Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36007328)

I think it would be reasonable to take the view that if the streaming services advertised as being on there break after five years, the item was not fit for purpose.

I Don’t think consumers should have to put up with this.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36007331)

Surely it's the fault of the streamer for updating something within their delivery to a way that is incompatible with existing hardware?

It'd make more sense to impose a fine or levy on streaming services that don't maintain minimum standards to accommodate the vast, vast, majority of hardware in the market.

The Netflix app is ultimately Netflix software, be it on an iPad, a Sony TV or a Fire Stick. You wouldn't penalise a PC manufacturer because Microsoft stopped updating an old version of Windows.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36007381)

We had a youtube app problem on our 2014 Sony a year or so ago: It had stopped working, the solution was to delete the browser cookies. Youtube had changed their layout but the set didn't pick it up.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36007381)

We had a youtube app problem on our 2014 Sony a year or so ago: It had stopped working, the solution was to delete the browser cookies. Youtube had changed their layout but the set didn't pick it up.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36007433)

I am thinking of substituting my Amazon Music subscription for the YouTube Music subscription, which would give me ad-free music on the V6.

However, one question. Would I still be able to add this as an app on my mobile phone so that I could play the music in my car? Has anyone done this and what is your verdict?

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36007298)

Moreover, digital switchover couldn’t even begin until there existed a free digital terrestrial service that was widely understood to be free. OnDigital and then ITV Digital failed because they looked like just another subscription service and created the impression that it wasn’t possible to get into digital TV if your interests went no further than freely available public service broadcasters.

It wasn’t until the BBC took the lead in rebranding digital terrestrial TV as Freeview that set top box sales began to climb to levels where analogue broadcast switch-off dates could be proposed.

There is a large constituency of TV viewers in the UK who aren’t interested in paying for TV and won’t buy any hardware that’s not essential. They’re never going to buy a fire stick, a Roku, Britbox or Now TV.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36007325)

I have a connected TV. It's a 2014 model. When I got it, it supported iPlayer, Netflix and YouTube. None of these work any more. This could get quite costly (if I was bothered about streaming; luckily I'm not)

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36007382)

The good thing with Virgin/Sky is with Netflix . Amazon Prime and Youtube on their STB one does not encounter that problem.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36007318)

A law has to be enforceable to ensure compliance. Do people exceed the speed limit? Do people illegally stream television? Of course. Yet these are illegal.

So if a retailer, such as Amazon, is shipping televisions from abroad will we ban them from entering the UK unless there's a guarantee the software will be maintained for ten years?

Add into the mix I'm sure the nations that are major manufacturers of televisions wouldn't particularly like this kind of rule for one small country. It'd never get through trade negotiations.

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36007445)

Here you go OB https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...music&hl=en_GB i use youtube music on the google home it is better than Amazon imo.

Originally Posted by Raider999 (Post 36007219)

What evidence - OB has selective memory when he recalls his previous posts/predictions

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Having watched a few US sourced programs I'm not at all surprised there are a lot of people who are averse to it.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36007455)

So can I subscribe through the app on the V6 and then listen also on my car radio via my i-phone?

If so, this seems perfect for me.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36007450)

From what I remember, when OnDigital started, the only way to get a DTT box was through them, so the impression was actually correct.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36007558)

As far as I remember, an OnDigital box would show all the FTA terrestrial TV channels out of the box with no need to activate a subscription. They just completely failed to mention that in any of their advertising, which meant instead of getting into every home and then trying to persuade some users to pay a little extra for subscription channels, they were just going up against Sky from day one, and their only selling point was that you didn’t need a dish. In other words their marketing strategy was based on a parody of their competitors from early in the previous decade, and aimed at blimpish types who wouldn’t pay anything over and above their tv licence if their lives depended on it.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36007516)

Strange that for someone who thinks Virgin and Sky have no future...