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Northwest4u
03-02-2011, 04:41 AM
The BBC iPlayer App is now in the Apps & Games section.
Had a quick play this morning seems quite similar to the online version of iPlayer.. hopefully many more apps to come.
deshepherd
03-02-2011, 04:53 AM
The BBC iPlayer App is now in the Apps & Games section.
Had a quick play this morning seems quite similar to the online version of iPlayer.. hopefully many more apps to come.
Does this then play via IP connection rather than using a tuner?
N.b. "hopefully many more apps to come" ... and hopefully there'll be a way to organise them so that the ones you actually want are at the top of the list and you don't have to wade through a couple of pages a dross to find the one you want!
mikerr
03-02-2011, 04:57 AM
Does this then play via IP connection rather than using a tuner?
Yep - that's a bonus I hadn't thought of ! :up::up:
iPlayer content in catchup needs a tuner, as does on-demand TV
The iplayer and youtube apps don't need a tuner as they are over the modem.
Digital Fanatic
03-02-2011, 05:52 AM
Radio as well... looking good :)
jonphil
03-02-2011, 06:02 AM
Can't wait to get home and try it now :)
Digital Fanatic
03-02-2011, 06:18 AM
Can't wait to get home and try it now :)
It's like the web version.. very well done :)
jonphil
03-02-2011, 06:59 AM
It's like the web version.. very well done :)
Hope it's better than the PS3 version :) and we can pick higher quality streams.
nocomp
03-02-2011, 07:32 AM
Hi
The red button is back as well !
Been turned on within the last few minutes
Hooray
Tavis75
03-02-2011, 07:56 AM
N.b. "hopefully many more apps to come" ... and hopefully there'll be a way to organise them so that the ones you actually want are at the top of the list and you don't have to wade through a couple of pages a dross to find the one you want!
I assume that's the reason for the redundant second "Apps and Games" menu option, once there are more apps available I'm expecting it to be divided up into sub-categories. There's just not much point at the moment with so few apps.
Digital Fanatic
03-02-2011, 08:11 AM
Hi
The red button is back as well !
Been turned on within the last few minutes
Hooray
is it? Not on mine :(
nocomp
03-02-2011, 08:21 AM
It's on and working here just watched how tv ruined your life via iplayer!!
Mimizuku no Lew
03-02-2011, 08:40 AM
Hope it's better than the PS3 version :) and we can pick higher quality streams.
Sony's implementation seems to be quite inconsistent. The iPlayer on my Bravia TV doesn't list BBC HD but the version on my Sony Blu-ray player does.
Digital Fanatic
03-02-2011, 10:00 AM
It's on and working here just watched how tv ruined your life via iplayer!!
You are getting the red button "press red" on BBC channels?
Hambone88
03-02-2011, 10:58 AM
The BBC iPlayer App is now in the Apps & Games section.
Had a quick play this morning seems quite similar to the online version of iPlayer.. hopefully many more apps to come.
Could you check and see if the subtitles work
on the iplayer please as they don't on V+
but they do via the computer.
No HD? I really can't watch SD on my new TiVo - the picture is just so bad. :(
Digital Fanatic
03-02-2011, 01:57 PM
No HD? I really can't watch SD on my new TiVo - the picture is just so bad. :(
It's BETA, so HD will come later. You can access HD content in th VM VoD menus.
SD looks fine on my SONY bravia.
jonphil
03-02-2011, 02:01 PM
Could you check and see if the subtitles work
on the iplayer please as they don't on V+
but they do via the computer.
Just tested it and subtitles work.
Seemed to cause the video to pause a while before it came one, guess it was downloading all the subtitle track.
Mimizuku no Lew
03-02-2011, 02:13 PM
It's BETA, so HD will come later. You can access HD content in th VM VoD menus.
SD looks fine on my SONY bravia.
Bear in mind also that, if the iPlayer app on my Sony Blu-ray player is anything to go by, HD content will be 720p instead of 1080i.
It's BETA, so HD will come later. You can access HD content in th VM VoD menus.
SD looks fine on my SONY bravia.
Utter tosh.
It's not beta and you're doing a huge dis-service to your employer by stating so. It may still be being developed but there's a huge difference between ongoing development and beta testing.
HD is available now - what appears to be causing concern is a different scaling in use compared to the V+ box. What is not know at the moment - at least on this forum - is whether the scaling is done in software or hardware and whether or not a software update will be able to have any effect on it.
Bear in mind also that, if the iPlayer app on my Sony Blu-ray player is anything to go by, HD content will be 720p instead of 1080i.
You can tell the res by right clicking in the web version on a PC - 1280 x 720 is currently the standard used for HD output.
ptruman
03-02-2011, 03:37 PM
Not sure if I "caught" the upgrade, but at 08:30 this morning my TiVo threw a paddy and every channel was "unauthorised". My wife then complained whilst I was out, as it booted her out of a program.
