Cancelled my licence years ago. Can't believe it's not changed since then! They're a joke of an organisation.Yes they have a handful of movies, but they'e all SDR 720p at 5mbit and with stereo sound. That's arguably worse than a DVD, a technology which came out in 1997.
The BBC were ahead of the pack when they first trailed iPlayer but the service has barely changed in over a decade. It's a relic.
The picture and sound quality meets the requirements of the vast majority of the viewing public. Your second statement is laughably inaccurate.
Cancelled my licence years ago. Can't believe it's not changed since then! They're a joke of an organisation.
This is an AVForum most people here have had 5.1 (or more) for years.The picture and sound quality meets the requirements of the vast majority of the viewing public.
And the logo. Don't forget the bloody logo - infuriating on 2.35 films, especially in dark scenes.Yes they have a handful of movies, but they'e all SDR 720p at 5mbit and with stereo sound. That's arguably worse than a DVD, a technology which came out in 1997.
The BBC were ahead of the pack when they first trailed iPlayer but the service has barely changed in over a decade. It's a relic.
And the logo. Don't forget the bloody logo - infuriating on 2.35 films, especially in dark scenes.
It's a crap service. Mandatory registration, no HD, no Dolby.
There's no excuse for it at all. They've done a ton of work over the past 5-6 years around monetising iplayer (see: Britbox) - that is the reason they don't want to improve the baseline. They forget we paid for the content in the first place - the BBC think they own the content, not us.
Then just cancel your license, you want to moan about the BBC fine there are plenty of other threads other than this one which is about films on the iplayer.Essentially, I pay £13 a month to watch about 1-3 hours worth of content that is indefensively sh*tty quality.
The same content that is broadcast, not the signal.he fact most are just captures of the broadcast signal
I wasn’t referring to AV aficionados, we represent a small minority of the viewing public. Most people really couldn’t give a toss about 720 v 1080, 5.1 or stereo.This is an AVForum most people here have had 5.1 (or more) for years.
What is the point in listening to a film in stereo/mono if said film was made with 5.1? hence just from this perspective most here wouldn't really use this service for there film watching/listening pleasure.
They would just record off the BBC's HD channels should it happen to be broadcast in 5.1 (which of course isn't always a done deal) of course for older films made with stereo/mono sound no problem besides the PQ still no adverts has always been a winner for me as I just won't watch a film with regular interruptions.
Stereo/mono is fine for those that don't mind but how about giving those of us that do mind the choice.
So i am afraid to say the BBC iPlayer is pretty much redundant for me as a film fan speaking as a license payer.