BBC iPlayer reaches Sky+HD boxes

Nightglow · 30 Oct 2012 at 11:30

BBC iPlayer reaches Sky+HD set-top boxes today.

http://hexus.net/ce/news/audio-visu...-iplayer-reaches-skyhd-set-top-boxes-uk-wide/

Draeger · 30 Oct 2012 at 11:34

And very good it is too!!!

tom_nieto · 30 Oct 2012 at 18:40

Just need sky broadband to reach my sky+ HD box now! It's taken forever!

KIA · 31 Oct 2012 at 12:56

Is HD iPlayer available?

dbmzk1 · 31 Oct 2012 at 18:38

KIA said:
Is HD iPlayer available?

Some programs are in HD on there, if that's what you mean.

topbanana · 31 Oct 2012 at 18:47

Do you need sky broadband?

dbmzk1 · 31 Oct 2012 at 19:09

topbanana said:
Do you need sky broadband?

No, any broadband will do. Just plug an Ethernet cable into the back of your Sky box and away you go

Memphis · 31 Oct 2012 at 20:56

dbmzk1 said:
No, any broadband will do. Just plug an Ethernet cable into the back of your Sky box and away you go

So long as you have a new enough box with the new interface on it, presumably?

Kol · 31 Oct 2012 at 22:26

Very small selection of shows in HD it appears but I'm sure that'll improve.

kidloco · 31 Oct 2012 at 23:29

Really impressed with it, not on so watched top gear James Bond thing and dragons den. Quality of both was great and started playing within a few secs.

picnic · 1 Nov 2012 at 09:25

So when are us Smasung HD box owners ever going to get to see some of these fancy new features?

Clairvoyant · 1 Nov 2012 at 09:37

Just checked my box, and no BBC iplayer listed under channels. Am I missing something.

Memphis · 1 Nov 2012 at 09:45

Clairvoyant said:
Just checked my box, and no BBC iplayer listed under channels. Am I missing something.

The new interface on a new Sky box presumably.

Flibster · 1 Nov 2012 at 10:18

picnic said:
So when are us Smasung HD box owners ever going to get to see some of these fancy new features?

Only arrived last week on our Sky HD boxes. I think that's all the Amstrad's done now.

V F · 1 Nov 2012 at 12:05

Kol said:
Very small selection of shows in HD it appears but I'm sure that'll improve.

Even when it does have the HD option, I've always found it poor.

Clairvoyant said:
Just checked my box, and no BBC iplayer listed under channels. Am I missing something.

It's under OnDemand/Catch up.

StonedPenguin · 1 Nov 2012 at 12:07

About time.

Clairvoyant · 1 Nov 2012 at 21:52

V F said:
It's under OnDemand/Catch up.

I cant find that on mine. Where is it, anytime doesnt have it that I can see. Or am I blind. lol

Liquidfox · 1 Nov 2012 at 21:54

Clairvoyant said:
I cant find that on mine. Where is it, anytime doesnt have it that I can see. Or am I blind. lol

Do you have an ethernet cable plugged from your box into your router?

It's under the red button. It now says On Demand instead of Anytime.

V F · 2 Nov 2012 at 00:41

Clairvoyant's box hasn't been updated if it still says Anytime. Anytime became OnDemand a few months back? and a force update wont resolve it.

BillHicksRIP · 2 Nov 2012 at 00:52

Great thread on Sky's forum as I couldnt seem to activate it for days either.

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/On-Demand-Catch-Up-TV/How-do-I-activate-sky-on-demand/td-p/484254

1) Connect Sky box to your router via ethernet (Does not need to be Sky Broadband).

2) Activate your ethernet port through the options in the Sky Guide (see above link)

3) Check it picks up a DHCP address from your router in the Sky Guide (mine did not as I'm using HomePlugs, so I set a static address)

4) Disco

If you follow the Sky OnDemand website links as a customer who already has an account, you'll be following your tail. The thread linked fixed it for me.