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Old 11-05-2020, 22:05   #1288
oliver1948uk
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
If you search for your Netflix and Amazon programmes in the 'search and discover' part of your menu, you can bookmark the show and it will appear in 'My Shows'. That way, accessing your streamed programmes is as easy as accessing your recordings.
What I am finding is that the picture quality from my phone by WiFi to the Chromecast plugged into the TV is, amazingly, better than from the fully wired V6. As Disney+ is not on the V6 and I rarely record premium channels it questions the need for the V6.

It is easier to get the apps going by casting from my phone (strangely turning on Chromecast by pressing the cast button automatically turns on my pre-smart TV and selects the correct input) so I use my phone for all three streaming services as well as iPlayer.

Not yet ready to ditch recorded linear programmes, however. One reason is that I must have subtitles. Once you get away from the major linear channels, subtitles are somewhat hit and miss. For example, though iPlayer has them for recorded programmes it doesn't for live programmes or if you use the 'start from the beginning' facility.
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