Not for me until they sort out the reliability
Conversely, I’ve dumped my OTT services and don’t even bother with iPlayer etc anymore. Why? Reliability just isn’t there.
Getting 2/3rds into a film on NetFlix or Amazon etc only for it to be stopped by the box/app/Internet connection bombing out for a few seconds, then having to painfully try and get it going again – usually from the beginning and fast-forward (SLOWLY) completely ruins the film watching experience. Not to mention the fact that receiving these programmes in HD is a black art as “sometimes it’s HD, sometimes it isn’t” – the content provider decides. iPlayer and the like are just as crap if you select the HD option, which on a 50” screen is the only realistic option.
I’m in my 30s, so have been brought-up on watching my programs pre-recorded on a TiVo or disc, so the experience is, 99.9% of the time, a faultless experience. Perhaps the younger generations who stick a film on the ‘big telly’, then sit tw@tting about on Facebook with their tablet or smartphone don’t really notice the problems of OTT.
Pass me the VHS remote.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
