Forcing one box to get along with the other via one way communication and control interfaces like IR will always lead to kludge.

ENGADGET: Editorial: What's wrong with TV, and what it might take to change it

It does feel a bit like it, with a tacit nod along the way to those who feel they must turn to the private sector to get one, small part of the job done.

BBC: Yeah but no but to using the private sector in the NHS?