UK TV for all...........

[Sprostoni]

Folks,

Can you let me know what your connection speeds are please?...............I have a 1.2mb connection....................anybody else USING this 'LIVE UK TV' at this speed or less?

Comments would be most grateful,

Thanks in advance,

S

[Gromit]

I have just checked mine with the I Player diagnostics and currently running at 0.82mb.Still able to use it at this speed and quality still good.

[Noble]

My husband sank into depression when the system let him down the other evening Man U v Arsenal but says for me to post this update.

With my 4 Mbps broadband connection (nominal speed), I get very good quality broadcasts from the BBC both live and "play-it-again". This involves using the "getconnected" link (as described in the original post) and the BBC's iPlayer (free download). Reliability so far has been very good.

ITV don't seem to have a live stream of their broadcasts. I can watch programmes via their "catch-up" service without a problem, but to watch live I have to go through another site, such as "tvcatchup" (again, as described in the original post). This is sometimes OK, but the coverage of the Manchester Utd - Arsenal european semi-final was unwatchable - perhaps it gets overloaded at times.

It's not all big sporting events that cause problems, because I was able to watch the Spanish Grand Prix OK on the BBC.

[sueflauto]

You could always try Peer-to-peer although it can be a a bit unreliable and/or poor quality. Has anyone set up their own proxy server to save the fee. I'm not a great TV watcher, in fact haven't had one for years, so I'd object to paying the fee mentioned, cheapskate that I am. It might be useful for teaching materials at times though.

[Noble]

Sue, My OH says he's thought about it but doesn't think it's practical. What you are paying for isn't a proxy service as such...I can't quite understand the explanation re what exactly is being done but HE says ...not worth the effort for him anyway.

[Gromit]

Originally Posted by Noble

My husband sank into depression when the system let him down the other evening Man U v Arsenal but says for me to post this update.

With my 4 Mbps broadband connection (nominal speed), I get very good quality broadcasts from the BBC both live and "play-it-again". This involves using the "getconnected" link (as described in the original post) and the BBC's iPlayer (free download). Reliability so far has been very good.

ITV don't seem to have a live stream of their broadcasts. I can watch programmes via their "catch-up" service without a problem, but to watch live I have to go through another site, such as "tvcatchup" (again, as described in the original post). This is sometimes OK, but the coverage of the Manchester Utd - Arsenal european semi-final was unwatchable - perhaps it gets overloaded at times.

It's not all big sporting events that cause problems, because I was able to watch the Spanish Grand Prix OK on the BBC.

The ITV do have a Live (slight delay) feed, you just have to trawl around their web site a bit to find it. They have those feeds for ITV 1,2,3&4. Chanel 5 can be a bit of a trial at times; no change there then.......
Footy has always been a problem, either due to the demand or TV rights upload speed, but most of the Sports are good.

[sueflauto]

Originally Posted by Noble

Sue, My OH says he's thought about it but doesn't think it's practical. What you are paying for isn't a proxy service as such...I can't quite understand the explanation re what exactly is being done but HE says ...not worth the effort for him anyway.

Ta for that. It's the same vague impression I got when I last had a superficial nose.

[IRITALIA]

Originally Posted by Gromit

I have just found a great way for all of you to get LIVE UK TV on your computers, providing you have ADSL (Broadband). This site Watch Live UK TV with Get Connected UKTV allows you for a monthly fee of £12.95 to recieve UK TV on your PC. I have no axe to grind on this, I got it recomended by a friend. It works by routing you through a UK ISP on your network giving you a UK IP address, so you can get all the live players from the UK channels (BBC I player and also ITV, 4 and 5) plus Catch up TV all the details are in the confirmation email sent to you, and you just follow the instructions plus the picture is Brill. If admin take out the Link please PM me and I will send you details. Back to watching Eastenders LOL......

May I take this opportunity to remind you of a reply you made to a post of mine about watching UK tv in Italy.

Originally Posted by Gromit

Just tell me WHY do you need to watch UK TV?

[Gromit]

Is there an Elephant in the room...........?
Actually it's mainly to benefit our Italian visitors to help them learn English. Oh and to see what a rich cultural diversity UK TV programs bring...........honest.

[IRITALIA]

Just means your settling in, thats all.