Given that internet TVs haven't taken off despite being around for years why is he launching a glorified freeview+ box with internet access for £300? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18712490
Apparently he got drafted in to 'sort it out' as the thing should have launched two years ago. It's not Sugar's idea like the E-mailer was. ....Google and Apple are both not far off launching competitors (the Mac one will allow photos/videos from iPhone to be downloaded. Presumably Google's will be an Android equivalent), Boosting the YouView kit, it'll have BT - and/or BBC - and TalkTalk pushing it (vs. Virgin and Sky).
Apparently it can work like iPlayer for progs up to seven days ago, but whether that applies to non-BBC channels as well, I don't know.
Wouldn't you need to have unlimited broadband for this and a decent speed so it doesn't keep buffering
This was way ahead of it's time when it was announced, however, because (probably) the BBC are involved, it's took ****ing ages and I now have a Blu-ray player that I can do the same thing on. So why the hell would I need this? The only people who are going to want this are the people who don't have a Blu-ray player or games console, and they're the sort of people who **** themselves at the word "internet" so I can't see it working.
I think they'll do quite well with it, many people will see a couple of hundred quid extra for a box that allows them to watch programmes they missed as being worth it.
This will become the standard way of watching TV in no time, in the same way the CPC464 became the standard for computers. You're all using one of those, right?? Too late. Too expensive.
These are the next generation of Freesat and Freeview boxes, my Freesat Humax box already has access to iplayer and ITVplayer, there's extra functions on the G2 boxes that will come in handy.
I appreciate that not every household has a games console, but this is really nothing new - PS3s and Xboxs have access to iplayer, itv player, 4od, demand five, along with the likes of netflix and lovefilm. It's a product that offers space-saving, and literally nothing else. Same as when they brought out TV's with built-in freeview.
They should roll out the fibre-optic broadband a bit faster round here then there's no need for stuff like this, I can imagine they will be trying to do that as there has been a massive take up for anybody lucky enough to be able to get it (I'm one of them)
There will be some areas with **** broadband, but it won't be long before fibre optic's are laid to most places, I've already got KC fibre optic broadband and I live out in the country. And though most households have a games console, they're often in kids rooms, rather than on the main TV.
My folks got one last year when they cancelled Sky. Blueray, FreesatHD+, iPlayer/ITV Player etc, no subscription, and less than £200.
I feed everything through my XBOX with the fibre-optic (Iplayer, Netflix, Lovefilm)and seeing as you can get one of those for much cheaper I can't see too many people wanting this gloryview contraption, and if your current internet gets buffering and so on then get onto Karoo, most upgrades in any case are no where near as expensive as you might think and worth it when you get good streaming and so on
