ITV X ?

Davey

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Jan 29, 2023, 7:10:25 AM1/29/23

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(Moved from u.t.telecom).

I am confused by this. I already had a working ITV Hub on my Humax, and
recently I went through the process of signing up for ITV X. It all
appeared to go well.
But now I still have ITV Hub, it says when I fire it up, it has
everything that I expected, loads of programmes etc.
What is the story? Do I not have ITV X, or do I, but they never changed
the log from ITV Hub, or what? How do I tell? Should I have more stuff
available than I do?

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JNugent

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Jan 29, 2023, 9:19:21 AM1/29/23

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The on screen display will (I think) only change to ITVX if there is an
app which can be downloaded (automatically) and work with your TV or
other device.

We have a smart TV which works without any exterior devices. It has been
changed over to ITVX without any input from us

We also have a TV with an Amazon Firestick. That too has changed to ITVX.

Another set, in a bedroom, has catch-up provided by apps on a PVR. That
PVR apparently does not try to download new apps or versions. It's
showing all the content, but still branded as ITV Hub.

Your experience may differ, of course.

Davey

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Jan 29, 2023, 10:54:02 AM1/29/23

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That lat one is pretty much what I see on mine, which I updated to
ITV X bit still displays as ITV Hub. Oh well.
But what I don't know is: am I missing anything that a full
installation of ITV X should have?
Hmm.

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Brian Gregory

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Jan 29, 2023, 12:17:52 PM1/29/23

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As far as I can see from reading about it online the main extra thing
you get is that if you pay for a ITV X premium you get access to
Britbox. There may be no difference if you don't pay, it certainly seems
like that from what I have read.

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Davey

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Jan 29, 2023, 1:43:21 PM1/29/23

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That is reassuring, thanks. I could not find anything that I was
supposedly missing, so why such a palaver to sign up and upgrade? They
make it sound more than it is (now there's a thought!).
Friends of mine say they "cannot get the extra channels working", I
don't know what they mean, so I'll go over there sometime and see if I
can make any sense of it.
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Woody

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Jan 29, 2023, 3:09:09 PM1/29/23

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Although I admit I haven't read the ITVX T's and C's but if it is
anything like its predecessor you will have to pay a monthly charge to
watch without adverts, otherwise adverts are thrown around willy nilly.

Brian Gregory

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Jan 29, 2023, 4:07:44 PM1/29/23

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That is my understanding too.

Davey

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Jan 29, 2023, 6:05:56 PM1/29/23

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And naturally, you can't fast forward through them.
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Woody

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Jan 30, 2023, 4:13:03 AM1/30/23

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I did find one thing though, at least I think I did. You can step
through the prog on the time bar to very close to the end (if you are
good at it you might hit the credits!) Let it run to the very end, then
use the time bar to go back to the beginning and you will be able to
watch the programme uninterrupted. I can't remember whether that is
without adverts or just that you can step forward through them.

Davey

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Jan 30, 2023, 5:20:20 AM1/30/23

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Hmm, I'll give that a go. I watched a programme last night, and after
about an hour, it froze. From that point on, every few minutes, I had
to Exit, restart ITVX, and tell it to Start from the Beginning, at
which point it would Resume. Most odd, but at least I was able to watch
the programme, eventually. I just had to work out the secret code to
make it work.

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Brian Gaff

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Jan 31, 2023, 7:16:44 AM1/31/23

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How much of the content is audio described? Is it easy to find and can it
be used with voice systems on the TV? The answer to the latter seems to be
no, but the former seems not to be obvious, since without the second, I'd
have to use a pc and browser to listen to the pages.
Brian

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Brian Gregory

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Jan 31, 2023, 8:26:21 AM1/31/23

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Probably not any practical help to you, but on the Sky EPG, audio
description is identified by [AD] at the end of the description, (in
practice it's likely to be part of a combination of things in square
brackets like [HD,S,AD]).

On 31/01/2023 12:16, Brian Gaff wrote:
> How much of the content is audio described? Is it easy to find and can it
> be used with voice systems on the TV? The answer to the latter seems to be
> no, but the former seems not to be obvious, since without the second, I'd
> have to use a pc and browser to listen to the pages.
> Brian
>

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