Freesat to have Iplayer.

Andr3w · 24 Dec 2009 at 12:28

ahh cool

insane200 · 24 Dec 2009 at 13:56

had a play yesterday in store with a humax hd box, and it was great, just have to wait for it to work on the tv's now.

chipperhead · 24 Dec 2009 at 15:37

insane200 said:
had a play yesterday in store with a humax hd box, and it was great, just have to wait for it to work on the tv's now.

It's one of the best things I've bought for a long time

asim18 · 24 Dec 2009 at 15:55

Can someone take a couple of quick photos of the interface? I want to see what it looks like.

Cheers.

Scooby_WR1 · 25 Dec 2009 at 22:44

asim18 said:
Can someone take a couple of quick photos of the interface? I want to see what it looks like.

Cheers.

asim18 · 25 Dec 2009 at 22:56

Thanks for the pics! Looks great.

Is there HD available for Freesat HD?

insane200 · 26 Dec 2009 at 12:42

think its juts low and high quality at the mo.

JAMAL · 28 Dec 2009 at 11:56

I managed to pick a humax up fopr £70 locally, iplayer works a treat, very impressed

Syngress · 28 Dec 2009 at 15:40

insane200 said:
think its juts low and high quality at the mo.

There seems to be 2 qualities... Just tried this out on my Humax Freesat HD box, and I get an option on programs for 'higher quality' it isn't HD quality though (Also mentions you need a high speed broadband connection)....

Andr3w · 28 Dec 2009 at 23:13

I have the humax HD box and have connected to via ethernet to my BT router, yet when I go to BBC1 and press RED I can;t see the option for iPlayer?

edit: nvm i didnt type in 5483

edit2: just watching the santa clause through it via high quality. Its very watchable. Pretty much the same as normal TV

whitecrook · 28 Dec 2009 at 23:28

How does this work.

Do you need a special receiver?

I was under the impression that a sat receiver box was just that - a receiver. So how can it 'request' content?

Jonnycoupe · 28 Dec 2009 at 23:34

Lucero said:
Eh? Virtually most Panasonic (read, good ) TVs have freesat ability and have done since 2006

Surely Panasonic and others will have to firmware update as the LAN port on the back of mine is purely for Service use

The Freesat service started in May 2008 and it was only the Humax Foxsat HD box that did the HD part of the service properly. The PZ81 Panasonic TV's were released in the summer of 2008 and represented a small part of the Panny TV range.

Not really sure what you are on about there unless you are confusing free to view sat with the freesat product?

JAMAL · 31 Dec 2009 at 14:55

whitecrook said:
How does this work.

Do you need a special receiver?

I was under the impression that a sat receiver box was just that - a receiver. So how can it 'request' content?

Over broadband.

insane200 · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:05

whitecrook said:
How does this work.

Do you need a special receiver?

I was under the impression that a sat receiver box was just that - a receiver. So how can it 'request' content?

Only the free sat HD boxes can recieve this as the ethernet port on the back is set up for a broadband conection, hopefully the Free sat HD tv's will get an update to run it aswell as the picture quality is quite good and it pretty convinient to have.

whitecrook · 6 Jan 2010 at 14:08

insane200 said:
Only the free sat HD boxes can recieve this as the ethernet port on the back is set up for a broadband conection, hopefully the Free sat HD tv's will get an update to run it aswell as the picture quality is quite good and it pretty convinient to have.

Yes, I have read a little about it and it's some kind of ethernoet dongle that plugs in to e.g. the ethernet port in the humax freesat+ boxes.

PQ should be the same as watchign Iplayer on a computer, given it's the same feed/data? OR is there some kind of client detecting mechanism that gives better picture to a freesat dongle - I wouldn't have thought so.

Would it be possible to link the ethernet port to a home network and run a 'software based' Iplayer 'server' to provide the same functionality ?

JAMAL · 6 Jan 2010 at 18:03

whitecrook said:
Yes, I have read a little about it and it's some kind of ethernoet dongle that plugs in to e.g. the ethernet port in the humax freesat+ boxes.

PQ should be the same as watchign Iplayer on a computer, given it's the same feed/data? OR is there some kind of client detecting mechanism that gives better picture to a freesat dongle - I wouldn't have thought so.

Would it be possible to link the ethernet port to a home network and run a 'software based' Iplayer 'server' to provide the same functionality ?

The humax box has a direct rj45 port so no dongle required.

There is a normal quality and a high quality option in iplayer, high quality is perfectly acceptable on my 37" lcd

muon · 6 Jan 2010 at 18:11

Freesat boxes have an ethernet port on the back. It's a feature they must all have to call themselves Freesat boxes. Obviously done with iplayer in mind.

By Freesat I mean the platform made by the BBC and others.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=785577

For example, all the way back in April 2008 people were dsicussing this.

whitecrook · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:05

JAMAL said:
The humax box has a direct rj45 port so no dongle required.

There is a normal quality and a high quality option in iplayer, high quality is perfectly acceptable on my 37" lcd

o_O .... so the ethernet port plug directly in to my network switch, and what do I need a firmware update and then it connects to iplayer via an option in the menus?

You get the option of high or low when browsing the iplayer web page. I read it's 1Mb for low and 2Mb for high recommended connection speed to get a good 'experience' This is the same for the regular iplayer website.

Darryn · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:07

whitecrook said:
o_O .... so the ethernet port plug directly in to my network switch, and what do I need a firmware update and then it connects to iplayer via an option in the menus?

Easier than that, just connect it to your router, turn to a BBC channel, press the red button and then go to page 5483 and it will load the iPlayer screen. Once its out of open-beta it will be added as an easier to navigate to redbutton service.

whitecrook · 6 Jan 2010 at 22:22

I've totally just remembered I get Iplayer with the virgin on demand service. Which is pretty decent. How does that compare quality wise? I suspect it's slightly better quality?, but maybe that's cos i'm running it on a CRT TV in the other room. (i.e. masks the low-ish bit rate)