Comments on: Happy birthday, iView.

By: Secret Squïrrel

Secret Squïrrel — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:46:23 +0000

iView rocks! And I agree with Pete, iiNet are brilliant with quota free stuff – English Premier League, Rugby, NASA TV, 80 radio stations, Tunes, etc.

@Benno, unless you live away from the major population centres, I recommend considering moving from your 20th century Hellstra (or Hellstra reseller) internet connection to ADSL2+ with someone like iiNet, Westnet, or Internode, and get heaps more quota at a faster speed for the same $. I did a few years ago and haven’t looked back.

By: Luke W

Luke W — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:35:32 +0000

Although I don’t use iView much, it is a fantastic service. I use it to watch Media Watch every week, as well as watching episodes of Chaser and Gruen that I may miss. Well done ABC for continuous improvements. My ISP charges for iView usage but I have a large plan so it doesn’t matter!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:13:39 +0000

I really want to see HD or higher resolution video podcasts

By: Benno

Benno — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:43:36 +0000

Finally after switching to a 1.5mbit plan not long ago, i am able to watch iView. The only show i watch on iView is Media Watch, although occasionally i watch it live.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:21:21 +0000

With the Free English Premier League and iView, iinet is such a blessing for me!!!

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:50:12 +0000

Been a long time since ABC enjoyed 8c a day! I bet they they had the equivalent of that.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:02:39 +0000

We are not unmetered yet. I have only used iview once, and that was probably in the first week. But it is a great safety net in case I do miss an ABC show. I do wish they could sort out the music rights issue with Spicks and Specks, as that is one show I tend to look for on iview.

By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:03:16 +0000

iView is such an excellent service from the ABC. I don’t get it unmetred but I have a decent download cap and can easily catch up on all the shows I miss. I guess we’re paying more than 8 cents a day now but whatever it is I find it one of the few government services that’s worth my tax dollars.

By: bindi

bindi — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:10:11 +0000

i didn’t know iprimus had this unmetered, i’m with them so i’ll take another look at iview now.

By: mikeys

mikeys — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:55:46 +0000

Have been with iView since the pre-beta days and it’s grown and improved immensely. Another excellent service from the ABC, alongside the iPhone app and ABC Now.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:46:17 +0000

ETA – I meant to add.

I wish the other networks would have a service like this, something easy to use and unmetered with better file compression. I noticed most of the shows on Nine and the others like Sea Patrol are 700Mb while on iView they are half to 1/3 the size, yes the quality is less but still expectable in this country, until Rudd gets his Broadband up and running.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:31:06 +0000

One of the reasons I chose Westnet was for unmetered iView (and iTunes) access, it’s great if you have 1.5Mb ADSL or better, an easy way to catch shows you miss or want to see again.

Happy birthday iView…