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Originally Posted by Acathla
I dont know if i am being really idiotic but how do you watch anything with the app?
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You have to a) have a phone / tablet that is supported for streaming and b) choose a channel that has the streaming icon next to it in the guide.
Other bits...
- Selecting a show or movie from Browse which is on Netflix causes the app to crash for me.
- Scrolling down the Comedy Movies section caused the app to crash as I neared the bottom. It's also unclear why movies are listed A-Z, then another bunch A-Z, then another A-Z...
- The way it puts in a default icon or channel logo in listings and then updates it with the right one a short time later gives rather distracting flickering. For example on the guide, while scrolling when channels become visible the text name of the channel appears first then quickly overlays the logo then when you stop scrolling for all the channels that have just become visible in the scroll it replaces the logos with text and then puts the logos back over them again.
- I kind of expected there would be a consistency between browsing VOD between the TiVo and app. In particular there doesn't seem to be a way to see what new shows are available.
- Back button handling is inconsistent. OK / cancel type alerts can't be dismissed this way. The Watch Now and More pop-ups can only be dismissed using the back button, though their styling suggests that touching outside the pop-up would clear them like in other apps. I also once drilled down to one page (I think in the Browse section) and then an error happened and it wouldn't let me go back up after. Expecting to get back to the guide if you press back in another section and then be given the option to exit if you press again seems more natural to me too.
- While watching Netflix the Info page shows whatever the first tuner happened to be left on at the time.
- Entering a search the keyboard is extremely laggy, like the same thread is being used for that and results. Sometimes results show then go away again then show once more for no apparent reason. If they haven't changed then there's no reason to clear them from the screen first.
- Icons for movie genres are black on white, but elsewhere everything is always white on red so they look out of place.
- Having the logon screen appear every time it is started while it automatically logs on rather than having a different load screen is a bit icky.
Hopefully it will get a bit more polished later...