GarryP

Murdoch press have been talking about "what will Australian TV be like in 2020".

What Australian television will look like in 2020

Upshot? Talk of VR/AR, local, personalised ads,and

so in other words, they don't have a clue and hope to keep on with business as usual, whilst playing on the edges.

Even the Beeb has more of a clue.

BTW, found this website a week or two back : https://www.justwatch.com/

Put in your country and providers and it will tell you what's popular and what's new for you. Unfortunately won't work across multiple countries as yet and there are providers missing.

Amazulu

Watching TV via a VR headset? - how very f**king depressing

VR may be the current hot, nerd circle-jerk item but in many ways this technology is taking us backwards - human interaction is disappearing

You party on with this tech. I'm out

GarryP

Aaannnnnnnnddd Presto is dead, deceased, it is no more (well by Jan anyway). Expectations the subscribers will be moved to Foxtel.

Presto Is Dead | Gizmodo Australia

So, Netflix, Stan and Foxtel survive (Quickflix is effectively dead).

GarryP

And yesterday Quickflix also found a buyer (at $1.3m, roughly what the disks it owns are worth). Said to be shifting to 'niche content', whatever that means.

Beoz

Hand made beds

GarryP

I bet the Beeb are kicking themselves all over again. Looks like the videos (where they always had more money) crossed with Top Gear (the old proper one, obviously).

Amazulu

Looks good

Amazon Prime - USD99 a year. As good as Netflix IMO and only a matter of time before it comes to Australia

Or free on Kodi/Exodus or your favourite torrent site if you're a tight f**ker

There is some hope left for TG though - LeBlanc was the best thing to come out of the last series and with him now as the main presenter, could have a good future

Amazulu

I don't know if anyone else is getting problems with iplayer, but its fallen apart for me

On my Samsung Smarthub it's now unplayable - every programme buffers constantly
On the 2 HTPCs that I use - 1 running W7 and the other running W8.1 - it buffers every few minutes and the quality is low. I have a good ADSL2+ connection. At least on Windows-based devices you can download their content

On my Surface Pro 3 it;'s still okay and I can cast this to my Chromecast but that is only on 1 TV and you do lose a bit of quality

Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix are still fine - I have yet to have Netflix buffer - ever. The other UK apps like 4oD, ITV Hub and C5 are still pants

Get your shit together BBC and this is not an Australian internet issue - I was just reading about iplayer users in the UK with 100MB FTTP links getting constant buffering

astera

First thing that comes to mind is content featuring chicks wearing skimpy clothes or bikinis, and even then only for the first few minutes of each film/scene.

Amazulu

This Kodi box from Aldi may interest anyone who is looking for a locally available, simple HD streaming solution:
https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-b...-media-player/

You can get something similar on Banggood or Gearbest for about half this price but with this solution you get a local warranty

Ideally you need 2Gb RAM (1Gb in this box) and this only has Android kitkat (although you could probably upgrade)

May be an option for some

GarryP

Porn ?

Pay ?

Well it's an interesting concept, but I doubt it will catch on.

Beoz

Yeah, tried and failed. The Google approach of advertising is far more lucrative.

Amazulu

I've managed to install the BBC iplayer app on my Amazon Fire TV and it works flawlessly

astera

Same here, but a cheap, Netflix style approach might be worth trying.

Are you using the new 4K Amazon Fire TV? And just some DNS-based service to get around the geoblock?

Amazulu

No it's a 1st gen AFTV. I've had it for a few years - a top piece of tech

I use Overplay DNS redirect - mainly because it still works with Netflix

I'll probably wait for the 3rd gen to upgrade - I have no 4k TVs ATM