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Junkenstein posted:Does youview have anything you can't get from Virgin on demand and a laptop hooked up to your TV?
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Akuma posted:No. But, then again, neither does a normal freeview television. Also I'm assuming it'll be less painfully slow than virgin boxes.
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Jun 28, 2012 19:01
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The Virgin TiVo box is pretty quick, but my word the UI is dreadful. Too many years of using a fully integrated XBMC setup has really spoilt me for what's possible though, any set top box I touch pretty much disappoints. Apple TV is nice though just because they kept it simple and doesn't feel like a mish mash of 10 things, but obviously it's not a DVB device.
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Junkenstein posted:Does youview have anything you can't get from Virgin on demand and a laptop hooked up to your TV?
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The pHo posted:Apple TV is nice though just because they kept it simple and doesn't feel like a mish mash of 10 things, but obviously it's not a DVB device.
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Jun 28, 2012 20:56
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Have you used many of the other apps? I've had NHL up on it and possibly NBA too (they run a free game a day and I'm sure I tried it a while back), it just makes things so simple. If someone other had full online rights to Premier League games and used Apple TV as the frontend to it, they'd absolutely clean up. It's handling of podcasts is better than the iPhone and iTunes too imo (although that new podcasts app is pretty cool).
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Jun 28, 2012 21:55
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Xachariah posted:I'm kind of annoyed about the Sky Atlantic channel. I know Sky are only trying to differentiate themselves from competitors, but I still hate them for making a channel for exclusive stuff which Virgin/BT customers can't get. FYI - the reason why Sky Atlantic is not on VM is that Sky and VM could not reach an agreement over how much VM would pay Sky to carry the channel. Nothing to do with exclusivity. That's just a consolation.
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Weren't Sky deliberately being pricks about the price though ? That certainly seems to have been their pattern over the last few years. Be as unreasonable as they want in the knowledge that they'll default to exclusivity if VM wont cave to them ?
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I'd be less surprised if they weren't dicks about it. Aren't they bullish about everything?
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Weren't Sky deliberately being pricks about the price though ? That certainly seems to have been their pattern over the last few years. Be as unreasonable as they want in the knowledge that they'll default to exclusivity if VM wont cave to them ? In fairness they can charge what they want for it. They're the ones who struck the deal with HBO.
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Somebody finally leaked some Youview screenshots. http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2012/06/29/a-first-look-at-the-uks-long-awaited-youview-smart-tv-service/
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Junkenstein posted:Does youview have anything you can't get from Virgin on demand and a laptop hooked up to your TV? Depends on the apps people build over the next couple of years really. There's a pretty high barrier to entry (you have to be a pretty large company to think about building one), but it's in theory a more inclusive platform than Sky/Virgin/any of the smart TVs.
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whatever happened to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? He knew his telly onions, worked for sky I think. Did he go when the UK megathread guys started to leave?
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meme posted:whatever happened to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? He knew his telly onions, worked for sky I think. Did he go when the UK megathread guys started to leave?
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Did anyone here see the Macbeth documentary with Ethan Hawke? I just finished watching it now, and while it was pretty good, I was more intrigued by how mental he seems when just being himself and that he dresses like a total scruff.
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Today I decided to break in my new TV by watching the 1947 version of Brighton Rock on More4, which was excellent  Five seconds after it finished all the electricity in the flat went off because the estate agents gave me the wrong card for the meter and they're not available until Monday, which is poo poo 
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I want to go on a night out with the guys from the Jacamo advert, maybe with Johnny Vegas narrating.
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Anybody else give Wimbledon a miss and watch BBC2s' The Hollow Crown instead? Sort of thing that I'm glad to pay the license fee for. First part was Richard II, and Ben Wishaw was quite remarkable as the fey, spoilt titular character. Bloody amazing supporting cast too. Looking forward to next week. Think Jeremy Irons as Henry IV will chew the scenery most satisfactorily.
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Irisi posted:Anybody else give Wimbledon a miss and watch BBC2s' The Hollow Crown instead? Sort of thing that I'm glad to pay the license fee for. First part was Richard II, and Ben Wishaw was quite remarkable as the fey, spoilt titular character. Bloody amazing supporting cast too. I thought it was staggeringly good. All the televised Shakespeare stuff the BBC has been producing in the past few years has been incredible (and mostly available on iPlayer right now!) In regards to Richard II, the cast was crazy strong, so it was a joy to watch. The Christ imagery was laid on a bit thick near the end, though
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Speaking of Wimbledon, the Raiders of the Lost Ark they originally had on the EPG was the worst prick tease possible.
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chazzared posted:I thought it was staggeringly good. All the televised Shakespeare stuff the BBC has been producing in the past few years has been incredible (and mostly available on iPlayer right now!) It really was very good. In a couple of places I thought that the cinematography was a little too crude, and I agree with you about the last bit; other than that it wwas superb throughout with excellent acting.
