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Is ITV Player a Load of Junk?
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Not quite true on Sky boxes using their superior "progressive download" system for catchup services rather than mere streaming virtually eliminates buffering interruptions and are at a quality that is virtually identical to broadcast quality even on ITV Player.The ITV Player?
It's garbage. Across all platforms and boxes too. It streams at very low bitrates that are below SD picture quality, the app itself is unstable, and it is just generally very poor.
Apart from that, I haven't got anything bad to say about it.0 -
Standard definition only of course, so "superior" download or not, hardly highest quality.davemurgatroyd wrote: »Sky boxes using their superior "progressive download" system for catchup services rather than mere streaming virtually eliminates buffering interruptions and are at a quality that is virtually identical to broadcast quality even on ITV Player.0 -
No, "Beeboids" are just happy with 720 line HD!:DCornucopia wrote: »I wonder if the different experiences depend on the platform?0 -
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Moneyineptitude wrote: »No, "Beeboids" are just happy with 720 line HD!:D
Don't get me wrong - I'm delighted to get certain content in 720p without having to pay a TV Licence.
In particular, it improves the colour-depth issues that you otherwise get with these streaming video players.
BUT... if people compare it with Sky (at its best) or Bluray, they may well be disappointed. There is still a noticeable reduced frame-rate.0 -
Strange that you would mention the BBC iPlayer, on a thread about the ITV one. As its not relevant to the ITV Player topic at all.0
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BBC iPlayer was mentioned in the OP, as a comparison to ITV player.
Lets not turn this into another for or against BBC thread.0 -
I've tried ITV Player on an android phone, a laptop, a Nexus 10 tablet and on the app that comes with Samsung smart TVs.
All of them were at best disappointing, at worst impossible to view.
We've recently received our YouView box from TalkTalk and ITV Player works perfectly - and from the same broadband feed as the others.
The fault lies with the app or program that is used to view, so why do the others, in conjunction with ITV, not get it right?0 -
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The best of the players is surely 40D...
- Biggest range of content
- Easiest navigation
- Useful "Other people watched" feature
- Well thought out timers and countdowns
- Some content has little or no advertising
- Very reliable0
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