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mrk · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:38

BobbyBlue said:
Well I just refused delivery of mine and was fortunate enough to encounter today's winner of Mr Dull and I Hate My Life pants award. Although this doesn't solve BBC iPlayer problems your Nexus 7 may find this site excellent: http://www.tvcatchup.com/channels.html.

Post how you get on with it

There is a TVCatchup official app anyway.

Cosimo · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:39

SS-89 said:
So I now have three Nexus 7's on order lol.

You can give one away as a prize.

ColEx · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:40

I got no idea what to spend my £15 store credit on.

Nexus18 · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:40

SS-89, you can send one my way!

tom_e · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:41

Nexus18 said:
SS-89, you can send one my way!

And I'll take the other, there's that problem solved!

Kelt · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:49

Baggins_451 said:
720p MKVs steam across my wireless network from a windows server stutter free, hangs a quite a while if you try skip forwards or backwards though.

1080s are a no no.

Opps forgot to say that's using ES file explorer.

I can stream video using ES but only get picture without sound. How did you get around that?

****199 said:
Which version of iplayer?

Did the same but get redirected saying my device isnt supported when loading the app.

13014_2

SS-89 · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:50

tom_e said:
And I'll take the other, there's that problem solved!

You wish!

One is my original GP order which I will refuse (Unless Kreeee comes back with that click to call method)

The other one is my tesco order @ 189 which I will either refund in store when I collect mine @ 179 or keep, depending if a family member wants one.

Baggins_451 · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:56

Kelt said:
I can stream video using ES but only get picture without sound. How did you get around that?
13014_2

Sorry but I can't say, it just works !

Drake5 · 19 Jul 2012 at 13:58

matt100 said:
Mine is perfect, no faults or anything.

Anyway, why would you want to attempt watching 1080p on it?

Where did you order from?

Biz.Kid09 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:04

Just been told mine has been delivered at home.

When i do open it what problems am i looking for to make sure it is all ok before i actually use it?

If theres a problem i will just use DSR.

Thanks guys

Snax · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:05

Baggins_451 said:
Sorry but I can't say, it just works !

Kelt said:
I can stream video using ES but only get picture without sound. How did you get around that?

13014_2

I had huge problems with this until i used BSplayer. Dice, Mobo, MX, Rock all played without sound.

Baggins_451 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:09

The home screen not rotating was annoying until I found an app called Ultimate Rotation Control.

m4rk84 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:14

Installed nova launcher on mine and the device feels noticeably faster, also I simply enabled device rotation in the device settings.

Drake5 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:15

Biz.Kid09 said:
Just been told mine has been delivered at home.

When i do open it what problems am i looking for to make sure it is all ok before i actually use it?

If theres a problem i will just use DSR.

Thanks guys

Well the common things people are reporting are:

The left side of the screen slightly raised above the casing
Dents on some parts of the device
Ghosting on the screen
Backlight leak

Robbo · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:18

Tom_D said:
Well the common things people are reporting are:

The left side of the screen slightly raised above the casing
Dents on some parts of the device
Ghosting on the screen

There's also very severe backlight bleed on some models. Damn your edit.

Cosimo · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:22

Robbo said:
There's also very severe backlight bleed on some models. Damn your edit.

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That does look nasty. The list of faults is already looking too long.

Drake5 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:22

Yeah I remembered about that and ninja-edited. That is an awful case of it though.

Apparently Google are QA'ing all new orders through the Play store. Who knows for sure though.

~Mike~ · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:24

simulatorman said:
That does look nasty. The list of faults is already looking too long.

I'd say very nasty. If that's what they are like I think I will pass for now.

Andrew_McP · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:52

Baggins_451 said:
The home screen not rotating was annoying until I found an app called Ultimate Rotation Control.

Thanks. For a few days I had no problem with that, but since I started browsing in landscape mode it's begun to bug me a bit.

I know Google are trying to 'force' certain behaviour methods, Apple style, but the reason I was prepared to be an early adopter (against my natural instincts!) is the fact the Android community will soon have all sorts of useful tweaks running.

Nexus18 · 19 Jul 2012 at 14:57

MY GOD! That is very bad! :eek:

Would certainly not put up with that now.

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