I prefer to record my programmes rather than stream them as streaming services have expiry dates and sometimes don't have subtitles. They also don't have QuickView (though as Virgin are phasing this out, this is now a moot point),
I had hoped that if linear TV channels ended up being streamed instead of the traditional way, that the technology would allow us to continue recording them.
However, i've now discovered that ITV and (from the 27th) the BBC are to limit what you have recorded onto your hard drive to what's available via VOD if you receive your TV signal over the Internet on EE or BT TV.
I'm sure that this will be rolled out to other platforms and by other broadcasters for any devices with a recording facility (though the new Sky & Virgin streaming boxes don't have recording facilities anyway).
There's the usual spin about how TV is evolving and how it will benefit the consumer. How, exactly? If you record something not available on VOD, you won't be able to watch it. If it expires, you'll no longer be able to watch it.
I suspect that you'll no longer be able to FF through adverts on the commercial channels
on your own recordings too.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...g-feature.html