Comment by alexfoo

Comment by alexfoo a day ago

And not always anything to do with the TV.

I have BT TV (https://www.bt.com/help/tv/learn-about-tv/bt-tv-boxes) and the UI is painfully slow at times (UI response to a button press of 10-20 seconds), searching is horribly slow.

Can't wait to ditch it for something more responsive (probably Sky Stream).

I also miss an old TV that had a "q.rev" button to allowed you to switch back and forth between two channels with a single button. Perfect for skipping advert breaks (which is almost certainly why most entertainment systems don't have it any more).

Thlom 2 hours ago

Can't you just buy an AppleTV, download the EE/BT TV app and ditch the box? My ISP also sends me these boxes that I never connect to my TV since their app on AppleTV works better than using the god awful TV box.

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GJim a day ago

> Perfect for skipping advert breaks

The mute button is the next best thing.

Advertisements become much less irritating when silenced. I'm surprised so few people appear to mute advert breaks.

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alexfoo a day ago

Yeah, that's the next best. I taught my kid to mute adverts from an early age.
It really winds up one family member who works in TV advertising, so that's a bonus.

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