History for theprof

but this is the thing, why should I as the consumer have to buy yet another piece of technology to make yet another app work on my exiting (not old) TV. This was one of the biggest gripes people had when Spark had the rugby world cup. With Sky they supply the kit to make it all work, its simple plug and play - which it should be across the board. Casting from my phone, or laptop means I cant be using those devices while I'm watching a game. Your app or service should be designed to work on my device, not the other way around.

and I consider myself neither old nor adverse to tech.

for example, if I want to watch the gunners play on my big TV in the lounge I have to stream in through my laptop, currently connected via a cable to the TV, I could invest in a chrome cast or similar but why should I have to? What this means is that I can be using the laptop to chat about the game I'm watching which decreases my enjoyment of the game. I have none of these issues with Sky tv cos their box does all the connectivity work for me and my own devices are free for me to us as I need.