Is BBC iPlayer HD available on Humax Freesat HDR?
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Have just had my internet connection upgraded to be useable for on-demand so I checked out BBC iPlayer using the Freesat Humax HDR. I viewed a programme on BBC2 and selected Higher Quality. I encountered a lot of stuttering and stopped display, which was unexpected as I'd tested the connection speed and it appeared more than OK. The Humax is connected via a homeplug connection, so it should have been perfect.
To test my connection I went onto BBC iPlayer using my Panasonic Blu-ray player, which offers this as an extra. I selected the same programme and it played perfectly. I viewed the programme for a while and decided that the internet connection was OK and switched back to using the Humax. This time the programme played perfectly. What was obvious though was, even using Higher Quality setting, the picture was nowhere near as good as on the Panasonic.
Comparing the two iPlayers, I noticed that the interface was totally different. On the Panasonic I have to select the BBC HD channel, before I can view HD. On the Humax I am only offered BBC1, say, and then have to select 'Higher Quality'.
I'm not sure this is the same as HD, as this morning I tested it using Jules Holland's 'Later' only to find that the Panasonic BBC2 HD interface said 'Not yet available', while the Humax 'Higher Quality' setting was available through BBC2 iPlayer.
BBC HD channels aren't shown as a channel option on the Humax.
Can BBC HD be viewed using the Humax HDR BBC iPlayer or are we just selecting a slightly higher quality of an SD recording?
To test my connection I went onto BBC iPlayer using my Panasonic Blu-ray player, which offers this as an extra. I selected the same programme and it played perfectly. I viewed the programme for a while and decided that the internet connection was OK and switched back to using the Humax. This time the programme played perfectly. What was obvious though was, even using Higher Quality setting, the picture was nowhere near as good as on the Panasonic.
Comparing the two iPlayers, I noticed that the interface was totally different. On the Panasonic I have to select the BBC HD channel, before I can view HD. On the Humax I am only offered BBC1, say, and then have to select 'Higher Quality'.
I'm not sure this is the same as HD, as this morning I tested it using Jules Holland's 'Later' only to find that the Panasonic BBC2 HD interface said 'Not yet available', while the Humax 'Higher Quality' setting was available through BBC2 iPlayer.
BBC HD channels aren't shown as a channel option on the Humax.
Can BBC HD be viewed using the Humax HDR BBC iPlayer or are we just selecting a slightly higher quality of an SD recording?
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I'm pretty sure that HD will be available on the new G2 boxes that are soon to be released in the next couple of weeks.
PS3 also has ITV Player and 4oD.
I assume the new Humax will be able to receive these channels.
The processor isn't the problem, it can cope with recording two HD channels at the same time and replaying a 3rd from the hdd, way more than all but the superfast broadband could ever manage.
There will be some delivered on 28th October. If you wait till then you should get a definitive answer. As the HDR FOX T2 has the 720p service it seems very unlikely the new box does not.
Typo should have said 18th
what is the setting because when i watch iplayer i have to scroll along and set HD on....
If you access by the epg the content isn't HD though it says it is. Accessing by the red button does produce HD though.
cool will try that thx....
cheers worked a treat