Ha ha, oh wow; NowTV is the biggest piece of shit. Having signed up for it I thought I'd give it a shot tonight so we installed the PS3 app earlier on. Hilariously, straight after installation, it demanded a patch before it would launch; because apparently the version of the app sitting waiting to be installed isn't even the latest one. *sigh* Having sorted that we launched the actual app. About five minutes of things flashing up and random black screens got us to some kind of splash screen.
Application updated. Please restart.
I, but, what? Well, okay...
*launches app*
*again*
More flashing, more black screens, another splash screen, an actual menu! Sweet, I can navigate the movie selection and it's pretty good. It's hampered by the same weird interface most PS3 apps have but eventually I find and select the Avengers film.
More random flashing shit, a couple more black screens, a spinning icon. Things are buffering! We're close! We're... wait, why has nothing happened for aaaaages? Hmmm. I need to use the pad to quit the app. I'll try again.
Blah, blah, spinning icon. Still spinning. Still spin...bugger, everything's stopped. Check with pad. Oh, entire console has locked up. Physical power button won't even do anything and I'm having to reach behind the thing and yank the power cord out of it. Yeah, fuck this shit.
Half an hour later, sitting in front of the house PC, I thought I'd try it again just to see. Ah, the website uses Silverlight, because of course it does. Log in, find Avengers movie and select it. Spinning icon. More spinning icon. Even more spinning icon. Fuck. Try a different film. More spinning icon. Maybe it's our net connection, God knows it sucks at times. Try recent YouTube video at 1080p; plays quickly and flawlessly. Try HD iPlayer episode; plays quickly and flawlessly.
Yeah, fuck Silverlight and fuck any company that expects anyone to pay to use it. Also fuck their dedicated app; my PS3 has never hard locked up on me in all the time I've had it but I try to stream one Sky film and its on it knees. Fuck. That. Shit.