I’ve dumped the DVR - anyone else only use on-demand streaming?

Fed up talking videogames? Why?

Do you still use a DVR?

SkyQ
2
6%
Sky+
5
15%
Virgin Tivo
5
15%
BT YouView
1
3%
TalkTalk
0
No votes
Freesat
0
No votes
Freeview
7
21%
YouView (free)
1
3%
HDD/USB (connected to the TV)
1
3%
No.
11
33%
 
Total votes: 33
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PostI’ve dumped the DVR - anyone else only use on-demand streaming?
by KK » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:33 am

Actually the DVR dumped me. Bitch. After about 8 years of service my Sky+ HD box finally died recently, the HDD completely dead, and I’ve been using it as the perfect opportunity to see if it’s now possible to survive without a DVR like everyone else under the age of about 20.

BBC iPlayer is excellent of course, Live programming can be picked up on delay, with the vast majority of shows going up very quickly after they air, and there’s now sporadic UHD, so no problems there. Rewinding is a bit more cumbersome than Sky but it’s adequate.

Everything on NowTV is also available on-demand, and should be upgrading to 1080p in the next few months, so no problems there either. Sky News can be rewound on YouTube, BBC News on iPlayer.

Where it falls down is with All4 and the ITV Hub. Admittedly I don’t watch a lot of ITV but the picture quality is terrible on both, the ITV Hub not available on PS4 and is locked to YouView on Sony TVs, All4 not on AppleTV, and you’ve got to endure the adverts. 2018, and nothing is in HD. Add in a juddery framerate and the experience couldn’t be further removed from Sky. Not tried 5 out yet, but I’m not holding out much hope there either.

Another downside to on-demand is you’ve got to watch a lot of stuff within 30 days. Not usually a problem but sometimes it’s nice to have things stored that you don’t then have to rush to watch (films, entire series). I had the whole 2nd season of Lethal Weapon (ITV) on my Sky box and now I’ve lost it all.

Would also be nice if Sky and others started to embrace cloud storage for recordings like in America. This is probably about the 4th time I’ve had a HDD fail on Sky+. Not bad over 17 years but every time you ultimately lose everything on there.

Anyone here survive without a DVR (which in all honesty still requires a knowledge of the TV schedules to be of any use).

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by NickSCFC » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:35 am

I get everything I want from my Amazon/Netflix/NowTV subscription these days.

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by NickSCFC » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:36 am

KK wrote: the ITV Hub not available on PS4


It's for the best, other than The Chase and the live World Cup games I can't remember the last time I watched ITV.

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by Octoroc » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:37 am

They are not mutually exclusive.

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by Knoyleo » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:49 am

What's a DVR?

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by Kezzer » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:51 am

The poll is confusing so I WILL NOT TAKE PART.

This post is exempt from the No Context Thread.

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by Jenuall » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:53 am

NickSCFC wrote:
KK wrote: the ITV Hub not available on PS4


It's for the best, other than The Chase and the live World Cup games I can't remember the last time I watched ITV.


Surely you are watching Love Island - the TV sensation that is sweeping the nation?!


I've never used a DVR, I'm not subscribed to anything like Sky or Virgin that might have given me one and never felt the need to buy my own one.

They seemed to come to prominence around the same time that streaming and catch-up TV were arriving anyway so I didn't really see the point in a DVR.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:54 am

Knoyleo wrote:What's a DVR?


Digital Video Recorder. Basically a Sky box with a hard drive inside to record programmes.

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by Jenuall » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:55 am

Knoyleo wrote:What's a DVR?


Deep Vein Rhombosis, it's where if you sit down for too long your veins turn into the shape of a rhombus.

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by jawafour » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:02 am

I watch Freeview and I have a Freeview hard disk recorder (it's about eleven years old now). I also buy disc box sets (DVD / Blu-Ray) and I like to watch them at my own pace.

When I'm back at work I may explore streaming services but I'm not keen on how programmes are often only available for limited time windows.

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by KK » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:09 am

Jenuall wrote:I've never used a DVR, I'm not subscribed to anything like Sky or Virgin that might have given me one and never felt the need to buy my own one.

They seemed to come to prominence around the same time that streaming and catch-up TV were arriving anyway so I didn't really see the point in a DVR.

In late 1999/2000 adverts started popping up for this new fangled device called "Tivo", but evidently the whole concept of watching 1 programme whist recording another onto a hard drive didn't really take off until Sky+ in 2001. I have no idea whether the original Tivo required a satellite dish, but I presume so.

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by BID0 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:21 am

I didn't realise these things were still around. I thought they died shortly after the death of VHS devices when streaming became a thing.

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by Rax » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:27 am

We still use Sky+, mostly its the wife recording the soaps but I also use it for things like Taskmaster, it comes in handy.

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by Death's Head » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:46 am

We have Sky+ (none of the fancy Q malarky) in just one room. The wife watches this and I watch mainly streaming services in my office. My TV has Netflix and Amazon covered and I was using my PS4 for All4 until I realised it is on my NowTV box (which I use for films).

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:54 am

BID0 wrote:I didn't realise these things were still around. I thought they died shortly after the death of VHS devices when streaming became a thing.


There was a pretty big gap between DVRs becoming popular and streaming taking over.

Sky+ was released in 2001, iPlayer didn’t launch until 2007. Netflix didn’t launch in the UK until 2012.

I have a Sky box and so use the DVR capabilities that are built in. I also use streaming services like Netflix and Amazon and catch up services like iPlayer.

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by Zartan » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:58 am

Same as the TV licence thread isn't it?

This World Cup was the first time I have struggled in about 7 years of dropping live TV, but it makes all the games more of an event going out to watch them

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by Dual » Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:58 am

>I've dumped DVR
>2018

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by NickSCFC » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:01 am

Zartan wrote:Same as the TV licence thread isn't it?

This World Cup was the first time I have struggled in about 7 years of dropping live TV, but it makes all the games more of an event going out to watch them


How long until Amazon start showing the World Cup?

They've already got a deal with the Premier League for exclusive games now.

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by Moggy » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:05 am

NickSCFC wrote:
Zartan wrote:Same as the TV licence thread isn't it?

This World Cup was the first time I have struggled in about 7 years of dropping live TV, but it makes all the games more of an event going out to watch them


How long until Amazon start showing the World Cup?

They've already got a deal with the Premier League for exclusive games now.


The World Cup has to be shown on free to air TV in the UK. I am not sure Amazon would be willing to pay for the rights only to have to show it to non-Prime scum.

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by NickSCFC » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:21 am

Moggy wrote:
NickSCFC wrote:
Zartan wrote:Same as the TV licence thread isn't it?

This World Cup was the first time I have struggled in about 7 years of dropping live TV, but it makes all the games more of an event going out to watch them


How long until Amazon start showing the World Cup?

They've already got a deal with the Premier League for exclusive games now.


The World Cup has to be shown on free to air TV in the UK. I am not sure Amazon would be willing to pay for the rights only to have to show it to non-Prime scum.


It's a possible alternative to the licence fee though, especially if younger viewers refuse to pay it (BBC's audience is rapidly aging).

It would result in Amazon making some exceptions to its current model though.

Ofcom's report this week shows a strong trend of young viewers abandoning the likes of the BBC and ITV in favour of Amazon and Netflix. Once baby boomers die off Amazon and Netflix will absolutely dominate UK media.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/ ... 018-uk.pdf


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