IT'S INTERACTIVE, HONEST! (The Box)

Name: jamespugh

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Product:	The Box
Date:	22/08/01 (67 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good range

Disadvantages: Definatly not interactive

The box is a one of many Music television channels on SKY Digital television, and you have to say it’s far from the best.

I have had experience of ‘The Box’ TV channel since I had SKY 2 years ago; it was the music area of the channels that I first turned to. To tell you the truth the box was not the fist on my list, proving my point; it’s no the best available. MTV is the widely popular and almost fashionable alternative, you can tell far more has been invested in the channel.

WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY ‘IT’S INTERACTIVE?

The Box advertises that it’s the interactive music channel (everyone thinks ‘wow’ ‘ I can listen any song I wish’). But this is far from the point. The Box is said to be interactive because they offer a ‘phone in’, ‘song selection service’. Every song that they can currently play is given a special code, displayed on the Box teletext service. You can then ring up the box hotline and select the song you wished to be played. This, mind you will cost about 60p a minute and you will probably be on there for 2 minutes after all of the adverts, just for one song selection. So even if it’s interactive, then your paying.

The interactive aspects of the channel are far from interactive. Many others writing opinions on the channel and my own experiences deduce, that the service doesn’t actually work. People who ring in to select their song will never see the video or hear the song, which is false advertising and totally discussing the way in which they make money from the phone call.

**WHAT’S THE MUSIC LIKE ON THE CHANNEL?**

The music is the main aspect of the channel and you would expect it to be good. To be fair the music isn’t bad, and will mostly suite all types of people who like different music. It caters for all tastes, isn’t brilliant for each genre, they would have time to cater for a
ll that.

The music, in my opinion isn’t interactive they just select some of the top songs currently around or are being released and play them looping 24 hours a day. People who have phoned in to select a song will feel like it’s actually works when the song is played, but infact it’s a big con..

**SUMMARY**

In summary the box television channel is a ‘Fairly Good’ music television station (Hope this opinion isn’t rated the same). It provides a wide range of music 24 hours a day, but don’t get conned into the interactive aspects of the channel. If your looking for a much higher quality channel or something to better meet you tasted try MTV, MTV BASS, MTV DANCE, KISS, SMASHHITS, KERRANG etc.

Hope this opinion helps.

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