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Old 05-06-2018, 09:59   #986
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas View Post
You know, weird as it is the amount of devices that you can put it on, makes the mystique of the whole thing, wane more and more. When you had 4 or 5 networks and it goes to 900 it is like a big candy store but within like a month 95% of them are utterly useless to you.

Same with where you watch it...the fact that you could only watch it on TV was tough case you missed it. Now being able to record, and playback you just hate advertisements more and more.

With the phone / tablet capacity to watch it, it just gets to the point of "now I can watch it anywhere - on the move"...and then the diminished value kicks in on that front, too.

*On that last one, I am not 100% sure if it is just me though - my least spec'd TV is 65 inches, 4K / 1200 motion flow / 3D (and on and on - HDR etc) so watching on a 5 or 6 inch screen is not exactly worth the same.

I.e. if I want to watch something the least amount of energy I can put into it is to move my ass onto a bed / couch and fire up the TV to watch it.

That is the problem for me ; content in this day and age just sucks these days - TV programs and films just are not what they used to be.



I don't think that Sky's output is all bad but they have got into the production end of drama and series late. The films are all produced by one of the big 5 and they excelled at sports which they themselves covered and dominated but the production of TV drama is something they lack.

I tried one series on Sky Atlantic and it sucked - urgh I pay 80 + a month for this for like one network / show and the recording facility.
I agree with you on most of this, Chloé. It is good that you can now watch your programmes on different devices because this gives you flexibility. However, like you, everything is so much better on the big screen and that's how I choose to watch virtually all the time.

As for Sky Atlantic, the quality of their programmes are certainly better than on Sky 1. Today's programming from 9am include House, Without a Trace, Blue Bloods, The West Wing, CSI, The Tale (film) and Westworld. Show me one other channel that can match that for dramas. Daytime on BBC1 is just the usual daytime trash such as Homes Under The Hammer, Bargain Hunt, Doctors (and so on) and apart from one good drama (My Girl), the evening programmes are just the regular tired old stuff such as The One Show, EastEnders and Holby City.

So I don't think Sky Atlantic is a bad channel at all - it is certainly the best for dramas.
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