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Originally Posted by MutleyF
I have no problems with it at all
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Well I'm pleased for you.
Almost every time I have tried to watch a "boxed set" on Virgin episodes have either been missing from the start or disappear half way through watching a season.
I've also frequently had misnamed or broken episodes and episodes out of sequence.
Virgin typically only have a few seasons at a time. Netflix typically purchase the entire series from beginning to end.
Netflix tend to buy long term contracts. Virgin's are often only for a few months, requiring a mad dash to view.
And all that is on top of the fact that Virgin have no real way of bringing your attention to the majority of new stuff, so unless you are constantly scanning the index you don't find something has arrived until half way through its viewing window, making the short term contracts all the more problematic.
And Netflix just have so much more content than Virgin. Virign will never I suspect compete, which is why, I guess, they are happy to add it to their service (and full credit to them for that
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I am not trying to knock Virgin here. Adding Netflix is great news and their openess to OTT is fantastic. But, other than the "minor" problem that Netflix will not currently be available without a Tivo, if Virgin adds Netflix to their packages I really can't see why they would want the hassle of doing their own half-A***d job too!