Hi all,

I'm considering upgrading my 9200T for Foxsat HD via a new dish, however major reason for change at this time is i/itv player on the TV.

My question is will I get good iplayer streaming on a 2.5MB ADSL BB connection?
My local exchange offers ADSL2, however the extra rental (Plusnet adds £5 pcm) only takes it up to 3MB due to distance from Exchange.

Can any existing users of iplayer via Foxsat confirm ok for these sort of speeds, esp 2.5MB?

I can't check via existing PC cos I currently have (expensive) VM Cable BB+TV which although reports 10MB via speedtest.net, I intend dumping for various customer service reasons too painful to list.

So, to sum up, I want to move away from cable but need to replace the iplayer on TV via the VM box with iplayer on the Foxsat via the slower ADSL link.

Thanks
Derek

Take a look here

http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?p...er.WhatYouNeed


note this is for High Quality not Hi Def.

Personally I only have at best, it keeps dropping now and then, 1.8Mb connection speed with a download Speed of 1542 kbps (192.8 KB/sec transfer rate) but still manage to view the HQ streams.

Hi there, thanks for the info. Sorry about the delay - forgot i posted

To be honest, it's not 'high quality', it's more 'slightly less bad quality'.

It's watchable enough for programmes you've missed, but it's no where near normal broadcast quality - think VHS quality, but without the dropouts.

The quality on "higher quality" is much better than being "watchable enough" and in my opinion is fairly close to broadcast standard rather than being "nowhere near normal broadcast".

I was very impressed when I first saw it on my PS3 and the HDR is the same. There's some noticeable judder on panning shots and distance detail can be lacking but most of the time you don't notice it. Of course broadcast SD isn't as good as it could be (and sadly HD is going the same way even on Sky) but I'd say that iPlayer HQ stream is pretty close to broadcast quality.

I'm glad I don't live in your area then as my broadcast quality is far superior to the iPlayer high quality. As stated in an earlier post it might be OK if you missed something you really wanted to see but I would not want to watch it on a regular basis. I really do wish they would put the whole VOD thing on hold untill such time as the broadband infrastructure is upgraded sufficiently to allow those in low or no signal areas to get a decent 24/7 reliable download speed first.

Broadcast quality is certainly superior, but my point is that I wouldn't avoid something on iPlayer just because of this - the quality is definitely good enough such that I'm happy to watch anything on there.

2mb should see a consistent stream - i'd always suggest using higher quality - standard is pants and unwatchable I feel. There's likely some interesting developments coming up with the broadband connection possibly involving LoveFilm and other services (but you won't be able to stream movies) from a surveymonkey I undertook recently for Freesat.