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Originally Posted by jfman
If things get really desperate there are 48 '+1' channels (again, on their website not from a scan). By that point I'm sure the V6 would be well established and between six tuners and on demand I'm not sure the majority of +1s will justify their existence. An outdated idea going back to single tuners and the terrestrials trying to corner Freeview.
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Sorry, but disagree on the +1s. I find them very useful in my household.
Not everything is on catchup and you can't record a whole programme if its already started, hence the need for the +1s and besides, not everyone has a recordable box yet.
On the 30 SD channels/space issue, on satellite, these take up about 3 slots (or channels/transport streams) so would not save much space on VM either. However, I agree that they should be axed as they're pointless now.
I would assume that if people can afford cable tv, they most probably would have a hd set too, including secondary bedroom/kids tv sets too.