We're shutting down Couchville

[samundsen]

I also had switched to use Couchville exclusively as my guide. It was the quickest, cleanest and easiest to use of the guides out there. I had been hoping for some more development, not a shutdown.....

[joey2264]

I absolutely could understand somebody not finding what Couchville provides useful for them, but to come on the 4th page of this thread and ask what Couchville "does", you clearly didn't read any of the thread and/or trying to provoke somebody who cares about Couchville. You succeeded on the second point. It is one of my pet peeves that I don't suffer fools easily.

I think integration of BeyondTV with Snapstream.net is another fantastic idea. Hopefully a Snapstream representative will come on here and respond to people's questions soon.

[rugby]

Originally Posted by joey2264

I absolutely could understand somebody not finding what Couchville provides useful for them, but to come on the 4th page of this thread and ask what Couchville "does", you clearly didn't read any of the thread and/or trying to provoke somebody who cares about Couchville. You succeeded on the second point. It is one of my pet peeves that I don't suffer fools easily.

I think integration of BeyondTV with Snapstream.net is another fantastic idea. Hopefully a Snapstream representative will come on here and respond to people's questions soon.

Oh please, you're not my best friend. I simply asked a question about what it "does". It's a guide. Plain and simple, correct? I was asking to see if I was missing anything features-wise like say integration with BTV. Was there a cool feature I was missing, because to me it looks just like a tv-guide. Sure it's cool, sure it probably is a great guide, however I've never used it. I checked it out quickly, wondered what the big deal was, and then posted my question.

You could have simply answered the question and been on your way, but you called me an ass for asking it? Whatever, get over yourself.

[joey2264]

You could have at least skimmed the thread, and you would have gotten the basic information. Or if you were really curious what people liked about it, you could have asked. Or you could have spent five seconds to delve into the features yourself, like information about all future showings on a show in the next week (on all channels), information on airdates and episode descriptions, etc. etc. Maybe I overreacted, but when you come into a thread on the fifth page and ask what the thread is about, what do you expect?


FYI, there are far more people that don't want to deal with the hassle of a DVR, much less a PC-DVR. For the vast majority of these people, Couchville would be invaluable.

[rugby]

Originally Posted by joey2264

You could have at least skimmed the thread, and you would have gotten the basic information. Or if you were really curious what people liked about it, you could have asked. Or you could have spent five seconds to delve into the features yourself, like information about all future showings on a show in the next week (on all channels), information on airdates and episode descriptions, etc. etc. Maybe I overreacted, but when you come into a thread on the fifth page and ask what the thread is about, what do you expect?


FYI, there are far more people that don't want to deal with the hassle of a DVR, much less a PC-DVR. For the vast majority of these people, Couchville would be invaluable.

I did ask a question. I asked what couchville DID. I didn't ask what the thread was about. I can see it's a guide, and it looks pretty. It doesn't actually DO anything other than show you programming.


I'm curious as to how it would be valuable if it doesn't sync anywhere? I guess if I'm concerned about what the upcoming episode of House is about I could go browse couchville, however my tv also shows me this in the upcoming recordings or the channel guide.

I just don't get what the big deal is. Maybe it's because I don't browse guides outside of my tv or snapstream.net.
You called me a jerk for asking a question and you "might" have over-reacted? Ya think?

[queonda]

Originally Posted by rugby

Couchville looks great, but does it actually DO anything?

Just to look at your current listings. SS never gotten beyond that. There were talks of integrating or replacing SS.net or just another guide for anyone to use. IMO, I think SS was thinking this could go mainstream and non-btv people will see it and maybe they would buy BTV.

[rugby]

Originally Posted by queonda

Just to look at your current listings. SS never gotten beyond that. There were talks of integrating or replacing SS.net or just another guide for anyone to use. IMO, I think SS was thinking this could go mainstream and non-btv people will see it and maybe they would buy BTV.

