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wiggydiggy

Legendary Member
I used to hate ITVX with a passion. The flakiest platform ever. But that was with Virgin Media.
Got a new router and connection with Plusnet and all the ITV X problems went away !

I normally watch on a media-computer which blocks the ads lol but its broken, trying to watch James Bond Living Daylights through the app on my Xbox last there were 2 very long ad breaks in the first 15 mins and in a programme I'm pretty sure has about 10 people watching it a day. Who are they advertising to!?:wacko:
 

MadMalx

Well-Known Member
I used to hate ITVX with a passion. The flakiest platform ever. But that was with Virgin Media.
Got a new router and connection with Plusnet and all the ITV X problems went away !

It’s not the internet or router, but maybe my aging Humax recorder/box, where everything comes through. All other platforms are fine though.
 

wiggydiggy

Legendary Member
It’s not the internet or router, but maybe my aging Humax recorder/box, where everything comes through. All other platforms are fine though.

It's going to be the Humax, my parents had 2 and all the apps were terrible. I bought a lot of Roku devices for them eventually they are excellent.
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
It’s not the internet or router, but maybe my aging Humax recorder/box, where everything comes through. All other platforms are fine though.
I have a feeling that I read somewhere about the Humax boxes not being compatible with the latest versions of catchup apps?

That said, my Humax is so old that it doesn't support any apps ...
 

wiggydiggy

Legendary Member
I have a feeling that I read somewhere about the Humax boxes not being compatible with the latest versions of catchup apps?

That said, my Humax is so old that it doesn't support any apps ...

Ours didn't work well with apps ever, just underpowered as a machine to be able to do it I think.
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
I've got the Electric State. I must read it before the film gets released just so I can build my own world around it. I'll see if I can find Things from the Flood.

The Tales from the Loop book surprised me. As you say, it's sparse. Pictures and paragraphs of text, hardly even short stories. Surprising to me that it was published given it's 'non-book' feel. It's more of a work book, or sketch book even. I know little of the author or the chronology of their work. I ought find out more as he certainly seems to be doing his own thing, and I like that as a general rule.

Just watched "Electric State". Whilst we did enjoy it overall, it did have a bit of low budget feel about it, particularly later on when it got very cliched and sentimental, and could have done with a good trim. It did look great, and had some genuinely interesting ideas bit was a bit meh in the end. I was a bit shocked to read they'd spent some $300M on it ! By was of comparison the Iron Sky sequel I mentioned upthread cost $17M and was ultimately better put together and a slicker film.

That said, I did like the portrayal of the robots and their world and the similar look to Tales from the Loop.
 
Half way through the latest series of Blue Lights and absolutely loving it still. Just such a great cast.
 
Last night; All Creatures Great & Small



It’s not ‘Disc World’ related, & Sam Vimes, is it?

No but one of the cops was played by the same person who played Vimes in the series that was loosely based on Disc World
or at least based on the description someone told the writer about in a pub several years ago when he was drunk and didn;t remember all of it

anyway - very good character in both - but a very recognisable actor
 
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