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Having just bought a new TV with built in Freeview, I too was amazed that it just works. You press the red button, wait a few seconds, it appears. I've been loving the News 24 multiscreen for one.

I don't really have major problems with interactive on VM but it is very very very slow (press red button, wait 60 seconds, it usually appears). Being honest, it is more reliable now but it does still crash occasionally.

During Wimbledon, just for a test, I tried to access the multiscreen options on Freeview and VM. Freeview was in and working as soon as pressed the button. VM thought about it, thought about it some more, crashed, was rebooted, thought about it, thought about it, came on with no sound, waited, waited, no sound still so rebooted again, thought about it, thought about it, came on with sound and worked.

The difference in getting in was about 5 minutes. That is an extreme case and I know that there were problems with interactive all over Wimbledon and all platforms.

It's all very well saying that there's no On Demand on Freeview etc but that's not the point. Why is it that interactive on Freeview is fast and reliable and VM isn't?

To the poster who mentioned Sky interactive. Hmmm. I too thought it was quick and reliable till I tried it at the brother in laws house when watching a match on Sky Sports. It's just as slow as VM and crashed once whilst I was using it meaning a box reboot. He tells me it's normally OK but slow and they don't use it because they got fed up with the speed.