ITV Player - Terrible?

Gimpymoo · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:39

Tried to watch the football, the quality is worse than potato.

They insisted I gave them my email address and postcode, then, as my reward, I got a stream which reminded me of the first "3G" videophones.

The adverts play fine, odd that

I gave up, will wait for the BBC Highlights show.

Just me, or is it just ****?

Kosmiche · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:39

try watching from further away

Em3bbs · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:41

What are you watching on? It's always been OK for me. I've never had to give my email address, only postcode so it knows which ITV region I'm in so I get content aimed at my area (you can put any postcode in though I guess).

Gimpymoo · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:43

Em3bbs said:
What are you watching on? It's always been OK for me. I've never had to give my email address, only postcode so it knows which ITV region I'm in so I get content aimed at my area (you can put any postcode in though I guess).

http://www.itv.com/hub/itv

Can you watch without signing in?

Malevolence · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:49

Same here, had to register an email address and password to watch. That said though, the ITV player on the website is pure unadulterated ****e. It's nowt but a blurry mess, you can't even make out the cores or player names. Playing it via the ITV app on a mobile or tablet is just fine though gives a sharp higher quality stream.

Gimpymoo said:
http://www.itv.com/hub/itv

Can you watch without signing in?

Following that link leads to

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2016 at 21:50

Its poor. Dodgy streams are better quality.

Telecaster · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:01

It's like the rest of the tripe on their channel, utter garbage.

MooMoo444 · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:04

It's like 420p, just awful

ak22 · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:08

Yeah its trash i was trying to watch the football on it as well.

Em3bbs · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:09

Gimpymoo said:
http://www.itv.com/hub/itv

Can you watch without signing in?

Ah, no I can't there. I'm usually using it on my Android device where you only need to give a postcode.

Rannoch · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:19

Gimpymoo said:
Tried to watch the football, the quality is worse than potato.

They insisted I gave them my email address and postcode, then, as my reward, I got a stream which reminded me of the first "3G" videophones.

The adverts play fine, odd that

I gave up, will wait for the BBC Highlights show.

Just me, or is it just ****?

Lol, isn't there any advert about everything 5 seconds

roccles · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:35

I once watched an hour long program on there and it showed last quarter of the program in the middle! I was very confused at the time. Don't think I have used it since.

Derek W · 16 Jun 2016 at 22:58

I couldn't watch the football on the itv player, asked me to download the stv player instead. Good quality as well

TheVoice · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:01

ITV - Terrible?

Yes.

adolf hamster · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:21

Iplayer is bad, and thats the best of the crop by a country mile, i flat out refuse to use the others because sub 1080p on 50 meg fibre is not acceptable in 2016

Scania · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:46

I find iplayer excellent tbh, itv and 4od are dire though.

phenx · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:47

Yeah its pretty bad, I used to use it but I gave up years ago and it looks like it still hasn't improved at all

LeeUK · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:56

It's crap on the NowTV box as not everything is on it e.g programmes in 2 parts will only have the second half on which makes watching it pointless. Although the streaming quality is fine which is more than can be said for Demand5 which constantly buffers.

Nevakonaza · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:57

And my friends wonder why i dont watch live or catch up TV anymore....

ITV player is terrible.

crunchee · 17 Jun 2016 at 00:42

Scania said:
I find iplayer excellent tbh, itv and 4od are dire though.

Funny that, a broadcaster with a bottomless pit of funds doesn't have to worry about the bottom line.