Our Verdict
BuddyTVstarted as a website that get drug user remark on their favored show . Then the company made this fashion model more fluid with its iOS app and add some tempting features , like mix a remote control for some DVRs . Unfortunately , the flaws in the current version of the app overshadow any advantages BuddyTV offer .
The freeBuddyTV appattempts to bridge over the break between tv set list apps and societal features . Once you pick your favorite shows , you could habituate the Watch List to see when they will publicise next . If you ’re face for new shows to watch , the habitation CRT screen induce it easy to discover pop shows and highlights novel fall serial . And if you want to watch something aright now , the coming tab lists what ’s presently on TV through your television supplier . BuddyTV is compatible with any iPhone , iPad , or iPod ghost running iOS 4.0 or later .
BuddyTV is n’t just for watching live television . It lists streaming content from iTunes , Amazon , and Netflix , and you may delete the leaning to only show the service that you use .
Once you ’ve found what to keep an eye on , you could correspond in and then comment on the show , or Twitter , or even text to admirer through a form that allege things like , “ I ’m get it on Sherlock . Are you follow it ? ” with a link to the page within the BuddyTV app . BuddyTV includes a feature I did n’t find on other societal idiot box apps : if you ’ve get a DVR from TiVo , AT&T U - verse or DirecTV , you’re able to use the app to control your DVR .
But the trouble with the app far outweigh its utility . The app is built for the iPhone , so if you ’re using it on an iPad you ’ll call for to portion out with pixelated opinion . The app is portraiture only , which I find particularly annoying on the iPad . BuddyTV offers a standard control grid flair show itemization , but when I sample to get at it the app barge in every time . you could link your Netflix account to the app , which is supposed to take you forthwith to a cyclosis computer program when you check in , but unfortunately , the feature did n’t work for me . After talk to a BuddyTV representative , I was told that reading 2.6.1 reparation the Listing horizon outlet that cause the app to clangour , and the Netflix app now establish properly . BuddyTV instance say native iPad documentation is on the fashion .
Once BuddyTV makes the app worldwide ( or add up out with a separate iPad version ) , then there ’s a destiny of potential in its feature . Until then , you ’re better off with a listing app like TV Guide or a social TV app like GetGlue .
