I currently have a Panasonic Plasma TV and and overly expensive broadband/TV package from VIrgin which is long out of contract. Also still using the old VM TiVo STB which no longer receives iPlayer. It's time to change and I am keen to go for a top of the range 4K TV and a new TV/broadband package from whoever. Virgin fibre is available and full fibre via Openreach is available (overhead via a pole at the rear of my house).
Culturally I have been used to recording TV. Sometimes mainstream stuff but also less popular one off documentaries or offbeat series (e.g. relating to WWs I & II). Even as a relative layman it's not difficult to see that the trend is towards streaming TV services via the internet.
From what I read my concerns going forward include :-
i) not being able to record something unusual that I cannot watch at the time it is first broadcast
ii) not being able to later watch a sporting event that clashes with one I watch live
iii) not being able to scroll through adverts
I appreciate things move on but is the age of the STB / PVR completely dead(or will it be in the next few years)?
Given SMART TVs have so much capability within themselves(particularly at the top end) do I need a STB from an ISP at all these days?
What to do?
Culturally I have been used to recording TV. Sometimes mainstream stuff but also less popular one off documentaries or offbeat series (e.g. relating to WWs I & II). Even as a relative layman it's not difficult to see that the trend is towards streaming TV services via the internet.
From what I read my concerns going forward include :-
i) not being able to record something unusual that I cannot watch at the time it is first broadcast
ii) not being able to later watch a sporting event that clashes with one I watch live
iii) not being able to scroll through adverts
I appreciate things move on but is the age of the STB / PVR completely dead(or will it be in the next few years)?
Given SMART TVs have so much capability within themselves(particularly at the top end) do I need a STB from an ISP at all these days?
What to do?
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