Homework post for 1E

Video-On-Demand - future of entertainment?



Look through the following online video platforms and see what they have on offer. Then write your opinion: Is VOD the future of home entertainment? Which platform offers best choice? Provide arguments as well as examples. Word limit: min. 150. Deadline: Apr 20, 2015.

vod
tvp
polsat
player
canal+
kinoplex

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Comments

Anonymous said…
Acronym VOD literally means "video on demand" and it's explanation of it's own- you watch various movies whenever you want. People use VOD in order to kill dead time, relax or just watch a movie thus paying less than they would in the traditional cinema. I reckon it's a great way to entertain yourself when you aren't able to move from home, when there is no cinema in the vicinity of your town or if you want to save some money.
The question is if VOD is the future of home entertainment? There's a great deal of free movies to download on the internet and people are unwilling to pay even couple of dollars because of that. The fact that downloading films is a crime doesn't scare people neither. Nevertheless, I think that watching films on VOD is a good thing. First and foremost, the quality of video is a way better than on the free player, secondly, you don't commit a crime, and in conclusion, you give the producers respect by paying at least a few dollars- I confirm, you won't become poor.
Websites vod.pl and kinoplex.gazeta.pl look the most accessible to me. From the first sight you can spot currently popular films and series divided into categories, which makes website very pleasant to use. After seeing available productions like "Lucy" and "The walking dead" I realized VOD is something for me.
Aleksandra Bąk
Anonymous said…
,,Video on demand" is the best solution for everyone, who like staying at home and appreciating the comfort and freedom. Most of us uses VOD because we watch what we want, when we want and where we want.
This simple, we like easy denouements. Inter alia we use for example kinoplex is VOD service which offering legal watching movies online. All that we are doing for kill time, watching what we only want and of corse for relax. Therefore VOD is the future of entertainment? In my opinion ,,yes", why? because is the great solution to see new movies in a short time. Absolutely young people watch movies online but old people prefer watching television because it is more easy for them. Mostly in TV we watch news and very similar programs on ,,tvp" or ,,polsat" these are polish TV channels. However,many times we can hear from people ,, Oh my God, again nothing flies in the television" and it is definitely true. As if that was not enough in television is a lot of advertisments which put us in anger so if we want have good mood we choose computers and laptops and watch movies online. To my mind VOD is future because it will be developt more and more. More and more people give up the TV.
I don't remember the last time when I watched TV. I use only laptop to see movies, to be in touch with my friends and to acquire knowledge.
Emphatically VOD is days to come.
Paulina K.

Anonymous said…
I think that VOD is the future of home entertainment . Everybody likes to lie on your own couch and watch TV . The problem is when there is nothing interesting or just replays of films and series. VOD which mean “video on demand” as the name suggests help you to watch everything you want and whenever you want. It is the best way to watch your favorite films legally.
There is a lot of available VOD platforms on the internet or to buy on TV. Everyone can choose the best website for yourself. In my opinion the best platform is vod.pl or player.pl . On the first website you can watch every popular films and series in every categories. The second platform is mostly contains programs from TVN . it is the best idea for me because I love watching TVN in TV but sometimes I haven’t got time and I have to watch replays of my favorite series.
In my opinion VOD is the best solution for fair people who choose legal way to spend their time on watching films in home.
Michalina J.
Anonymous said…
Is VOD the future of home entertainment? I can agree with this , but not quite.
The biggest advantage of VOD is this, that it gives you a lot of possibility. You can watch what you want- it doesn't mean if episode of your tv series came out yesterday, week ago, or year ago, where you want- in bus on smartfon, in cafe on laptop and in your home with PC, and when you want- you missed your lovely telecast ? It doesn't matter, because you can watch it on VOD. Very important part of that service is this we watch everything absolutely legal, and you won't be afraid of police entry to your home ! Some time ago I really wanted to watch "39 and half", but there was one, huge problem... TVN doesn't produce it anymore ! So what have i done ? Of course I used VOD and I was veeeryy satisfied. You should know that you can do the same as me with almost every TV series. At the beggining of my scribbles I wrote that VOD is good thing, but not quite. I still agree with this, because in my opinion when you watch tv series on VOD, it loses "something". Watching with awareness that it's replay doesn't give us as satisfaction as watching first run.

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Anonymous said…
VOD is the system which allow users to select and watch or listen to video or audio content when they choose to, rather than having to watch at a specific broadcast time. Furthermore, this is all legally in 100%.

In my opinion this is the future of home entertainment. Why? For example, one of the advantages using VOD is fact that you can watch any film at the indefinite time. You aren't addicted to TV channels and to programmes, which they offer. For me, the best choice is player.pl. This is the place, where I can find TVN's programmes such as 'you can dance', 'project runway' or 'Kuba Wojewódzki'. I often watch these programmes, but when I haven't got time to see or miss out on new episode I enter to this website.

Also a good choice is vod.pl. There are films and series from all species. Everyone finds something for yourself here. More and more people use VOD, because they are bored usual television or just don't have possibility go to the cinema. Easier is buy a film without go out.

Personally I'm the follower of VOD. It's the way to save money and time.

