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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Freddy on December 27, 2010, 14:02:09 PM

Title: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Freddy on December 27, 2010, 14:02:09 PM
Anyone find it slow ?  I was trying to watch Dr Who last evening and it kept stopping to load.  Speed of line is not an issue, I figured half the country might be watching stuff though...

Telly has been a bot poor as usual this year in my humble opinion.
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Data on December 27, 2010, 15:29:46 PM
I watched the Royle family last night on the iPlayer in HD, was fine, but it was quite late and demand might have been lower.

Yeah there were a lot of repeats on I noticed, TV hasn't been that great this year, been like it ever since we had loads of channels, quantity not much quality. 

Top Gear was a highlight for me, the birth of baby Stig in Bethlehem ;D
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Diesel on December 28, 2010, 14:31:16 PM



I did us IPlayer over the festive season and experienced no problems at all. Could this be ISP?.
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Freddy on December 28, 2010, 19:09:11 PM
I don't think it's the ISP, I tested the speed and it was fine.  Maybe just bad luck on that, will have to try again..
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Data on December 29, 2010, 16:57:05 PM
I put it down to server load, there must be a limit the BBC servers can put out, at peak times it wouldn't surprise me at all if lag creeps in.
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Snowcrash on January 03, 2011, 16:34:24 PM
If not BBC servers then possilbly your local torrenters clogging up your exchange.

I thought TV was reasonable over the hols. Seen a few films I haven't seen before inc. incredible hulk which I didn't know existed.

I did laugh at Top Gear esp when they got searched and had a 50 cal bullet converted into a lighter.
Title: Re: IPlayer over Christmas
Post by: Data on January 11, 2011, 18:56:19 PM
Here it is then, the new Stig is born.

Sorry this is the best quality I can find on YouTube...