DV
The long delayed buy, download and keep service direct from the BBC is imminent ... their twitter presence was launched today
AJ
It looks like it'll be appearing at www.bbcstore.com - it's in Beta at the moment, but I've not heard anything about how you sign up for the beta etc.
RW
Robert Williams
Founding member
Starting to look like launch of BBC Store may be imminent - the web page has changed, and another forum is suggesting a possible launch date of 4th November.
DV
Interesting that a 'launch' article obviously cobbled from a press release was published on the 'Variety' website around 2pm UK time. However the URL now links to a 404. Has a launch been aborted?
PF
Rather cheeky of them to have Red Dwarf up for purchase, but use a promo pic from the Dave series instead of one of their own. They also brag about it still being BBC 2's longest running sitcom... and it could have been even longer if they didn't dump it despite it still getting 8m viewers a week. They'd kill for those kind of numbers these days.
NG
Do BBC Worldwide handle sales for the Dave version? If so I can understand how the wrong image was used? I'm guessing BBC WW are also running the BBC Store.
noggin
Founding member
Rather cheeky of them to have Red Dwarf up for purchase, but use a promo pic from the Dave series instead of one of their own. They also brag about it still being BBC 2's longest running sitcom... and it could have been even longer if they didn't dump it despite it still getting 8m viewers a week. They'd kill for those kind of numbers these days.
Do BBC Worldwide handle sales for the Dave version? If so I can understand how the wrong image was used? I'm guessing BBC WW are also running the BBC Store.
LL
London Lite
Founding member
The BBC Shop website is still in operation, I wonder if both will eventually merge?
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
NG
And the Blu-ray and DVDs will almost certainly be higher quality than the digital download versions. (Looks as if BBC Store is sub-iPlayer quality for HD at 3Mbs rather than the iPlayer 5.166Mbs on web browsers and ~8Mbs on Sky+HD boxes. I'm guessing 720/25p...)
noggin
Founding member
The BBC Shop website is still in operation, I wonder if both will eventually merge?
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
And the Blu-ray and DVDs will almost certainly be higher quality than the digital download versions. (Looks as if BBC Store is sub-iPlayer quality for HD at 3Mbs rather than the iPlayer 5.166Mbs on web browsers and ~8Mbs on Sky+HD boxes. I'm guessing 720/25p...)
JA
The fact so much internet video is 25/30Hz even when it was made in 50/60Hz is one of the reasons I avoid buying things from these services.
VM
And the Blu-ray and DVDs will almost certainly be higher quality than the digital download versions. (Looks as if BBC Store is sub-iPlayer quality for HD at 3Mbs rather than the iPlayer 5.166Mbs on web browsers and ~8Mbs on Sky+HD boxes. I'm guessing 720/25p...)
As far as I can tell there's no extras, I'm pretty sure the Red Dwarf DVD sets have behind the scenes documentaries for example. Of course it's the convenience of downloads that wins out for many.
The BBC Shop website is still in operation, I wonder if both will eventually merge?
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
BBC Shop is cheaper than the BBC Store on some titles.
And the Blu-ray and DVDs will almost certainly be higher quality than the digital download versions. (Looks as if BBC Store is sub-iPlayer quality for HD at 3Mbs rather than the iPlayer 5.166Mbs on web browsers and ~8Mbs on Sky+HD boxes. I'm guessing 720/25p...)
As far as I can tell there's no extras, I'm pretty sure the Red Dwarf DVD sets have behind the scenes documentaries for example. Of course it's the convenience of downloads that wins out for many.