[GrimUpNorth]

I think it will, but not on its own. My own experience tells me that unless Sky have changed many people will, if they can, go the VM way.

The commander-in-chief decided some years ago that Sky was better, so on her orders we got the dish fitted and off we went. Great service apart from when it rained, when there were too many leaves on the trees, when smoke came out of the Sky box, when the UNB needed replacing, when the replacement UNB needed replacing, when the new box thought it was a beagle and like its predecessor started smoking, when the replacement replacement UNB needed replacing. When we'd had enough and called to cancel they guy on the phone was lucky he wasn't talking to me face to face - I'm not an angry or aggressive person, but he was such a nasty peice of work I think I would have broken every bone in my fist before I got bored of punching him. I had to put the call on speaker phone so my wife could understand why i was shouting "just cancel the flipping (or similar) thing". I'm over £20 in credit with Sky - they can keep it.

Anyway, moved the TV back to VM and have worked our way up to the XL package and we've had a good reliable service with pleasant staff at a spot on price.

Tivo will only improve the experience and maybe I'm easily impressed, but if it's as good as it was all those years ago then nothing will come close.

So to sum up, some people like the OP will never be happy with what life offers them, but others will see the light and make the move to VM. These people will look back and wonder why they wasted so much time and money using an inferior system.

Cheers
Grim