BBC iPlayer on PS3 is to get a make over and will move from using the creaky PS3 web browser to a standalone app.
The new app has been built from scratch with new features including viewer recommendations and a “vastly improved” search function.
As well as a new app, more shows from the BBC archive will be added to the service and programs will be available for longer than seven days.
Rather oddly the BBC do not seem to mention the best feature of the upgrade,  look closely at the screenshot below and you will see the PS3 is getting BBC HD.Â
Huzzah!
StevenHibs
Match of the Day HD, I hope so!!!
Youles
Fingers crossed, I don’t use iPlayer but I would for this as my wife HATES my taking over the main TV to watch football. Doesn’t help that I literally watch every match possible!
Jaffa-the-Cake
Due to contractual obligations only MOTD 2 can be shown on the iPlayer.
Youles
NO!! I thought it was great when they got rid of Adrian Chiles, until he was replaced by Colin Murray. It seems MotD 2 has to have crap presenters and stupid gimmicks.
beeje13
And last season you couldn’t even watch MOTD 2 until tuesday, but it had the monday night game.
e8
You read my mind, fingers crossed.
Bilbo_bobbins
fantastic, at last. I will be using this a lot more from now on.
GamingBlueBoy
The HD looks good.
david
Brilliant.
The Lone Steven
Yay!\o/ *orders 99 and half bottle of beer for TSA towers*
It is strange that the bbc haven’t mentioned this. I barely use the iplayer due to it being easier to use on my laptop. But i may cheat on my laptop with my PS3 and use it to play the new and improved iplayer. I do hope the entire Doctor who archive will be up on Iplayer and torchwood as well.
cc_star
iPlayer is a catchup service, not really for archive programs
SeeSaw have an agreement with the BBCs commercial arm (BBC Worldwide) and show some archive programs, however SeeSaw recently struggled to get funding & hasn’t become the service it once promised to be
cc_star
Brilliant news, thank goodness it has moved away from the crappy browser
nofi
Not sure that’s the case. Checking.
Tuffcub
Its an app – http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2011/08/bbc_iplayer_connected_tv.html
Hi Coverleeds,
The BBC iPlayer for TV is now a native application on the PS3 and so we use the same exit method that Playstation games use, which is to hold down the PS button and choose Quit.
Kind regards,
James.
nemesisND1derboy
Hold on….
…since when is your name Dave?
cc_star
Keep forgetting I have iPlayer built into my TV… as almost all TVs from the past year or so do, except the very cheapest.
But anyways good news for those that need it
Charmed_Fanatic
HD!! That is awesome if it is true and free for PS3 users! Hurrah!
Mason_Mk
Watching Top Gear in HD through my TV atm, the app is brilliant. Also since my ps3 is bravia synced the pause button and such on my tv remote can control iplayer now too :) Hope the archives add all the eps of top gear, angry boys and how not to live your life permanently.
Hopefully 4oD and ITVPlayer follow suit.
cc_star
Surely you’ve got iPlayer built into your TV then, seems a waste to be running an extra bit of equipment if you don’t need to
Mason_Mk
Nah my sony bravia is the only one not to include iplayer :(
Also my tv needs a wifi dongle to work anyway which is £60.
HoboCastro
Works with Anynet on my Samsung too.
Sympozium Pawa
Looks brilliant, hope 4oD does this to.
Darth Newdar
Excellent stuff, especially the HD.
minerwilly
This is excellent news for me as i have only ever had a Freeview box and my HD TV has never been used for HD viewing other than PS3 and the very odd Blu Ray .
ISP’s will be loving this news !