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O2 are throttling iPlayer traffic at peak hours (that's 4pm to 12am) on some of their broadband packages - bound to have an effect on quality. Note that this applies to the "new" packages O2 offer (basic, all-rounder etc.) - their older premium/pro packages are not throttled.....yet!
Changed to TalkTalk on their LLU exchange in Lincoln. I now never get less than 18Meg connection (usually around 20Meg.) What a difference!
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This is all very odd - I stand by my original comments here - the picture quality I'm getting on the standard setting could not in any way be described as cloudy or not sharp. Maybe this implies that my set-up is so bad that I can't see the difference, but I do see large screen HD quite often, and I'm happy that the difference is not massive. Family & friends have all been impressed by the quality of iPlayer on the tv too. Guess it's down to the fact that everyone's end experience is the product of a large number of technical variables.
At a guess, the "standard" version looks something like 320x240 with a low-ish bitrate, upscaled in quite a soft way by the box. (not much blockiness - just blurred). The "HQ" version looks something like SD with a low-ish bitrate. I have had an HDTV connected. The same applies - though of course real broadcast HD then looks far far sharper than any of the above. Cheers, David. |
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Hi David - concluded that me & the family must be pretty cheap to keep - but grateful that our 50p eyesight is hiding the 'awful, cloudy, blurry' picture quality from us. Just think of the excitement we have to come when we convert from gas . . .
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I've just bought LG32490, and also have the Humax FoxsatHDR.
i-player from the Humax provided a clear picture on "high", clear enough to be indistinguishable from an ordinary SD picture, but it was slow to navigate. i-player from the LG TV is, IMO, a slightly inferior picture, but has a faster response time. Both are connected to a TG (Thomson) router by cable, and I am getting 3 to 3.5Mb speed. |
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i-player from the LG TV is, IMO, a slightly inferior picture, but has a faster response time.
LG tvs don't have iplayer
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LG tvs don't have iplayer(note this is not a Freesat TV - it is an app in the Networking menu) It plays iPlayer HD too. |
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Mine does! LG50PK590
(note this is not a Freesat TV - it is an app in the Networking menu) It plays iPlayer HD too. - apart from the recording and all the other stuff you can't get on freeview.
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Mine does! LG50PK590
(note this is not a Freesat TV - it is an app in the Networking menu) It plays iPlayer HD too. |
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Don't you mean iPlayer HQ?
Cheers, David. |
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No, several connected TVs give access to HD via their iPlayer "app".
Cheers, David. You get options of Standard or HQ for SD programmes and a link to the HD version when available. |
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LG tvs don't have iplayer
- apart from the recording and all the other stuff you can't get on freeview.