Hi,

I recently purchased this from eBay thinking it would do all the popular/standard catch up services but unfortunately I've been disappointed in particular there is no iTV Player not to mention C4/C5 on demand!!!

Any ideas if I can perform a hack so something to get these apps or another not so expensive DVD player that will have all the apps including Netflix and Lovefilm.

Thanks in advance.

Did you bother to read any reviews or specs (or even ask the seller) before you bought it?
e.g. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-BD-E.../dp/B007QQZOF2

Unfortunately I did neither too well so only to blame myself...anyone can recommend an alternative model with decent range of catch up service apps and also doesn't break the bank!

Well, it would have to still be Samsung I would guess, as they are the only ones that offer all the UK FTA catch-up services - at least on their TVs.

It does amaze me how fragmented Samsung's Smart TV platform is. They have a massive range of TVs and Blu-Ray players which they call all of them "Smart", but there is no way to know exactly how smart they really are. As far as I know, Samsung won't even provide a chart to help their customers along.