iTunes or Virgin 1?

10 May 2008 Rob Buckley Technology, US TV Post a comment

So my wife’s getting into Chuck on Virgin 1. It’s also available on iTunes. However, neither is entirely satisfactory.

Virgin 1: 4:3, not widescreen; edits for violence; ad breaks
iTunes: fuzzier picture; £1.89 an episode

So should we go with iTunes for widescreen, all the content and greater convenience or Virgin 1, with a better picture and lower price?

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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iTunes or Virgin 1?

10 May 2008 Rob Buckley Technology, US TV 2 Comments

So my wife’s getting into Chuck on Virgin 1. It’s also available on iTunes. However, neither is entirely satisfactory.

Virgin 1: 4:3, not widescreen; edits for violence; ad breaks
iTunes: fuzzier picture; £1.89 an episode

So should we go with iTunes for widescreen, all the content and greater convenience or Virgin 1, with a better picture and lower price?

Author

  • Rob Buckley

    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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