Also, Disney+ seems to be left out in the cold, so you’d still have to have a way to plug that into your TV another way. Since any smart TV will have most apps built-in anyway and failing that, Chromecast or even a semi-decent DVD / Blu-ray player (or good old laptop HDMI output) – streaming isn’t any more useful on this device as any other. Especially given the limited target market, it’s unlikely anyone will be knocking on Vodafone’s door to get their app released on the Vodafone TV (at least not before the likes of Sony or Panasonic get it first

Both Sky and Vodafone are relatively rock-solid in their stability.
I encounter the occasional issue where invisible glitches on Sky lock the interface or video, but they’re relatively infrequent. On the Vodafone side, we did have an issue where a show had crossed the boundary of live-to-catchup and wouldn’t fast forward, but simply restarting the show got us back on track – not ideal, but not the end of the world.

While the Sky box could theoretically ‘dial-home’ if it has an internet connection and divulge your viewing habits to ‘headquarters’ in a bid to sell you more designer perfumes or golf balls, they currently don’t (the call from Sky to become one of their ‘Nielsen’ families confirmed that – it would require a separate decoder).

By means of the technology, on the Vodafone: this information is inherently collected by the server – it needs to know what you’ve requested to watch, so it can display it for you.