Ordinary Gweilo

Last week I mentioned that TVB Pearl has introduced a service for watching TV shows (well, one particular show) online. 

So I had to try it out, but I have to say that I was totally underwhelmed by the experience.  The show plays on a tiny embedded screen surrounded by black bars (it’s the plane being lifted out of the sea), and if you expand it to a full screen it is horribly blurry.

The show is divided into 4 segments, and each one starts with an advert.  The first time I watched it, the programme started and then the advert appeared after a few seconds, which is rather annoying.

It’ll never catch on, this Internet TV business.