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I'm majorly impressed with MultiChoice's new DStv on Demand service
that had its official commercial roll-out and launch on Wednesday. DStv on Demand is really actually breathtaking in functionality range, scope, speed, and user intuitive functionality - I tested it and there's nothing that I don't love about it.
Something I've noticed is also a few new icons to give viewers additional on-screen information when you access the on-screen electronic program guide (EPG). When available, some new icons appear in the i-plate. They might not be new, but I haven't seen them before.
WS stands for ''widescreen''. When it appears on DStv's EPG i-plate in the white strapline, it indicates that the programme is widescreen, which means that it's being shown on TV in the ''letterbox'' format which has a ratio of 16:9 and means that you actually get to see more.
This icon that is now also inserted, is an indication of sound quality. This icon indicated that dolby digital audio is available on a programme.
What does this green circular arrow icon mean? Oh. My. Word. I must have missed it, but it's a feature DStv has promised ever since the HD PVR was launched but wasn't available. SERIES RECORDING. Yep. You can now - when you see this green icon, click and ensure that a whole season or series of the particular show is automatically recorded by your DStv PVR. Brilliant. Anytime that you see this green circle icon next to a show it means that this programme has ''series linking'' available and that you can set Series Recording on it. To set Series Recording, press REC and then select the option Record all episodes in this series. This pop up bar is what you'll see when you set a recording on a programme with this green arrow icon.
I have been testing DStv on Demand on my own HD PVR in my home the second that MultiChoice made the announcement and it works superfast and perfectly. Although it does say BETA, it works wonderfully and I couldn't find anything that I wasn't very impressed with - including the fact that it shows high definition (HD) shows as far as possible in the list of available library programming. I'm incredibly impressed by DStv's new PVR functionality extention. And as I've said, its free for all DStv Premium sbuscribers.
