Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 13-09-2015, 01:34   #1958
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
My V+ box has died, so i'm trying to watch the things that I want to see via the catch up services on the internet.

The iplayer is usually fine, ALL 4 and Demand 5 are ok, but there is a bit of buffering.

The ITV Player is impossible to use. It starts, often buffers and sometimes keeps you waiting (whilst you think it's buffering) for ages before giving a message that it has stopped working!

Re-loading it means that you have to go through all the adverts again (funnily enough, the adverts often play perfectly, then it's back to buffering when the programme resumes).

I tried using a belfast postcode, but I still couldn't access the UTV Player.

When trying to "FF" or go back, I find that it buffers as well, meaning it can take more time to FF than cutting out the bit of the prigramme that you weren't interested in!

Is my first real experience of streaming services representative of what to expect?

It's bad enough with what i'm trying to do, but i'd be much more annoyed if I was paying a subscription for the service.
Very rare i have any issues with the big 4 catch up services on my samsung tv the one that gives me a bit of trouble sometimes is demand5, the players quality and reliability can vary depending on what devive you use i think for example all4 plays up on my pc yet works perfectly on my samsung smart tv.
The paid ones i use Netflix,nowtv, hulu+ i never have any trouble at all with yet hbogo can buffer a lot.
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