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This is a good solution for any Ethernet device that does not have wireless capability, and has a spare USB port to power it. http://is.gd/R21i6u
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I'm afraid that I agree with churchwarden. Post 2012 Olympics the YV box serves little more than a Sky+ box competitor for BT etc. and the Sky+ box does not have DLNA so there is no business case to include that, indeed it could breach copy protection. YV box is now "mature" so I don't expect further development. I'm…
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...not until the developers can think of another advantage for iOS...lol
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I'm installing 4x CAT-6a to each point and want distributed playing of recordings. One can transmit HDMI through 2x cat-6a or single wire with HDbaseT. This costs up to £300 per TV though making YV uneconomical for this application compared with a NAS running DVBlink. YV running a DLNA server would make YV more attractive.
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What I'm disjointed with is that there is no BBC Sport player on YV. I don't understand why the BBC has segregated this content from iPlayer... probably some misguided policy I guess. My Sony 55HX753 has BBC Sport player... whereas my 55HX723 does not!
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With all the YV updates my VY boxes have had they still take a ridiculous time to boot... whereas my £30 Raspberry Pi takes 10 seconds!
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For those with a NAS; A TV with just a DLNA client without Internet access is really all that is needed. For some, OTT players (iPlayer, 4oD etc.) also included are of use. Our Smart TVs (Sony & Samsung) have a lot of clutter though with novelty features that are a lot easier to use on a tablet.
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Over The Air updates for all UK devices can be found here; http://www.dtg.org.uk/industry/downlo... As with all consumer hardware, when the platform goes out of production software/firmware updates stop!
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The problem with STBs is that they must use HDMI for content protection license (Freeview & Freesat logo's to be used). HDMI is comparatively expensive and complex to distribute compared to DLNA.
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... and can be located in a central location keeping heat, spaghetti, HDD and fan noise in a cupboard/attached garage etc.
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Agree, that's the beauty of a smart NAS plus all content can be accessed from any TV in the home or for that matter any other device including over the Internet (connection bandwidth allowing)... and content is stored on redundant media (RAID 5 HDDs etc.). And of course the NAS can be upgraded without the need to replace…
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Let's also not forget who is funding "better broadband for Britain", the majority of FTTC rollout... The UK tax payer. Not BT.
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I take your point re' cost, but I have a RR model, works on lower cost units too...http://is.gd/gBuu48 and provides redundant whole-home media back-up, AirPlay, FTP, web server etc. etc... Don't hold your breath for YV. look how slow they have been with remote record app's... they must have one part time programmer!... and…
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BT have made an @r$e of this. Evey employee I've spoke with has been confused. Facts; 1) BT Vision+ box cannot receive HD terrestrial channels as it only has DVB-T tuners but does have a viewing card slot. 2) HD content requires >4Mbps bandwidth to stream without buffering 3) YV box does not have a viewing card slot 4) BT…
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oh... and has remote record via DigiGuide EPG "second-screen" in app's and thin client!
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If you want DLNA it's best to forget YV and switch to a Synology NAS (other makes available) with DVBlink installed. My RS812+ with 12TB & PCTV 290e DVB-T2 tuners works great and all over WiFi to every smart TV. ...and no DRM on recordings!
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REMOTE RECORD VIA CHROME With the Android app being launched this may give us some hope of RR via chrome browser; http://is.gd/p0cxGA if URL gets stripped just google: The Coming Merger of Google Chrome and Android ...but not soon; http://is.gd/igmONX No Chrome-Android merger, at least in the next year or two
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It's easy to copy YV recordings and several ways to save iPlayer content without DRM - simples!
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all very good but YV is better spending resources on Stella English.
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Please don't try to be reasonable. It appears that YouView's resources are better spent funding salaries for the likes of Stella English etc. rather than provide a user interface for anything other than apple.
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Sorry, Youview only care about apple users.
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Please make sure that the DLNA service is running when the machine is in "Eco power: LOW", as is the case with the Remote Record service. This is so the user does not have to make sure the YV machine is turned on to view media via DLNA.
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Yes, really. It started in 2008 branded "Project Canvas".
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I omitted to mention that "App's" allowed Jobs to implement an iTunes revenue model for software, despite the functionality being available through thin client plug-in such as flash ActiveX etc. Financial revenue is not supported by a thin client model... hence let's re-brand software as "app's", "the technology naive…
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The current YV spend.
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I tried that first and it did not work for me, I had to go through the whole nine yards. What do you mean "the" server?... surely for £400M there is a server farm?
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I'm afraid one gets a lot of that here! One reason to use it on the same LAN is for 2nd screen functionality - for those that do not understand, that is code for not disturbing the wife's Coronation Enders or what ever it is called.
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In this instance frankly no, and that is because first came applications and then thin clients running on HTML, then came Jobs suffering from Flash "not-invented-here-syndrome" and used the computer illiterate to force a backward step with App[lication]s.
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I'm not sure it is a good effort - only the bare interface functions have been implemented so far . it would be better if the protocol was open source. ...and for those that do not understand how to overcome "pairing" on W3C look at cookies, encryption keys and DRM licenses for authentication.
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I think multi-platform comes way down the priority - HTML5 should have been first that runs on all... then development, then platform novelty app's.