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Felim_Doyle · 21-01-2012, 18:46

I have to say that I have been put off using Sky Anytime in On Demand because of the unreliability with the few series that I have tried to follow on it. There have been missing episodes, episodes that came and went within a day or so and duplicated episodes.

It's even worse now that I find that there is a disparity between platforms with the BBC iPlayer content too. I felt sure I could rely on the consistency of this but have been surprised that some series on the on-line iPlayer are not available on the VM OD version.

Seemingly there are problems with the uploads from both the BBC and Sky but VM aren't taking an active interest in pursuing the selective uploading from the BBC and the failures in uploading from Sky.

I'm not entirely convinced that this is how the mechanism works. Do VM really store the programmes from the other broadcasters on their local hardware and expire them on the appointed date?

Never mind the quality, where's the content? If all of the SD content was there then HD would be a bonus so let's get the supply mechanism working first!

21-01-2012, 18:46	#889
Felim_Doyle cf.geek Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK Age: 60 Services: Digital TV XL TiVo 500MB, Broadband 100Mb SuperHub, Telephone XXL Posts: 897	Re: Sky Anytime I have to say that I have been put off using Sky Anytime in On Demand because of the unreliability with the few series that I have tried to follow on it. There have been missing episodes, episodes that came and went within a day or so and duplicated episodes. It's even worse now that I find that there is a disparity between platforms with the BBC iPlayer content too. I felt sure I could rely on the consistency of this but have been surprised that some series on the on-line iPlayer are not available on the VM OD version. Seemingly there are problems with the uploads from both the BBC and Sky but VM aren't taking an active interest in pursuing the selective uploading from the BBC and the failures in uploading from Sky. I'm not entirely convinced that this is how the mechanism works. Do VM really store the programmes from the other broadcasters on their local hardware and expire them on the appointed date? Never mind the quality, where's the content? If all of the SD content was there then HD would be a bonus so let's get the supply mechanism working first!