I agree, the iPlayer is just perfect, a true BBC triumph. I've got myself a new Eee PC, the one with 12Gb of Flash storage, and XP. I can download hours of TV on the iPlayer download service and then I can watch it, without the need for power for over 5 hours. Long train journey without power sockets or internet access? No problem.
Just everything about the service is great, from the great URLs to the picture quality - just great! If there were a "long tail" of programmes, even if they are just "landmark" ones this would make it better, but a full "archive" would be my aim (a "library" rather than a "newsagent"). The interface is great! I have a few ideas for updates though: - access to the "pop out" radio player from the hope page radio icons, one click to listen live! - sort searches by date broadcast - use of the bbc.co.uk account so that play history moves over machines and logins (I have lots of PCs) - UK regions on BBC One live player - "Newswatch" on the iPlayer... - More variety of channel idents - BBC HD channel content on in 720 and 1080 line formats - Faster encoding times, including pre-encoding so shows can be watched from the moment they end, or even start (as with the old iMP) - Automatic reminders about new epsiodes of shows you have already watched - Download option for radio shows - "Podcast" button for radio shows with podcasts and.. - A "Science" category that omits farming programmes! and of course - death to DRM! 2008/12/9 Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hulu notwithstanding, I think iPlayer's easily the best experience for > > professionally-produced content, and the ease and speed of use makes me > > choose it over the illegal method mentioned above every time. > > +1. Using the 4 "watch online" is just a horrible experience whereas > connecting my laptop to my (standard-def) telly and streaming in "high > quality" mode takes seconds and is very very close to > broadcast-quality (in my subjective and myopic eyes). I'm not in on > Saturdays so I've been enjoying watching "Merlin" in exactly this way > for the last few weeks now. And of course it remembers where you were > if you need to stop and start again later. > > I love iPlayer. For me it's possibly worth the license fee on its own, > and would definitely be that level of value if the radio shows were > available for non-time-limited download! > > Cheers, > > Phil > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
