got DirecTV and don't see that I'm able to preview a movie on one of the pay channels. I wouldn't have thought that you'd be able to do this, but my father has had DirecTV for close to 10 years and I seem to remember that at times he would start a movie for a minute or two and then be given the choice to continue and pay (or not pay and have the channel stop showing the movie). Looking over my DTV ordering options doesn't reveal that.

What gives?

djbrown

well, a while back (first of this year if memory serves), the "adult" PPV channels (171 etc..) had a five minute preview, just like the other movies. Some folks complained, and DTV bowed to the pressure. I suspect the same might have happened for regular PPV movies as well, but that's just a guess.

atlantamoi

Interesting. Okay, that would make sense. I thought my memory was going bad!

djbrown

just confirmed that the regular movies still DO have a 5 minute preview. I checked yesterday afternoon.

atlantamoi

djbrown, then how do you preview them? Just say that you want to pay for the movie, start watching and then back out?

djbrown

no, the movie just shows as normal for the first five minutes. I've never purchased one, and I get the first five minutes for free. Then it goes black. But I don;t do anything special to "activate" the preview. I have a DirecTivo now, but that shouldn't matter. My old RCA receiver behaved the same way.