Streaming video - my experience
#871
Re: Streaming video - my experience
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.
What Australian television will look like in 2020
Upshot? Talk of VR/AR, local, personalised ads,and
We play to our strengths and that’s news, sport, big events, stripped reality shows and fun, light, clever Australian drama that the whole family can sit down to watch.
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.
#872
Re: Streaming video - my experience
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.
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.
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
#873
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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).
Presto Is Dead | Gizmodo Australia
So, Netflix, Stan and Foxtel survive (Quickflix is effectively dead).
#874
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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.
#876
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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).
Last edited by GarryP; Oct 7th 2016 at 2:25 am.
#877
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLtpcxtk4HI
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).
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).
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
#878
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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
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
#879
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#880
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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
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
#883
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I've managed to install the BBC iplayer app on my Amazon Fire TV and it works flawlessly
#884
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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?
Are you using the new 4K Amazon Fire TV? And just some DNS-based service to get around the geoblock?
#885
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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