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To really hate the itvx app

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TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 14:47

Don't get me wrong. There is some good content on itvx. I just hate the app. When i want to watch a series from the beginning it thinks that i should be starting from the final series. If i do manage to watch a series from the beggining it thinks that i need to watch the last episode again. I can work every other streaming app easily..

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L0VELIESBLEEDING · 27/07/2025 12:25

Seems like a lot of people are talking about the content, not the app. The content is great (ads notwithstanding) the app is beyond abysmal. There’s little point in having abundant, varied content if trying to access it, without constant buffering, freezing, losing your place or “something went wrong” (my personal favourite, blaming the broadband when ever other device in the house works fine), is so frustrating it’s easier to just abandon all hope and watch something else on another service.

Muffinbakery · 26/02/2025 18:58

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RobinEllacotStrike · 26/02/2025 18:58

Virgin Media have "upgraded" us to a new remote & "improved" interface.

It's horrible. I wish I never accepted the "upgrade ".

stargirl1701 · 26/02/2025 18:57

It is AWFUL.

It constantly suggests I am not on wifi when I am. No other streaming app does that.

It often glitches at the end of the add break. No other streaming app does that.

It often reverts back to audio from the beginning of the programme whilst showing the correct visual after the ad break. No other streaming app does that.

It often forgets to offer the next episode. No other streaming app does that.

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TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 18:45

SwanFlight · 26/02/2025 17:52

It would help to know which platform you are using it on. I find lots of them hard to scan/browse. With the iplayer, I sometimes use a laptop, trawl through listings and add to the watchlist, because otherwise I have no hope of ever finding anything.

I mainly use it on my phone as i like to watch old episodes of vera when i am doing housework. My phone is less than a year old and i regularly check for updates. Itvx crashes on my telly too.

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Middlemarch123 · 26/02/2025 18:09

It keeps freezing, then gives me a buffering message and says it’s the fault of provider. No, actually it’s only this platform that freezes. Too slow and clunky, and I hate Domino ads! Love Netflix and Disney+

SwanFlight · 26/02/2025 17:52

It would help to know which platform you are using it on. I find lots of them hard to scan/browse. With the iplayer, I sometimes use a laptop, trawl through listings and add to the watchlist, because otherwise I have no hope of ever finding anything.

NewYearNewJob2024 · 26/02/2025 17:42

I agree OP, it's awful!!! BBC iPlayer is so much better!

SwanFlight · 26/02/2025 17:37

We did have an issue where it would hang and die during an ad break. And then it was a faff to get back to where you were. Probably enduring two sets of adverts for the added pleasure too. I don't think I've ever found anything to watch on it! Partner rinses through some of the detective dramas.

whatwouldyoudoifisangoutofkey · 26/02/2025 17:25

My problem with it is I can't get subtitles.

Ilovecleaning · 26/02/2025 17:21

TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 14:58

I find it the most difficult streaming app to use. Okay it is free to use if you don't mind adverts. However i just expect it to work better.

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I find this with itv X. However, I upgraded my broadband which was extremely slow and itv X has worked much better since then. It still takes you back to the wrong episode though.
I’m willing to put up with it because it’s free as I get fed up of paying through the nose for things.

SirDanielBrackley · 26/02/2025 17:17

I've given up on it.

The thing's not fit for purpose.

YANBU

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TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 16:57

bungobungobungo · 26/02/2025 16:22

Yes agree with you. Tried to watch the last 'Unforgotten' and finally managed it after 25 minutes! Makes us so cross.

I was trying to watch vera from the beginning. The app thought that i should just watch series 14. I gave up before i ended up throwing something out of the window. I am glad that i taped unforgotten.

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Dressinggown08 · 26/02/2025 16:40

Urgh it's awful. Freezes all the time. So pleased that someone upthread has said that Unforgotten is also on Netflix, I really want to watch it now can't be arsed with all the faff that goes along with it

mazed · 26/02/2025 16:40

Definitely the worst. Also hate use of 'fresh'. Trying to be modern but is just crap. Ch 4 app easy peasy.

Dairymilkisminging · 26/02/2025 16:37

I even signed up for the free trial and what I was watching still came with ads. I would've started paying to finish my series without ads but can't do that. It's so clunky and slow compared to other apps

Weepixie · 26/02/2025 16:36

It’s awful to the extent I rarely watch anything on ITV now.

SiobhanSharpe · 26/02/2025 16:32

Yep, just started watching on the app because I nissed the final unforgotten episode. At one point I watched the block of ads on repeat for about 10 minutes, and could only get out of it by restarting the episode. Sometimes the ITV xxXXXxx logo repeats too.
Perhaps it's a fiendish ploy to get us all to buy the premium service.

UnfollowTopic · 26/02/2025 16:26

I hate it because you can’t do ‘screen in screen’ or whatever it’s called when I watched it on my phone.

I have now deleted it and won’t use it any more. The worst streaming service by far.

bungobungobungo · 26/02/2025 16:22

Yes agree with you. Tried to watch the last 'Unforgotten' and finally managed it after 25 minutes! Makes us so cross.

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TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 16:07

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 26/02/2025 15:09

In my experience the channel 5 app is far worse. It crashes all the time mid program.

I have no experience of the channel 5 app. The things i like to watch are on the bbc iplayer, itvx and netflix. Sometimes i use the sky go app too. Nothing on channel 5 has caught my attention.

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TeaAndStrumpets · 26/02/2025 15:59

I recently upgraded to the ad-free service, it's quite cheap. I tried to sign in on the app on my Sony TV and couldn't make it work. Then I tried it on my Roku stick, and it worked beautifully. I've had problems with Prime Video cutting out on my TV so always get that via Roku. I think it's just my TV, must be 8 or 9 years old.

Now watching all of Morse!

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TwinklyFawn · 26/02/2025 15:57

Hotafternoon · 26/02/2025 15:09

I really like it especially as they're showing drama and crime series from overseas. Have really enjoyed what I've watched so far.

I can put up with the clunkiness though to get such good programmes.

I do think that it has some good content. I just think that the app can be unresponsive.

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Kitchensinktoday · 26/02/2025 15:48

It plays ok til I get to the adverts, and then it tends to freeze. And re-starting results in sitting through all the adverts again

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