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Originally Posted by andy_m
Thing is I do watch sd, quite happily. But if I have a choice then I do choose hd. But I also have a TiVo which resolves recording clashes, and you and Muppetman have things like never miss. I just think +1's are a backwards step for technologically innovative companies who are already providing many more flexible ways to catch up with missed shows, and generally in hd. The truth is that +1's are really only a way for channel operators to squeeze a bit more out of their advertising revenues, they're inflexible in that they are still scheduled and don't fit with the "what you want, when you want it" ideals of TiVo and Sky+, or even myBBC, and given the number of repeats and catch up options available to people they don't even really offer something that isn't already available.
IMO.
But I would be genuinely interested in Old Boy's opinion, because he said he welcomed the addition of FOX+.
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I understand and accept that some have no use for the +1 channels. I also accept that they are inflexible, but then again so are linear channels anyway.
Two practical issues. First of all, if you don't 'do' recordings or you have a V box, if you are watching TV and there are two programmes you would like to watch but they are both on at the same time, the +1 overcomes that problem for you.
If, like me, you record everything to watch later, there will often be recording clashes. As the peak season for good programmes arrives, it is not unusual for all my tuners to be taken up by recordings between 9 and 11pm. Sometimes, I can simply record a programme that is repeated in the wee small hours or a less clogged up time during the evening on another day, but all too frequently, no suitable slots are available. The +1 channel provides an additional opportunity to record those programmes.
If recording clashes were just occasional happenings, having no +1 channels wouldn't bother me, but clashes do happen very often in my house!
Those of you who don't see the value of them, well you don't have to use them and it doesn't affect you that they are there. So why take away this method of seeing a programme an hour later for those who find it useful?
I really don't understand why people are getting themselves so wound up about this. Too much stress shortens your life, you know. Better to go with the flow!
In the long term of course the problem will go away because I don't see a future for linear channels. We will all be choosing our programmes from Netflix, Lovefilm, etc. It is absurd that people are still prepared to sit through hours of advertisements on linear channels that interrupt their programmes at times that are determined by the programme schedulers. What a strange way to view TV nowadays, and what a waste of your life!
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Originally Posted by andy_m
What I'm saying is that there are already ways to achieve what +1's aim to achieve, but do so with more flexibility, and also with better quality, although I accept that's not necessarily the priority for most. I can't understand the clamour for them. They don't add new content, they're not in hd, and Virgin already offer a range of ways to time shift your viewing, including the provision of a set top box which resolves the recording clashes which appear to be the main reason people want them.
No?
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No, Andy. Some programmes get repeated ad nauseum, but often those I want to see are not, or they are repeated at another peak time. Time shifting only works when you have a lot of repeated programmes.
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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
I could not think of a more ridiculous present from someone. If I did not have or did not want Sky (or VM for that matter) I would be rather annoyed if someone felt I would like a present which (a) I clearly would not want and (b) a present I would have to pay for on a monthly basis.   |
But you could buy it as a Christmas pressie for your wife, install it in the bedroom, where she could watch whatever she wanted. You could watch what you liked then on your TIVO box!
You could always snuggle up to enjoy the odd Sky Atlantic show worth watching!
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I wouldn't mind Sky Livingit being rebranded- daft name |
I've never seen a single IT programme on that channel.