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As a BT customer I have been made a very good offer to try Youview for a year – £50 for a years subscription to Youview + with a 500 gig BT/Humax PVR thrown in. At this sort of money I decided to take them up on the offer.
It appears that the Youview platform is now starting to roll out a brand new look aka SkyQ Netflix type UI. See link HERE It makes an interesting read.
This has me wondering given that the G2 boxes use HTML5 whether Freesat is likely to get a similar makeover, or is it destined to always be the ‘cinderella service’.
I shall put my 2000T to one side for the next 12 months (still keeping the 1000s though) and await with interest how this new makeover for Youview will perform.
I have wondered for some time whether Freesat are planning some momentous announcement that will surprise us all, or are simply going to wither away. Odds are equal at the moment I would say. Certainly there is no chance whatsoever that I will personally invest any more funds in the platform until they deliver a distributed network with function equal or better than SkyQ.
Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago »
I have wondered for some time whether Freesat are planning some momentous announcement that will surprise us all, or are simply going to wither away. Odds are equal at the moment I would say. Certainly there is no chance whatsoever that I will personally invest any more funds in the platform until they deliver a distributed network with function equal or better than SkyQ.
The sad part being that I think they were the first to market with a HTML5 capable box. However, since then further development appears to have almost stood still. In the interim the opposition has not only caught up but completely eclipsed the Freesat platform.
They reckon the new Youview UI is fast and slick. The same cannot be said for the boot time, which I believe in low power standby is around 87 seconds. 😯
If not the first with a HTML5 box they certainly were among the first few. It goes to prove that while the h/w & s/w are important what marks out winners is the talent and ambition of the designers and programmers. Given the bland UI those attributes were completely missing.
My son has just moved from the BT YouView platform to SkyQ. He works in IT and reckoned that the s/w was adequate to good, but the h/w was just not up to the job. I wait with interest his views on the SkyQ box and s/w (single room at the moment).
Pollensa1946 – 2 minutes ago »
If not the first with a HTML5 box they certainly were among the first few. It goes to prove that while the h/w & s/w are important what marks out winners is the talent and ambition of the designers and programmers. Given the bland UI those attributes were completely missing.
My son has just moved from the BT YouView platform to SkyQ. He works in IT and reckoned that the s/w was adequate to good, but the h/w was just not up to the job. I wait with interest his views on the SkyQ box and s/w (single room at the moment).
Not sure if you saw the feature Watchdog did on SkyQ before Christmas? They have been having some real issues with it, with many customers complaining that the entire system keeps freezing plus many couldn’t access anything at all. The Sky forums have been in meltdown.
Sky rather coyly admitted to ‘having had some issues’.
Yes I told him about those revelations. He had already signed up and simply said… let’s see. He’s very skilled in IT and electronics and tenacious with it, so I expect he’ll be on their case if required. I look forward to hearing the outcome.
BTW… SkyQ is big in Australia, and 1/2 the price of the UK, so they have a wide market to get feedback on and get it right. I wish them luck, Freesat needs serious competition to shake them out of their torpor (it might become a death trance).
Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago »
Yes I told him about those revelations. He had already signed up and simply said… let’s see. He’s very skilled in IT and electronics and tenacious with it, so I expect he’ll be on their case if required. I look forward to hearing the outcome.
BTW… SkyQ is big in Australia, and 1/2 the price of the UK, so they have a wide market to get feedback on and get it right. I wish them luck, Freesat needs serious competition to shake them out of their torpor (it might become a death trance).
I hope not. I am a freesat fan and would like them to take on the challenge.
REPASSAC – 2 hours ago »
Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago »
Yes I told him about those revelations. He had already signed up and simply said… let’s see. He’s very skilled in IT and electronics and tenacious with it, so I expect he’ll be on their case if required. I look forward to hearing the outcome.
BTW… SkyQ is big in Australia, and 1/2 the price of the UK, so they have a wide market to get feedback on and get it right. I wish them luck, Freesat needs serious competition to shake them out of their torpor (it might become a death trance).
I hope not. I am a freesat fan and would like them to take on the challenge.
Perhaps they are simply being starved of funding. Possibly the BBC, BT, TalkTalk et al don’t want the competition, which might detract from the Youview and Freeview Play offerings.
I don’t need any new glitz on my G2 box, just more functionality like the quietly forgotten DLNA media server for HDR G2 boxes, the ability to create folders and move files into them and the ability to sort recordings by date rather than relying on episodes being in the correct order.
Just give me that and I’d be a happy bunny overall.
Faust – 1 week ago »
REPASSAC – 2 hours ago »
Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago »
Yes I told him about those revelations. He had already signed up and simply said… let’s see. He’s very skilled in IT and electronics and tenacious with it, so I expect he’ll be on their case if required. I look forward to hearing the outcome.
BTW… SkyQ is big in Australia, and 1/2 the price of the UK, so they have a wide market to get feedback on and get it right. I wish them luck, Freesat needs serious competition to shake them out of their torpor (it might become a death trance).
I hope not. I am a freesat fan and would like them to take on the challenge.
Perhaps they are simply being starved of funding. Possibly the BBC, BT, TalkTalk et al don’t want the competition, which might detract from the Youview and Freeview Play offerings.
They are certainly not making money…
https://companycheck.co.uk/company/06250097/FREESAT-UK-LIMITED/companies-house-data
Pollensa1946 – 8 hours ago »
Faust – 1 week ago »
REPASSAC – 2 hours ago »
Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago »
Yes I told him about those revelations. He had already signed up and simply said… let’s see. He’s very skilled in IT and electronics and tenacious with it, so I expect he’ll be on their case if required. I look forward to hearing the outcome.
BTW… SkyQ is big in Australia, and 1/2 the price of the UK, so they have a wide market to get feedback on and get it right. I wish them luck, Freesat needs serious competition to shake them out of their torpor (it might become a death trance).
I hope not. I am a freesat fan and would like them to take on the challenge.
Perhaps they are simply being starved of funding. Possibly the BBC, BT, TalkTalk et al don’t want the competition, which might detract from the Youview and Freeview Play offerings.
They are certainly not making money…
https://companycheck.co.uk/company/06250097/FREESAT-UK-LIMITED/companies-house-data
You can certainly see from the limited information we can read in the report why they are struggling to compete with the likes of BT-Youview and Freeview Play etc. In fact it looks like there is very little money in the kitty for future development of the platform.
Up to date info regarding BTs buyout of Youview has gone quiet of late. Last reports says the BBC are the sticking point as they want £60 million for their share.
The Humax financial problem is bad news for all clients. I bought my first Humax box around 8 years ago for my cinema set up. I subsequently bought another for my wife’s tv and recently replaced my old box with a new 1100s so that I could still get iplayer.
I have had no complaints with any of my Humax boxes and wish them well.
BryCoop – 2 hours ago »
The Humax financial problem is bad news for all clients. I bought my first Humax box around 8 years ago for my cinema set up. I subsequently bought another for my wife’s tv and recently replaced my old box with a new 1100s so that I could still get iplayer.
I have had no complaints with any of my Humax boxes and wish them well.
It’s not Humax it’s Freesat – different company
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