More and more streaming services are carrying scheduled programmes.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Jesus!!!!
Let's go through this again. What I find is that everything my wife and I watch these days is also available on the streamers. Trouble is, remembering which streamer is showing which programme, and remembering what you have only partly watched, or where you are in a series can be a pain. Also, my wife finds it confusing getting ibnto the streamers without having a watchlist that can take her into it with just one click.
The only way I can ditch the channels and keep my wife engaged with this is to ensure that she can retain her watchlists.
The only barrier for me in switching off the pay channels is the absence of Discovery+.
As for NOW, I know that's not covered by Virgin, but there is so little of any interest on Sky these days that we can just dip in and out of that as required. Netflix is the main problem because as you say, we have no alternative but to use their watchlist.
But what I am planning, once Discovery+ arrives (or alternatively, Max), is to switch to Virgin Stream, which will enable us to watch the programmes we want using only two watchlists, which is the best that can be achieved on any system at present. And I will no longer pay for any channels by subscription.
Something better may come along in time, but for me this works pretty well.
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You say Jesus!!! then, basically, agree with what I was saying but blame everything on your wife. I would suggest that waiting for Virgin to add Discovery+ is surrendering your entertainment choices to Virgin. There are alternatives to Virgin's watchlist. Add whatever you are watching to Roku's Save List for example. When you click on the show, then the streamer (including Netflix), the streaming service will invariably remind you of where you left off last time.
Or maybe you just need to scribble some notes in a notepad...