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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle
So do the web and TiVo versions always offer more? The original impression that I got was that the VM Player content on the web had tighter rights restrictions over those of the TV based On Demand content. Now it sounds more like the flawed upload process for On Demand content is what makes the difference, not rights issues. This would match my experience to date with the Sky Anytime On Demand content and may also now explain occasional missing content in BBC iPlayer. |
People will know the reasons much better than me, but my experience with iPlayer on V+, whilst still very good, was that there was nowhere near the content that was available on the BBC's own iPlayer website. My experience with iPlayer on TiVo is that its much more comparable, and normally includes 4 or 5 pretty reasonable films as well as all the normal catch up stuff and other content. This app alone has really opened my eyes to some of the seriously good quality programming the BBC produces, particularly on BBC4.
In my opinion it is a real shame that iPlayer on TiVo has a bit of a PR problem because of some teething troubles but then as a still relatively new customer to Virgin, I'm beginning to learn that this is just their way. Like TiVo, like broadband through superhub, iPlayer on TiVo is an excellent product that wasn't right to begin with and now suffers from a bad press it no longer deserves, but for which it only has itself to blame.
More on topic, iPlayer on TiVo really demonstrates what the box is capable of and, if anything, further underlines how disappointing it is that more hasn't been made of this capability.