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Before we get to the good stuff, though, let's get a key limitation out of the way. The iPlayer only works on HD boxes, via their Ethernet ports, yet it doesn't deliver high-definition content now and is never likely to in the future.

This state of affairs is actually as you'd expect, given that the iPlayer is essentially a video streaming system constrained by the often still quite poor broadband speeds 'enjoyed' by much of the UK population.

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While even the High Quality images aren't quite as good as a decent Freeview/Freesat standard-definition broadcast, they're certainly good and consistent enough to be perfectly enjoyable on a 42in TV, or maybe a bit more.


So, erm, what's the point of it if I'm reading all that correctly? :oops:

I get a good iPlayer SD picture on a 37" TV through my wired PS3, especially noticeable on something like TG, never mind your 'average' prog :?

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Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:43 pm
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bandwidth

You can stream SD on a 1mb connection, hd is around 6mb, per user

There is multicasting and that is more useful in that it's 1 stream per watched show... but the bandwidth and power needed ramps up heavily

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