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Found it a little heavy on the Christ imagery towards the end as well, but largely fantastic. Kicking myself for giving most of the television adaptations of shakespeare recently a miss.
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Handsome Dead posted:Speaking of Wimbledon, the Raiders of the Lost Ark they originally had on the EPG was the worst prick tease possible. What's EPG? I saw Raiders was "On now" on the iPlayer site and Tennis was on 2, but it was tennis on 1 and TOTP2 or whatever on 2.
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BizarroAzrael posted:What's EPG? I saw Raiders was "On now" on the iPlayer site and Tennis was on 2, but it was tennis on 1 and TOTP2 or whatever on 2. They cancelled Raiders and replaced it with tennis, which meant no tennis on 2 so they put on a bunch of random crap instead. I have no idea why and it pissed me off as I haven't seen Raiders since I got my shiny new HD telly.
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BizarroAzrael posted:What's EPG?
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Okay, the montage at the end of the Euro Final. Linkin Park was one thing, but...why?
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Jul 1, 2012 22:20
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Could you elaborate for those who didn't watch it?
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Shelf Adventure posted:Could you elaborate for those who didn't watch it? poo poo, acoustic, folk version of Thriller.
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Handsome Dead posted:poo poo, acoustic, folk version of Thriller. Specifically, the full original intro, leading into said shifty folk version.
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Its Imogen Heap from the Live Lounge I believe, theyve used it a couple of times in the tournament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFzHv53UVXI
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Taff posted:Its Imogen Heap from the Live Lounge I believe, theyve used it a couple of times in the tournament Even by Live Lounge standards that is loving horrible. Jo Whiley, so much to answer for... THUMBS IF YOU HERE CAUSE OFF ITALY VS SPAIN 4-0
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Leyburn posted:I want to go on a night out with the guys from the Jacamo advert, maybe with Johnny Vegas narrating. You're not a real man unless you have a 54" waist and wear check shirts to the pub.
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Noreaus posted:Found it a little heavy on the Christ imagery towards the end as well, but largely fantastic. Kicking myself for giving most of the television adaptations of shakespeare recently a miss. I gave the Christ imagery a pass becasue it's basically ironic. It's a reflection of how the character sees himself rather than how we're meant to see him.
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Sorry to bring up something from a few pages back, but who exactly is Louis Spence and how does he get so much time on television? All I've ever seen him do is dance at people whilst pulling that same horrible, weird rape face. Dance molestation seems to be his only schtick.
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sex pervert posted:Sorry to bring up something from a few pages back, but who exactly is Louis Spence and how does he get so much time on television? All I've ever seen him do is dance at people whilst pulling that same horrible, weird rape face. Dance molestation seems to be his only schtick. He was originally a professional dancer who was on some loving awful reality show. Now he seems to make his living being creepy on quiz shows.
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sex pervert posted:Sorry to bring up something from a few pages back, but who exactly is Louis Spence and how does he get so much time on television? All I've ever seen him do is dance at people whilst pulling that same horrible, weird rape face. Dance molestation seems to be his only schtick. He also appears to be thick as poo poo, which exemplifies a weird recent trend of showcasing the dumbest individuals on television gameshows and glorifying their stupidity for the masses. At least he's not from the cast of The Only Way is Essex, Made in Chelsea, or Geordie Shore though. Those creepy fucks seem to be seeping into every other TV show as if they just refuse to leave the studios until they've met their daily quota for self-humiliation.
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Captain Mediocre posted:He also appears to be thick as poo poo, which exemplifies a weird recent trend of showcasing the dumbest individuals on television gameshows and glorifying their stupidity for the masses. Geordie shore is great though, it introduced the phrase "tash on" and "mortal" .
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Leon with a Zero posted:Geordie shore is great though, it introduced the phrase "tash on" and "mortal" . That's cool, I won't hate. I just wish they'd stay in their own shows
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I caught the first episode of the new Geordie Shore the other night and I really don't know how I feel about it. It's poo poo, trashy and dirt cheap but everyone in it is actually kind of alright apart from Ricci (pronounced Ricky) and lemon faced Charlotte. It makes a nice change from Jersey Shore where everyone immediately seemed like a macho bellend apart from Pauly D, who got the joke.
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Handsome Dead posted:I caught the first episode of the new Geordie Shore the other night and I really don't know how I feel about it. It's poo poo, trashy and dirt cheap but everyone in it is actually kind of alright apart from Ricci (pronounced Ricky) and lemon faced Charlotte. It makes a nice change from Jersey Shore where everyone immediately seemed like a macho bellend apart from Pauly D, who got the joke. I'm sorry but Charlotte is amazing! Vicky is the lemon faced one. Yeah I love a bit (lot) of trashy tv. I know that's not allowed here but I don't care.
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