@Hooba
Absolutely
And to me the paradigm of 'recording' belongs in the remit of PVRs. There are plenty of PVR services Both expensive (SkyQ / Tivo) and cheaper/free to use (freesat and freeview). These are however a very different beast to a streaming box like the AppleTV.
My point being there is simply no need to record something when its available on demand.
I take the point that some streaming services are lower quality - but to be fair my main viewing habits cover the sort of shows that you'd find on Netflix and Sky1 - There are many too on E4 and potentially ITV2 that are of interest but im happy to watch those in a lower quality as my TV does a decent job at upscaling so I don't notice it much.
The trouble with modern streaming services is there are just too many of them. Imagine subscribing to NowTV, Netflix, Disney+, AppleTV+, and the ITV and Channel4 ones too - that makes things quite expensive (though I note still not as expensive as the SkyQ subscription I was paying).
This is, in my opinion, AppleTV's HUGE advantage over the competition. The TV app is just amazing. It totally replaces the need for a recording queue, and I wish that Netflix and NowTV would play nice. yes its still a pain when something is on Weekly on either of those services to have to remember to go into each app and check their own 'up next' queue. Its so much nicer to have the unified experience that the TV app gives you. Ive never understood why Netflix refuse when almost everyone else uses it. BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Amazon Prime, Britbox, and Disney+ all seem quite able to use it - and of course we were promised that NowTV would also... but we know how that turned out eh.
My only criticism about the TV app is that its retrospective... so if I know something brand new is coming up next week on a PVR I would set it to record using the upcoming 7 day EPG. On the AppleTV you have to wait until after the show has first broadcast to be able to find it, and add it to up next.
I do miss the casual channel hopping that is possible with a TV guide and SkyQ / Tivo box... as the streaming apps are not really good at that - however I am interested to see how the Firestick is nudging towards this with its live tv feature. This is something that is relatively new and seemingly changing all the time - only Channel 5 seems to play nice with this at the moment but I can see it being way more useful when the others join in.
