Flawed 24 July 2013 Reviewer: Nick Gardner from Itchenor,UK
183 of 347 people found this review helpful
Good content and if you don't want/need to pay Skys ridiculously heavy fees their pay as you watch model is on paper good value for money. tried it fot season 3 game of thrones which isn't anywhere else legally in uk. My internet connection is a bit variable being a small village two miles from exchange and depends a lot on who else is online/time of day etc. Streaming however seemed distinctly dodgy at any time with way too much buffering and was generally unwatchable. Picture quality also very soft and mushy. downloading seemed incredibly slow - well over two hours an episode and I don't think that's all down to my connection. However as long as you do it in advance and get on with something else you get there in end. Once downloaded all the DRM works fine and I like the fact you can repeat download something you have bought whenever you want -saves clogging up gigabytes of disc. Picture quality is ok though I'm not sure I really think 720P qualifies as meriting an HD premium price these days which annoys me, and sound is a stereo downmix (why cant people keep a 5.1 sound track?) . I also seem to get an odd effect in the downloaded media file where the sound drops out for a second or so every couple of minutes which is very irritating. Given the number of other people experiencing similar issues I'm forced to conclude Blinkbox need to seriously upgrade their delivery technology. If they can do that I'd use it a lot - as it is at present its only for essential stuff not available elsewhere (walking dead season 3....). shanme really as on paer its good and one would think Tesco could fund it properly. i'll recommend it for its content alone but be warned! and only if you intend to download which needs a windows PC. mind you if you take their current five pounds frew credit you're not exactly spending a lot if you don't like it!
In summary, I would recommend BlinkBox to a friend.
