Iplayer goes HD

[dbeckett]

Just noticed this, iplayer is now HD
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8008886.stm

I just tried to watch jonathan ross in HD but either my connection aint fast enough or because im on my old pc and my graphics card aint up to it(even though its a ati x1950 pro)
but just a heads up incase anyone is interested

 

[xb8browney]

Steams at 4Mb but it doesn't play smooth on my laptop that plays 720p fine :S

Tried it on my sig rig and it's smooth using 4-9Mb

 

[Abraham]

works fine for me at work, not tried at home though

 

[Whappers]

Sweet!

 

[dbeckett]

This is now HD, they used to have just high quality before, I'm on virgin 20mb however my wireless card has been messing up for the last few weeks which is probably why its lagging so bad but its probably about time i got a new one

 

[Tute]

Maybe they should try fixing the ******* thing before adding more stuff to it.

 

[platinum87]

it plays fine

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

Way to stick it to the ISP's, go BBC!

 

[Cobertizo]

Maybe they should try fixing the ******* thing before adding more stuff to it.

What's so bad about it? Between iPlayer and the alternatives from ITV, C4 and Five, in my experience iPlayer has been the best... Sadly I doubt my PC will cope with HD. Only a 2400+ Athlon after all...

 

[MikeHunt79]

Nice, I guess youtube shown that it can be done tho... Can you download things in HD also?

 

[Tombo]

Plays fine here

 

[Azza]

Nice, I guess youtube shown that it can be done tho... Can you download things in HD also?

Yep... 1.4Gb for Jonathon Ross.


Works fine for me aswell.

 

[sven256]

It plays fine here.

On be 24meg

 

[Tute]

Where do I start?

- Poor bandwidth management. I'm struggling to comprehend how on an 8MBit connection sync'd at 6.5MBit that it needs to lag and buffer constantly through anything at just SD resolutions.

- Even now, it still can't figure out what country i'm from. "You need to be in the UK to recieve radio!". Hello? I think I would know what country i'm from, lived in, and been a resident for for 23 years.

- And when it doesn't pull the crap about country, it just refuses to connect. Apparantly my sound device is "in use". I'm sure it's not talking about the same sound device as me - the same device which works fine in every other program on my PC.

Seriously, the BBC need their heads smacked together.

 

[Tefal]

Maybe they should try fixing the ******* thing before adding more stuff to it.

what's wrong with it? never had a problem with it.

shame it's only 720p

 

[Tefal]

Where do I start?

- Poor bandwidth management. I'm struggling to comprehend how on an 8MBit connection sync'd at 6.5MBit that it needs to lag and buffer constantly through anything at just SD resolutions.

- Even now, it still can't figure out what country i'm from. "You need to be in the UK to recieve radio!". Hello? I think I would know what country i'm from, lived in, and been a resident for for 23 years.

- And when it doesn't pull the crap about country, it just refuses to connect. Apparantly my sound device is "in use". I'm sure it's not talking about the same sound device as me - the same device which works fine in every other program on my PC.

Seriously, the BBC need their heads smacked together.

Sounds more like it's a problem with your pc than iplayer. Never had any of those problems.

 

[Tombo]

shame it's only 720p

Yeah...only

 

[Gaygle]

Needs to buffer every now and then on 8mb

 

[Glaucus]

excellent, if your internet speed isn;'t fast enough just downlaod teh file.

Sounds more like it's a problem with your pc than iplayer. Never had any of those problems.

+1

 

[PrOdiGy1]

id rather have the main tv channels on hd tbh, without having to purchase a subscription or satellite dish