PS3 REVIEW OF BBC iPLAYER.

PS3 REVIEW OF BBC iPLAYER.

BBC iPlayer, is it any good? does it run on other multimedia devices? read on for our experience!

All the media hype of BBCiPlayer got us thinking about what multimedia boxes can pick it up and cope with it. On doing our homework we tested the other popular internet TV possibility's such as Demand Five, ITVplayer and channel4 player to see how they too performed.
For todays test we used the latest upgraded "Play Station 3" or as is commonly known the "PS3" from Sony.
The results are via a wireless connection running at U.K. average speed.
First we searched for the channel4 player and tried to view something - actually anything without any success, all we got was gobbledegook! next we tried the ITV player and once again like the channel4 player it showed us gobbledegook, so none of these are compatible at this time with this multimedia player.
We then tried the well touted Demand five from channel five who it has to be added demand monies for some viewing titles - so steering clear of these pay per view programmes we tried the freebie stuff, result; it works although very slowly and at times painfully slow - the picture was watchable,just!
It was then the turn of the well known BBCiPlayer;
we can tell you the "PS3", ticks most of the boxes for speed, sound and choice - the picture has still to be perfected, and assuming this will be our viewing future the Internet BBC iPLAYER is still miles away from HD coverage although compatible with normal terrestrial TV.
We liked the idea of the PS3 making the BBCiPlayer as important as any of the games by showing it in it's own highlighted place after first viewing it.
The iPlayer was extremely easy to set-up via the PS3 after searching for it via the www. search section on the PS3 menu system. From clicking on the iPlayer name tag until viewing took around one minute - we used a wireless set up which requested the network name and also the passkey - very straightforward and once programmed in should not need re-set.
The PS3 is a wonderful family entertainment multimedia centre which is enhanced by adding to the PS3 the BBC iPLayer.