Our hard drive digi recorded records 2 programmes at once so that along with the I-Player service and equivalent for the other main channels means we don't really miss anything even if there was lots of things on at once. Plus many of the channels have a +1 hour service which makes it even more flexible.

We used to have to attach a laptop to watch I-player etc on the big TV screen but the latest digi recorder we got has internet facility so we can watch I-player etc directly on the TV ratehr than through a puter.