Posts by john_l_uk

@ dsd Yeah right, sounds great! Or was this irony? http://www.zunescene.mobi/forums/index.php?topic=46687.0;wap2

I don't know if it's currently used in the US but all our cards in the UK are 'chip and pin' so it would need some kind of input device to take off here. The iPad screen could take a numerical code (pin number) but entry has to be...

$500,000 - although a huge amount to me - is just the equivalent of the money Steve Jobs got by taking bottles back for the deposit to Apple.....It's not even worth paying the lawyers to fight it! I don't know whether there's any merit...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    That's what I said. If it's live, so there's a license required. If you're watching online after the fact, you don't need one.   The way I wrote...

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshA  Do you have Hulu in the UK, or anything like it ? FYI it's not an Apple service.   Here is what I get when I browse the Hulu site from...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Online access does not require the license fee, and you can obviously own a TV and not pay it, either.   It's for viewing or recording live...

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie  See above PhilBoogie Of course I meant there is no prohibition in the UK with access to iPlayer as everybody with a TV pays a license fee. BBC is therefore paid for...

Masconn72 Sorry I have no idea what you're talking about! BBC iPlayer features a week's worth of all the current output of the channel - Sherlock, Dr Who or whatever is in season, amazing wildlife documentaries from the makers of...

OK here's the situation in the UK: ALL Smart TVs, most games consoles and Blue Ray players, iPad, iPhone and iPod offer catch-up services ( BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4 o/demand, 5 on demand) from our Freeview channels. There is no local...

"'Sigh, as usual an update that only benefits the US customers. Come on, role out some local content in the UK or elsewhere for once!!!!!!" Spot on M8! Even the lowly Wi has BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, and the other free UK catch up...