Brilliant and massively preferred though the BBC iPlayer is, up to now it’s definitely been a PC-centric function. As a result, the shift over the previous two years to clever TVs hasn’t been particularly sort to the original iPlayer interface, generating it clear that operating system principles that could possibly work on a Computer don’t often operate on a Television driven by a simple remote handle.
So it is actually that lastly this week, right after a usually protracted Beta testing course of action (the Beeb’s public service remit indicates it has to produce definitely certain one thing functions effectively just before launching it – a sadly dying attitude inside the AV planet), the new BBC iPlayer is right here. And it’s been designed from the ground as much as operate on big-screen tellies in lieu of mouse- and keyboard-driven PCs. So we believed we ought to possess a check out it.
Doing so demands us to fire up our PS3. For at the time of writing, the new service has only been authorized for use on Sony’s console; presumably the usual banks of compatibility tests nevertheless haven’t been completed on all of the distinct smart TV platforms. The version of the new iPlayer that in the end arrives on intelligent TVs, although, will closely resemble if not be identical towards the 1 now sported by your PS3 (assuming you’ve applied the most recent firmware update).
        Based on the BBC, the new iPlayer’s improvements are focussed around three key regions. Initial, the new service is supposed to become just like TV. In other words, its HTML5-driven interface has been redesigned to be extremely visual and as straightforward as channel surfing.