Just changed to BBC 4 and got the red button, and yes, launched iPlayer ok (didn't see it it in apps though)
Glad it's there, although I have to say I *immediately* hit the blue button to remove the "Press Red" logo, and it didn't go! (Yes, you'll never make everyone happy) :)
dmeldrum
03-02-2011, 03:49 PM
It's not beta and you're doing a huge dis-service to your employer by stating so. It may still be being developed but there's a huge difference between ongoing development and beta testing.
This thread is discussing the new iplayer app which very much IS beta. There is a splash screen that says so plus the word beta in the banner.
cwaring
03-02-2011, 04:20 PM
App here but no red button.
warrenrb
03-02-2011, 04:21 PM
I tried it this afternoon. It's a similar interface to the iPlayer on my Sony Bravia, although the TiVo version is graphically sharper and better quality. It's also a bit more responsive, and has radio, which the Bravia version doesn't.
I looked at an episode of Masterchef, which was available for 64 days, so looks like series catch-up is available, which is great. Also, I thought the episode looked at least close to, if not, HD quality - it looked very sharp to me.
All in all, I think it's an impressive addition, and I doubt I'll use OD catch-up for BBC content in future.
cwaring
03-02-2011, 04:26 PM
I tried it this afternoon. It's a similar interface to the iPlayer on my Sony Bravia...
Well it would be :p
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/bigscreen/
:D
warrenrb
03-03-2011, 04:12 AM
Stop being a **** Carl. Seriously. Nobody cares you've got over 8,000 posts - it's not a competition. Take a break. Go outside or something. You don't need to respond to every post.
To respond for once to your pedantry - I'm well aware of /bigscreen. You quote me out of context - my full point was that it was SIMILAR, but BETTER on the TiVo. The Bravia app on my TV is NOT a browser-based 'bigscreen' - it's a bespoke app running on the TV, and as I said, it doesn't have Radio, for a start. Make sure you have all the facts before you run your mouth off.
If you got nothing useful to contribute, why not just STFU.
No amount of smileys negate the fact that you're being a smart-ass, as usual.
Digital Fanatic
03-03-2011, 04:57 AM
Utter tosh.
It's not beta and you're doing a huge dis-service to your employer by stating so. It may still be being developed but there's a huge difference between ongoing development and beta testing.
HD is available now - what appears to be causing concern is a different scaling in use compared to the V+ box. What is not know at the moment - at least on this forum - is whether the scaling is done in software or hardware and whether or not a software update will be able to have any effect on it.
hmmmm.. I think I should know, but if you don't think that, then that's fine :)
It's only just come out of alpha testing in the last week ;)
Digital Fanatic
03-03-2011, 04:58 AM
App here but no red button.
My red button gateway only came on this morning, but I could access BBC iPlayer in apps yesterday :)
cwaring
03-03-2011, 06:36 AM
Stop being a **** Carl. Seriously. Nobody cares you've got over 8,000 posts - it's not a competition. Take a break. Go outside or something. You don't need to respond to every post.
Did you not notice the smileys. That indicates that I was not being serious.
The point was that the new iPlayer app and your Sony Bravia now use the same interface hence the similarity. Chill out, man!
The Bravia app on my TV is NOT a browser-based 'bigscreen' - it's a bespoke app running on the TV...
Well it looked exactly the same when I saw it in the Sony shop.
Going OT slightly, I am considering buying a Sony Bravia so would welcome your comments as to the PQ of the new Tivo through it.
Hambone88
03-03-2011, 08:36 AM
Just tested it and subtitles work.
Seemed to cause the video to pause a while before it came one, guess it was downloading all the subtitle track.
Thanks for that.:up:
My 16 year old daughter is deaf and we watch
very little that doesn't have subs.
Mimizuku no Lew
03-03-2011, 08:46 AM
The Bravia app on my TV is NOT a browser-based 'bigscreen' - it's a bespoke app running on the TV...
Well it looked exactly the same when I saw it in the Sony shop.
I haven't seen the TiVo iPlayer app yet (only have a V+) but for anyone who wants to compare I've taken some pics of the iPlayer apps on my Sony Bravia TV and Sony Blu-ray player.
Bravia TV:
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Bravia/0001.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Bravia/0002.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Bravia/0003.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Bravia/0004.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Bravia/0005.jpg
Mimizuku no Lew
03-03-2011, 08:47 AM
Blu-ray player:
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0001.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0002.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0003.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0004.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0005.jpg
http://web.mac.com/lwernham/Pictures/iPlayer/Sony%20Blu-ray/0006.jpg
The version on the Blu-ray player looks the same as the Bigscreen version, while the one on the Bravia TV is a custom app.
Anyone want to take some pics of the same screens on the TiVo app for comparison?
cwaring
03-03-2011, 09:54 AM
Yep. They're pretty-much the same :)
(Did try to upload a video to YT but the 'yt:stretch=16:9' tag someone said to use didn't work and the one thing I cannot stand to watch is video in the wrong aspect ratio. Will have another go!)
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