[alwaysabear]

Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

Certainly as things stand with VM's VoD, BBC iPlayer, ITV NetPlayer, 4 on Demand, Demand Five and a whole host of other ways to access programming, you are limited by copyright and contractual restrictions as to what you can watch, and for how long after the original airing date you can watch it. Without a PVR/DVR you can't set up a series to record and then watch it all, on demand, at your leisure, without download delays, for no extra fee.

Whilst I can see chargeable on demand streaming options being available to access some content, archives of every show or movie you ever wanted to see are unlikely to be available on TiVo for the foreseeable future.

That's a long way off being almost no need to record content yourself.

Having said that, I'm not sure what the current legal position is on keeping off-air recordings. IIRC there was a 48 hour limit originally when VCRs were introduced although these days the various on-line players generally allow you to download content for up to 30 days and play it for a week but that doesn't usually include films and certain other programmes.[COLOR="Silver"]

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My understanding from my daughter who has a V+ box is that certain programs cannot be recorded on it due to copyright is this the case?