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BBC iPlayer adds High Definition Downloads
by Nik Fletcher Apr 16th 2009 at 5:30PM
In a move that's likely to please a lot of users - and infuriate already-annoyed internet providers - the BBC has announced that High Definition downloads are now available via a new version of the service's desktop client. The client will detect the speed of your connection which will pick the appropriate bit-rate version depending on your internet connection. The HD content, available as ever to British residents only, is available now via the BBC iPlayer site and there's plenty more content promised including Doctor Who and Dragons' Den.
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Ethan said 7:41PM on 4-16-2009
Maybe ISPs should stop advertising their services as far beyond what they actually want and can support individuals using, and then services won't appear to fill the demand by consumers to deliver the potential that their ISP has promised them.
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whookid said 8:57PM on 4-16-2009
Woohoo, time to get more letters about overusing my 'unlimited' internet.
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coffeeophile said 10:03PM on 4-16-2009
I got one of those letters a while back, too. :(
ajh said 4:03PM on 4-17-2009
Or just use get_iplayer if you have a slow broadband connection and you still want to download the non-DRM HD programmes :-)
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