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8 people who hate the Horizon box as much as you do

Nooooo.

Feb 3rd 2016, 10:50 AM 13,570 Views 3 Comments

A CREATION IS upsetting most households across the country and there is almost nothing we can do about it.

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The horizon box. Dear God above.

How did it come to be?

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It’s like they WANT you to struggle

If there's a single more frustrating man-made object than the UPC Horizon box I don't know of it. Looking for suggestions to dilute my rage.
— Quinn (@moodysimon) May 20, 2015

Source: Quinn/Twitter

The rage is real

GOING TO GET A HAMMER AND SMASH THAT POXY UPC HORIZON BOX SICK OF IT BEING SO USELESS
— Laur🌻 (@LaurKearns) March 17, 2014

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We just want to watch Gogglebox in peace!

I'm still trying to figure out how to flick channels faster on my UPC horizon box, it takes me like a fucking hour to go through them all :(
— Kate (@KateOLoughlinx) April 6, 2015

Source: Kate/Twitter

There are SOME upsides

Literally the only good thing about the UPC Horizon box is when it says 'get comfortable we're about to start' and I'm all 'ok I will'
— Emer McLysaght 🏳️‍⚧️ (@EmerTheScreamer) January 10, 2016

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But mostly, we miss Aertel

Hey @VirginMediaIE got the wifi sorted, thanks.
Now, tell me, why is the Horizon box remote so slow and unresponsive? Aertel was better..
— Bob Coggins (@bob_coggins) January 10, 2016

Source: Bob Coggins/Twitter

The user interface is just SO BAD

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But at least they have nice animations

Horizon tv box, seriously, what’s that UI all about? Slow, clunky, needless animations in places, tiny fonts, unintuitive. A complete mess.
— Ste Mc (@stephenmcarthy) March 14, 2014

Source: Ste Mc/Twitter

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8 people who hate the Horizon box as much as you do