They sure did it in a weird way:

SS - "Hey, check out our new guide that's web-based. Looks great, right?"

Potential buyer - "Yeah, that looks great."

SS - "We also have a great TV product called Beyond TV, it's cool too"

Potential buyer - "Does it integrate with this guide?"

SS - "Errrr...not exactly"

Potential buyer - "Does it do things like play DVD's and show pictures?"

SS - "Errr...not exactly"

Potential buyer - "Why would I buy this then?"

This is satirical btw, don't hold anything against me.

[queonda]

Rugby, Have you been listening to my conversations? lol

[rugby]

Originally Posted by queonda

Rugby, Have you been listening to my conversations? lol

I've had them myself, with other companies who are just as silly at times.

The only saving grace with me keeping Btv is that it's already set up and it just works.

[jkoon]

rugby, please watch your language on the forums. i will sanitize your previous posts.

[dhrandy]

This sucks. Seems like every time I find something I like, it shuts down. It's always the good things that shut down. I used this at work every day. It was nice while it lasted.

[rugby]

Originally Posted by jkoon

rugby, please watch your language on the forums. i will sanitize your previous posts.

Somehow it lost it's impact....oh well.

I apologize for having a potty mouth.

[joey2264]

It's pretty clear why I snapped at you. You came into this thread with a preconceived notion, that Couchville somehow needed to integrate with BeyondTV in order to be successful. The thing is, this is just not the case. It is geared towards the vast majority of TV watchers that don't use DVR's, along with DVR users that appreciate a TV Guide with a very pleasant interface and vast, accurate information about a show, its various episodes, and their showtimes.

I think if TPTB at Snapstream had made any kind of serious attempt at monetizing Couchville (Google Ads perhaps?) they would have made far more money than it cost to maintain the site.

As far as what it offers that BeyondTV users don't already have, I would point you towards the fact that clicking a show immediately brings up all future showings on all channels over app. the next two weeks. You have to go into BeyondTV's future showings view to show that, and it only shows future showings that you have downloaded guide data for (usually far less than two weeks), and it only shows you showings on a single channel. Couchville also lets you see many channels and many hours of programming on one screen, which is harder to do on BeyondTV with its bigger font. And of course there is also the past and future showings information you can get if you go into details on a show in Couchville, which goes far beyond anything available with BeyondTV.

Just because you don't find Couchville useful, doesn't mean there is anything "silly" about the endeavor for many other people, rugby.

[rugby]

Originally Posted by joey2264

It's pretty clear why I snapped at you. You came into this thread with a preconceived notion, that Couchville somehow needed to integrate with BeyondTV in order to be successful. The thing is, this is just not the case. It is geared towards the vast majority of TV watchers that don't use DVR's, along with DVR users that appreciate a TV Guide with a very pleasant interface and vast, accurate information about a show, its various episodes, and their showtimes.

I think if TPTB at Snapstream had made any kind of serious attempt at monetizing Couchville (Google Ads perhaps?) they would have made far more money than it cost to maintain the site.

As far as what it offers that BeyondTV users don't already have, I would point you towards the fact that clicking a show immediately brings up all future showings on all channels over app. the next two weeks. You have to go into BeyondTV's future showings view to show that, and it only shows future showings that you have downloaded guide data for (usually far less than two weeks), and it only shows you showings on a single channel. Couchville also lets you see many channels and many hours of programming on one screen, which is harder to do on BeyondTV with its bigger font. And of course there is also the past and future showings information you can get if you go into details on a show in Couchville, which goes far beyond anything available with BeyondTV.

Just because you don't find Couchville useful, doesn't mean there is anything "silly" about the endeavor for many other people, rugby.

I couldn't care less what you say, you called me a name for asking a question. Plain and simple.

[MarcP]

Originally Posted by joey2264

Just because you don't find Couchville useful, doesn't mean there is anything "silly"

And where did he call it silly?