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13 July 2009, 09:18 PM

Milamber

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iplayer = useless piece of........

Jeez how useless is iplayer nowadays

Used to be superb, nice and quick. Now nearly 2 hours to download a 60 min program WTF!!!

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14 July 2009, 12:06 AM

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I just watch the 'streamed' version and still think it is superb.

I believe they changed the way the download works so it doesn't work like torrents where everyone who downloads/uploads.

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14 July 2009, 08:23 AM

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Yes. When it worked like torrents it was superb. Now, I'm reluctant to use it as it's so slow.

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14 July 2009, 08:29 PM

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If you thought the download was bad, wait until you play it back !

Not sure how that can be classed as an upgrade - longer to download and the playback quality is sh!te