Natalia

Anonymous said…
The television, the most seminal medium of the twentieth century, now is on the treshold of extreme changes. People have noticed that its programmes are foolish, hackneyed and full od long-lasting commercials for a while and their criticism is constantly increasing. Therefore they have started to look for something new, more personalised, available everytime in every place. And they have found.
Online video platforms became really popular these day and I'm sure you have already heard about American Netflix or even Polish counterparts such as player.pl or vod.pl. They are user-friendly, have a lot to offer in a very reasonable price... What more could we want? Of course, you can't buy this amazing feeling of watching a movie on a giant screen, surrounded by people who actually came to enjoy the same things as you do, but let's be realistic. It's impossible to have everything.
I think that VOD is going to be the future of home entertainment. It doesn't mean cinemas or the television won't exist anymore, but our laziness, liability to simplify our lifes and attractiveness of platforms like kinoplex.gazeta.pl and ncplus.pl, which contain an impressive repertory of various movies and series made all around the world, may provide a significant expansion of the VOD's idea, which means big adjustments, also these economic ones.
Julia Czerbniak
Anonymous said…
In my opinion VOD is undeniable the future of entertainment. Progress of technology in our times is still increasing. Is a huge comfort to not going out to the cinema to watch a film. People become very lazy, because they only need to lay comfortable in their bed and turn on a film to move into a different world. Nobody impose you when and what to watch.
'Video on demand' is the best way to save time and money and arrange your daily schedule properly. The best online video platforms for me is player, because it have in offer a lot of great and interesting films and what's the most important the offer contains programs like 'You can dance', 'Ugotowani', 'Kuba Wojewódzki' and 'Masterchef', which i don't have time to watch in the school week.
In my view best way to watch programmes, series and films is VOD. If we talk about legal ways. ^^
Sometimes i wonder whats new will be invented for the twenty years. Fear to think.
Asia
Anonymous said…
VOD is great idea for people who have no time for watching programs in TV or their favorite program is at the wrong time. It is very comfortable solution, you can watch anything you want and then when you want to do this. But this can't replace classical TV. It's very nice when you can sit front of the TV with your family and watch some Mega-hits in Friday evenings with bowl of popcorn. I use TVN player sometimes because I like programs which are playing on TVN but i often have no time to watching it in TV.I can download player on my smartphone or tablet so i can watch anything and everywhere if i have internet of course. I don't know any others this type of platforms. Choice depends on this who want what and like watching. A big plus for VOD is for possibility watching something before first run in TV. It's good to have access to this platforms.
Kesja S.
Anonymous said…
In my opinion VOD is the future of home entertaiment I think that because “video on demand” is a way better than regular TV which have a lot of commercials and replays of course VOD have commercials too but much less and you can turn them of paying for VOD which is very cheap.
In VOD you choose when and what you watch opposed to TV where if you wont watch your favourite program or movie you must be on time in front of screen. To my mind vod.pl and ncplus.pl are the best platforms. I think that becouse on those two platforms you have the largest assortment of movies and series but this is my personal opinion if you enjoy to watch shows like “You can dance” or “Rolnik szuka żony” you can chose other platforms like vod.tvp.pl or player.pl.
Most important thing which allows me to think about VOD as a future of home entertaiment is still increasing access to internet which is required to use this. To sum up I think VOD is the fastest and cheapest form of watching movies,series or programs which soon should substitute TV.
Igor M.
Unknown said…
Is VOD the future of home entertainment?In my opinion VOD (video on demand) could be the future of the television!Look at it with my eyes ... Nobody wants to watch all of the seasons Game of Thrones by one sigle click on your mouse ... But by the VOD we have easy access to all series of all series ?
The television is te biggest medium of the XX ceuntry but all must evolvue or die ... The biggest threat for the television is VOD !Smart TV or Smart TV
So what is the future of modern TV ? Do you soon will massively throw receivers through the windows , and turn down the yard useless , unwanted monitors ? Professor Vladimir Gogołek , lecturer at the University of Warsaw dealing with information technology media believes that the future of television will not be so dark . - I am deeply convinced that television will not die , neither immediately nor even for a long time. Is rather the opposite situation , where increasing the number of viewers . Increased number of recipients is particularly noticeable in Western countries - he says.

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Anonymous said…
I'm quite a conservative person, even in matters like technology or television and I think that VOD is not the future of home entertainment. Of course I can see that it makes a lot of opportunities. You can watch many films and series wherever you want on each device. With VOD you're sure you won't miss any episode of your favourite series (but isn't it better to look forward to a new episode?). But there are also a lot of disadvantages. Firstly, many people (not only elderly people!) still can't use VOD platforms. It's just too difficult for them. The second big problem is that VOD platforms offer only films and series (and maybe some other programmes like news). But there are no sport or game shows! People won't stop watching them...
For me, "normal" television is better than VOD. I prefer sitting on a sofa, holding a remote in my hand and surfing tha channels to sitting on an uncomfortable chair opposite the computer screen and worring about data transfer... And I think there are more "traditinalists" like me. That's why - in my view -VOD isn't the future of home entertainment.
But if I had to choose, the best VOD platform for me would probably be "kinoplex". Why? Because it offers many films, even the older ones. I don't mind it offers less series than eg. "player" because I simply don't watch them.
Marta
Anonymous said…
In my opinion VOD could not replace true television because for me internet has much more to offer itself and I don't need to watch movies or tv series while I can find some more interesting materials. I'm not saying that the whole idea of an internet television is bad because for example some other people may need it but i don't. Anyway it's a good way to find some movies if you enjoy watching them and on this kind of players you can easily see the materials you're looking for without as many commercials as you get in tv.I'm not using any of those players and I don't watch a lot of television recently but for someone who like this kind of entertainment the only way to step in future is to combine both of those things together and make a tv where you decide what to watch and when. Maybe something like this exist but i don't care. :)
Jajakub Ciesielski

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