01-09-2022, 02:18 PM
Having now used internet mode for a little while, I have to say it's very impressive. Picture quality seems leagues ahead of standard Freeview and the availability of more HD channels at the START of the EPG is excellent, albeit well overdue.
There is about a 10-15 second delay on what Freeview can achieve, but far better than the iPlayer. The ITV Hub sign-in is slightly annoying but I can see this being a possible route taken by the BBC in future to ensure that people are paying the licence fee.
My only minor bug-bear is the channel selection, all of the essentials are there except, for me at least, Dave and GBN, everything else is there. Also, with the removal of the +1 channels, which I rarely use and has cleared up the EPG nicely, ITV and BT really need to get the 'hold OK to restart' feature of BBC channels to work here as well. Hopefully the introduction of ITVX allows live restart in some form or another.
There is about a 10-15 second delay on what Freeview can achieve, but far better than the iPlayer. The ITV Hub sign-in is slightly annoying but I can see this being a possible route taken by the BBC in future to ensure that people are paying the licence fee.
My only minor bug-bear is the channel selection, all of the essentials are there except, for me at least, Dave and GBN, everything else is there. Also, with the removal of the +1 channels, which I rarely use and has cleared up the EPG nicely, ITV and BT really need to get the 'hold OK to restart' feature of BBC channels to work here as well. Hopefully the introduction of ITVX allows live restart in some form or another.
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