The problem with choosing precisely which channels you will pay for (rather than buying packages of channels) is that this is your personal choice. In some households, there is a selfish breadwinner who may choose only those specific channels that he or she wants to watch and the tastes of the rest of the family are ignored.
I think we will ultimately dispense with all these individual channels and progress to fewer providers, each showing much more content. The present arrangements are inefficient, and expensive for the consumer.
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I'm glad that some are looking forward to the launch of Fox News on Virgin Media, Den, but to me the suspense and anticipation for this channel to arrive rather shows just how desperate the VM community are getting for new channels to arrive!
I mean, Fox News?
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Well, Richard, if that's what you think about Liberty Global, good luck to you when you transfer to Sky.
I don't agree with you that the Tivo is awful, it is just slow (it wasn't always thus). The fact that only a proportion of people are having the sort of problems that you and certain other contributors describe indicates to me that this is more to do with network problems in their areas than the Tivo itself.
I am waiting for the new Tivo to arrive before making a decision about what to do. However, I am fortunate in being able to subscribe to Now TV, Netflix and Amazon and so I do have sufficient overall choice to keep me happy.
Having said this, I am disappointed to hear that the user interface on the new Tivos may be the same as on our updated old Tivos. I was hoping for better than this, so my expectations have declined. I may yet decide to move on, but I hope not to have to make that decision. Cable has so much to offer, but the possibilities just haven't been realised. I really do hope that changes so that VM becomes the TV platform of choice.