to rent video-on-demand programmes, press the “video on demand” button on the remote.
select the programme.
select “rent”.
select “rent now”.
you’ll see “thank you. your order has been confirmed”.
the rental ends in 24 hours. you can pause the programme and watch it as many times as you like within the 24 hours.
other programmes on video-on-demand: mei ah movies (includes “death note 1 & 2”).
sports in high-def.
hong kong dramas. i bought a 1–month pass to watch hong kong dramas for a month. good for brushing up my cantonese.
mobtv select, for mediacorp shows. i bought a 1–month pass just to remind myself what “army series” and “under one roof” used to be like.
pre fta: i think it means pre-“free to air”. you can watch channel 8 dramas before they are shown on tv.
jetix for anime.
my favourite video-on-demand programmes: “wild hogs” and “paprika”.
“wild hogs” because it’s a comedy and it looks great in high-def.
“paprika” because the visuals and story are amazing, even though it’s dvd quality.
the future of tv is now on mio tv! all tv programmes should be available on demand like this.
to record tv programmes, press the “guide” button on the remote to see the programme guide
choose the programme and click “ok”
select “record episode” or “record series”.
you can also search for a programme to record by title. press “recorded tv” on the remote. select “add recording”
select “search” to search by title and select the programme to record.
under “recorded tv” you also see the scheduled recordings and recordings by series.
to watch your recorded programmes, press the “recorded tv” button on the remote and select the programme.
channel 5 hd is showing 2 high-def programmes now: life story and csi. hope they have more soon.
equator hd is my favourite channel. it has gorgeous high-def travel shows, interesting art documentaries (artland, collective intelligence) and historical documentaries (chasing history home). when i’m really bored, i watch the fashion shows. everything is truly high-def.
sling hd is interesting because of the video game reviews, gameplay videos and gaming competitions. they show the entire cutscenes from xbox360 games. they show local basketball games in high-def.
voom hd got extreme sports like biking and a mix of programmes from equator hd and sling hd channels. they also got live concerts that sound terrific in dolby digital 5.1.
how to buy mio tv channels: press the “menu” button on your remote. select “buy channels”.
select “single channel”
choose the channel
12 months or 1 month?
buy it
and see the confirmation
watching mio tv is a real joy. press 8 on your tv remote and you will get channel 5 in high-def. a few programmes are in high-def, the others are upsampled to high-def. here’s an upsampled programme:
handy tip: if you’re ever lost in some other channel or video-on-demand, just press 8 to get back to channel 5 hd.
press the “info” button to get programme info:
the coolest feature of mio tv: while watching a programme, press the right-button button on your remote
a small thumbnail pops up in the bottom and tells you how much is left of the programme. there’s a progress bar below the thumbnail.
press the right-arrow button and it shows you the next programme on the channel:
press the up/down-arrows to see what’s showing on other channels:
press “ok” to switch to that channel. you can press the “guide” button to see the channel guide:
took me a while to find this under “channel guide” menu. maybe they should put it under “general” menu instead.
now using blogjet and flickr uploadr to write this blog. so much more convenient!
