One thing that concerns me is it may be a lot more difficult to skip adds. We use Mediaportal to record and watch TV, I have buttons on the remote set to skip different time periods, there is one set to 4 minutes, which is the standard advert length. It's even possible to set up software to process recordings and remove adverts automatically although I've never done that.
If using ITV Player you have to watch the adverts, which can add up to a substantial amount of time. Even with BBC iplayer it's fiddly to skip the intro.