We've been with Virgin for a number of years. Phone line, broadband (150Mb) and TV inc. Sky Sports and paying around £80 per month. I consider this a lot of money!
My son pays for the Sky Sports as he's the one that watches it, but he is moving out soon, so I'm considering our future relationship with Virgin. We only really watch the terrestrial channels, but do make a lot of use of the Tivo box recording programmes to watch later without the ads (Bake Off included now!). Virgin as a supplier have been OK, probably give them 8/10 overall. The Tivo box works reasonably well although the picture can freeze or pixelate occasionally. I don't think we'll need the 150Mb in future either, if indeed we ever really needed it.
So I'm thinking of dropping Virgin and getting a DTV recorder. I know some of you have Humax recorders, but has anyone moved from Tivo and can recommend something which works as smoothly? I'm thinking of the ease of pausing live TV, recording with just the push of a single button, series links etc. Online reviews of Humax and Panasonic DTV recorders aren't always favourable.
It may of course be that Virgin slash the price when I come to leave, but I need to have an alternative lined up before I have the conversation.
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