Well reasoned, well written piece. I agree with every word.
I've long regretted moving to VM, and in particular the Tivo. When it won't do what I want, eg record a show at 2am rather than its first showing at 9pm (because I'm watching football and recording 2 others, the overlap causes problems), I'm given work-arounds - for £100 plus per month I don't want work-arounds. If you try to record a show at 2am when its being shown the previous evening at 9pm, the series link changes "for you". I don't want the bloody thing to change because messages pop up in the middle of the screen whilst I'm watching a game and I'm not happy. My Sky box doesn't do it, my Freeview box doesn't do it and my mate's BT Youview box doesn't do it.
Back to your point. I have Netflix, Prime & a subscription to Lovefilm by mail. I may not get to see everything when its first broadcast but I have a pretty good range of things to watch at a cost of <£20pm. Unfortunately, I'm a massive football fan - I watch every night and all weekend (I'm divorced by the way so condolences to those with family commitments). I keep seeing Football referred to as 'Premium Sport', now VM have done an excellent job in this regard - the fanboys fall for it. It's just sport, another form of entertainment. My problem is exactly the opposite of many others in that I see myself paying for over 200+ channels that I have absolutely no interest in. As an add-on, football of the all-you-can-eat variety (Sky, BT , Premier etc) is around £50pm but I'm paying well over £100.
TV is important to me, very important. I care for my 95yo mother so I'm indoors most of the time watching TV. What I would like is BB (without landline, although you are virtually forced into it), plus football channels and I'll look after the rest via my Amzon Fire TV box and Youview.
Try signing up for VM's 50MB BB package, £28.50pm without 'phone, £22pm with. Anyway, I'm off to BT, just under £44pm including calls, BB, loads of football and a few extra channels. Add Premier League Pass and a VPN for less than a tenner pm, sorted.
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Originally Posted by passingbat
Sorry, but 'Workman and tools' spring to mind here. Are you seriously saying that you can't find programmes that you want to watch? Ever heard of Whishlists; a feature that no other UK PVR has.
And BTW; nothing stopped me cutting the cord. I did it. But my Tivo on M TV was offered at no extra cost, and makes a great PVR, for the vast majority of the Freeview channels.
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Sky have 'Never Miss', not quite the same as Wishlists but close enough. Anyway, I could never get Wishlist to work for me.