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Originally posted by Tod
Whats more annoying is that the present level of software for original NTL customers does offer enhanced viewing, it's just NTL loose a bit of control - so politics over customer welfare - what a surprise!
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I'm not quite sure where this comes from.
Under Liberate 1.1, use of the tv: protocol is limited to NTL and trusted thrid parties, that's true. But this isn't all that's required for e-TV.
Liberate 1.1 can't do screen overlays nearly as well as 1.2, and most importantly of all, doesn't use data carousels like 1.2 does.
In short, while it might technically be possible to make an application using 1.1 which can change the stream being viewed, it would be nowhere near as good as the Liberate 1.2 version. For example, the 5-screen selection window for Wimbledon is a definite no-go. And that's if you realised it was there at all -- it's not possible to overlay a red-button prompt with Liberate 1.1 (or at least NTL's implementation of it).