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Michael F.

Canada

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30 years IT I don’t do social media, it’s a cesspool.

2 Reviews by Michael

  • Britbox

8/18/22
Verified purchase

Britbox offers a large number of British programming from BBC and ITV. They also sneak in shows from All4. A nice mix of movies, mystery, right down to comedy and game shows. It should be a good streaming service but it has constant technical issues that they can't seem to fix. The biggie (just like AcornTV) is when you use a browser to view their content. After watching a stream for a while you'll be told the content is not available on this device. Your Watch List will disappear and you then can't watch anything. One screwup after another. They do fix it eventually but the wait is annoying.
It just seems that there isn't a streaming service anywhere out there that hires IT people that actually know what they're doing. They just keep bandaiding everything. Oh ya and keep raising the price with no improvements.

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  • Acorn TV

3/20/22

I watch on a PC using a Browser and this is the issue.
1) You can't add or remove items into/from your watch list.
2) What you watch doesn't show up in your Recently Watched list.
3) Previously view episodes in a series are not underlined so you need to keep track yourself.
4) They only stream up to 560p.
5) They buffer constantly. (not a network issue)
In my own testing Safari Browser works the best as it's very efficient. Firefox is slow but can work ok but Chrome, what Acorntv recommends is the worst.
Acorntv knows all of this, I have spoken with then on the phone yet they won't fix any of it. They prefer you use their app or go through Prime Video and pay monthly. They make more money that way. There's no incentive to go through a browser and pay yearly for them.
I signed for year which ends next January … I won't renew. BritBox is a better choice.

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