Will you boycott DSTV?

Will you boycott DSTV over the planned reduction of concurrent streams?

  • Yes

    Votes: 225 31.8%

  • No

    Votes: 89 12.6%

  • I'm not a subscriber

    Votes: 374 52.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 19 2.7%
  • Total voters
    707
If you still have Dstv while you have a decent Fibre line. Then you should reconsider your life choices.

There are numerous alternatives to any dstv content
 
porchrat said:
DSTV launched their satellite service in 95 dude.

Unless they're time travellers it's an older tech than 2 decades.

Also... 2 decades is old tech. You using computers from 20 years ago still?

Welcome to the 21st century.
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It's more the business model than the tech that is old and tired.

Remember the days of having to buy an entire CD of crap for the sake of one or two tracks - DSTV is still stuck in that mindset with their schitty "bouquet" offerings.
 
neoprema said:
There are some channels, news in particular for me...
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That reminds me of one of the more stupid things they do - anyone who registers can get the eNCA news channel from their Now service, yet they don't offer it to EasyView or Access package subscribers :unsure:

Definitely a few screws loose among that management.
 
Grant said:
It's more the business model than the tech that is old and tired.

Remember the days of having to buy an entire CD of crap for the sake of one or two tracks - DSTV is still stuck in that mindset with their schitty "bouquet" offerings.
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Except that, to go your route is to have multiple services to subscribe to, so can get more expensive. Depends what you're satisfied with I recon.
 
Grant said:
It's more the business model than the tech that is old and tired.

Remember the days of having to buy an entire CD of crap for the sake of one or two tracks - DSTV is still stuck in that mindset with their schitty "bouquet" offerings.
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Agreed. This is part of what I was talking about. I expressed it pretty poorly :sleep:

Their offering contains so much garbage that I don't want and I have to watch ads.

Netflix has a lot of garbage I don't want, but my subscription is more competitive so I don't really care. I just watch what I want to. That and my whole family can watch what they want simultaneously on their devices. It's just so much easier.
 
We're not DSTV subscribers, but, my one TV is logged in on my dads account, the fact that we use it is the only reason he's still a subscriber, because they mainly do Netflix, etc now.

This decision by DSTV will have him cancel completely :ROFL:

Not that anyone is bothered, we only watch the occasional Carte Blanche episode and sport.
 
Tman543 said:
If you still have Dstv while you have a decent Fibre line. Then you should reconsider your life choices.

There are numerous alternatives to any dstv content
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Not at all.
I can assure you, its vastly quicker to flick through BBC / CNN / Sky / RT / Al Jazeera (for example) on DSTV, than it is on a Smart TV with a 100meg fibre connection - same goes for sport.

It's not just about content, but also ease of use and reliability.
Being a slave to latest tech for the sake of it, is plain dumb.
 
Brian_G said:
Except that, to go your route is to have multiple services to subscribe to, so can get more expensive. Depends what you're satisfied with I recon.
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Unbundling is the answer.
Just like music, you can go to apple store (or whatever) and buy what you want.

DSTV should allow similar - subscribers can put a bundle of their own choice together and be charged accordingly.
Sport for example - ppl can put a sport package together without stuff they don't want, but are forced to pay for.
Ppl not into sport can put an entertainment package together and not have to pay for the sport they don't want.

This would probably bring subscription costs down, but at the same time attract more subscribers
 
Grant said:
Unbundling is the answer.
Just like music, you can go to apple store (or whatever) and buy what you want.

DSTV should allow similar - subscribers can put a bundle of their own choice together and be charged accordingly.
Sport for example - ppl can put a sport package together without stuff they don't want, but are forced to pay for.
Ppl not into sport can put an entertainment package together and not have to pay for the sport they don't want.

This would probably bring subscription costs down, but at the same time attract more subscribers
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It is looking like they're trying to move to that, but they're too stuck in their definites. I'm seriously wondering if they're going to survive, at least as a worthy service to the likes of us.
 
Brian_G said:
It is looking like they're trying to move to that, but they're too stuck in their definites. I'm seriously wondering if they're going to survive, at least as a worthy service to the likes of us.
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Once the various sports unions realise they could just start their own collective streaming service and make more than Multichoice could ever offer them in licensing fees, the whole thing is dead.
 
porchrat said:
Once the various sports unions realise they could just start their own collective streaming service and make more than Multichoice could ever offer them in licensing fees, the whole thing is dead.
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Maybe, but I think many of them are tied into long term contracts :- (
 
porchrat said:
Once the various sports unions realise they could just start their own collective streaming service and make more than Multichoice could ever offer them in licensing fees, the whole thing is dead.
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Good luck with that.
 
We mooch of my folks, in return they mooch of our Netflix. We only stream international Rugby, UFC and when the SIL littlun is about he watches whatever dreadful stuff is available. What i struggle with is the nonstop ads. You pay them to advertise at you.
 
Brian_G said:
That reminds me of one of the more stupid things they do - anyone who registers can get the eNCA news channel from their Now service, yet they don't offer it to EasyView or Access package subscribers :unsure:

Definitely a few screws loose among that management.
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Their management is very disconnected from what consumers want. Which is odd since they can easily research other networks in other parts of the world to see what works and what doesnt. And i can assure you, dropping the number of simultaneous streaming devices at the same price as before is not the way to do it.
 
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