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Verizon Fios advertises 11000 free on demand titles. 11000--wow that's a bunch! Now try to find them! I've gone thru customer service 4 times and every time I get the same-- -HUH?.

Anybody out there have a clue how to access 11000 FREE on demand titles--or is this misleading advertising, again.

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spacedebris

@69521 wrote:
Verizon Fios advertises 11000 free on demand titles. 11000--wow that's a bunch! Now try to find them! I've gone thru customer service 4 times and every time I get the same-- -HUH?.
Anybody out there have a clue how to access 11000 FREE on demand titles--or is this misleading advertising, again.

Part of it is misleading. A good portion of what they include in their so called free VOD is the "premium channels". If you get HBO for example, there are many titles available on the HBO on demand at no extra cost, hence free. But you have to be subscribed to that channel before it is available.

Also notice that they say "titles" not movies. So all the exercise videos, diy shows, instructional videos, etc are included in that. Oh they have a lot of those kids shows, soap operas, network shows, exercise videos, etc but they lead you to believe that they have a lot of free movies but dont.

They technically do have all those free titles.....if you meet certain qualifications. Which only shows in the fine print.

CCandBW

I'll say up front that I have no way of knowing whether this lists all VOD shows; however, their VOD Listing is available on the My Verizon page. The link is "All On Demand Titles" which takes you to FiOS TV Central. Click "Video On Demand" and then click "VOD Listings". You can filter the entire list to only display the free shows. The filtered list includes truly Free and Free* where the asterisk means "Free VOD with Subscription Packages". The total I came up with today was 7636 free titles. Yesterday it was 7615. Even with no filter, it is only 9304 which is well below the "17,000 VOD channels every month" that Verizon lists in the FIOS ad. Although I have no way of knowing whether this listing is exactly the same as what is delivered to the STB, I would hope this list was linked or updated from the official listing. I've seen other forum users ask about the "over 11,000 free titles" number, but no information regarding this discrepancy between this listing and the FIOS ads.

henewme

I subscribe to all of the premium channels, How do I access the free on-demand movies? Is there a certain channel to go to?

alanm47

Go to channel 900 or press the on demand button on your remote. select browse all and then select premium subscribtions. From there you can select any or all of the premium channel on demand movies, specials etc.

bobbo527

@69521 wrote:
Verizon Fios advertises 11000 free on demand titles. 11000--wow that's a bunch! Now try to find them! I've gone thru customer service 4 times and every time I get the same-- -HUH?.
Anybody out there have a clue how to access 11000 FREE on demand titles--or is this misleading advertising, again.

Hmmmmmmm, me thinks we have yet another troll. Is it me or does there seem to be a lot of "NEW" forum members with only one post. And of course that one post is complaining about some phantom issue.

And personally I have not seen any ad or promotion with Verizon claiming to have 11,000 VOD choices. Not saying it doesn't exist but I have never seen it. Sort of reminds me of that Philadelphia Cable company and their grossly overblown and flat out lies with their claim of having the most HD. LOL

alanm47

Actually, a Fios commercial now playing in the philadelphia ares does claim to have 11000 free on demand movies and shows each month.

bobbo527

@alanm47 wrote:
Actually, a Fios commercial now playing in the philadelphia ares does claim to have 11000 free on demand movies and shows each month.

Interesting, I have yet to see it though but I do believe you.

alanm47

It's the comerical where the fios tech is called back to a home where he recently installed fios. The customers claim they are receiving too many channels and try to tip the tech $5.00, which he turns down. He then states that "Fios offers over 11000 on demand movies and shows each month".

CCandBW

For those that haven't seen the advertising, the Verizon FiOS TV web page that advertises the FiOS plans says "Check out over 17,000 Video On Demand titles available to every FiOS TV customer." I have only seen the 11,000 free VOD titles statement in the TV ads.

http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/FiOSTV/Overview.htm#plans

Scroll down past the three plans, the Channels and Add-Ons sections to the Video On Demand Library section. It restates the 17,000 number again in the "Here's what you get with FiOS TV" box at the bottom of that page.

In the VOD section, there is a button to browse the library which takes you to the FiOS TV Central VOD menu. Under "VOD Listing", you can get the entire list of titles or filter by Popular Categories, Genre, Rating, and Price . It doesn't seem to be a complete listing as the unfiltered list has about half (8,835) are listed. I'll give Verizon the benefit of the doubt that the VOD Listing on their web site is not complete or maybe there are some things that are grouped together that I'm not seeing; however, we have no other way of verifying this information. There are 7218 Free (and Free* subscription only) titles when you use the Price filter.

Phoenix461

Right now I am watching Bringing Down the House (2003) on Oxygen. It is also shown on almost any channel on most weekends. On Fios On Demand, it is available for $2.99. The Birdcage (1996) is another movie that many channels run on weekends. OnD has it too - for $3.99. Why would I pay for 7-14 year old movies that I can watch repeatedly for free? I never thought I'd say this but I will be returning to Comcast very soon. Yes, they are more expensive but I now see you get what you pay for.

lasagna

Yeah ... that is one of things I missed when I switched from Comcast to Verizon FiOS -- however with the delta in cost for me, I went and got Netflix Streaming (which I run from my PS/3) and found a lot of those old titles on there with the rest available via DVD. So, I"m back on par and still ahead in terms of cost/month from what I had with Comcast.

And ... there's always Redbox ... can't beat $1/night rentals,

SteveB23

I did manage to spot a movie in the listings (after hitting on-demand button) that was free. BUT, there seems to be no way to search (or filter) JUST for free content.
So, if you're intent on watching something free, you just have to look around (and look, and look, and look some more) until you find something free worth watching.

FIOS, PLEASE, add a menu topic for FREE MOVIES or something similar. Make it EASY for your users to find that stuff.

And If you're charging anything for a movie that's already been on free (network) TV more than a couple times, you should take it out of you menu. Nobody is going to pay to watch it.

SteveB23

OK< please disregard at least part of this post. I don't know how I brain-cramped over it, but I now see the free movie menu.

But still, choices are "weak" to say the least and old movis are not free when they should be.

SteveB23

my wife just found a movie from 1976 that they're charging 2.99 for. Get real.

bobbo527

I have to laugh, I just saw an xFinity (what incredibly **bleep** name) commercial claiming they have over 20,000 VOD choices. Nice to see Comcast hasn't changed their strips either (just their name Smiley Very Happy ). Yes I am becoming disillusioned with Verizon (I am really mad about the HD channels being dropped and having those garbage .tv channels remain) but I would NEVER EVER go back to Comcast.

And I have to laugh at some of you posters, you're complaining that Verizon doesn't have enough FREE movies so you're willing to go back to Comcast, AND PAY MORE (triple play specials are nothing more than a Wolf in Sheep's clothing), so you can watch FREE VOD movies? Does that make them REALLY free??????

Sorry not trying to pick on anybody. I do agree Comcast does offer better VOD than Verizon but it is the ONLY thing they do better. Lesser HD quality picture, far fewer channel choices and higher overall costs IMO isn't worth the extra "free" VOD choices to me. Just my 6 1/2 cents.

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