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David H · 12-06-2012, 19:05

I didn't rent a tivo for an upgrade but because my analogue VCR became obsolete. As Virgin emailed me recently and said the red button was on its way I'm trusting it is, as having used Teletext for 30 years or so to keep up with the news I am suddenly (although quite irrelevant to my life in most cases) totally unaware of it. I don't often buy papers (they often pile up unread for ages) and rarely bother to watch the news on TV unless there already. I've relied on Teletext which unlike the papers also updates constantly and now can only hope it's a temporary loss. Otherwise a campaign for a fee reduction will be in place as it's not Freeview so contract terms or not we are morally entitled to what a jury would consider a reasonable service for the money, and text has been freely available for all since the 80s so set a national standard.

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David H cf.member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Services: Virgin XL TV, 100 meg broadband Posts: 90	Re: BBC Red Button I didn't rent a tivo for an upgrade but because my analogue VCR became obsolete. As Virgin emailed me recently and said the red button was on its way I'm trusting it is, as having used Teletext for 30 years or so to keep up with the news I am suddenly (although quite irrelevant to my life in most cases) totally unaware of it. I don't often buy papers (they often pile up unread for ages) and rarely bother to watch the news on TV unless there already. I've relied on Teletext which unlike the papers also updates constantly and now can only hope it's a temporary loss. Otherwise a campaign for a fee reduction will be in place as it's not Freeview so contract terms or not we are morally entitled to what a jury would consider a reasonable service for the money, and text has been freely available for all since the 80s so set a national standard.