JNLister Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Looks like WWE have managed to break their menu system, even on PC browsers. There appears to be a limit on how many thumbnails they can show in any one section, which they've now breached in Hall of Fame thanks to uploading every single 'this guy's getting inducted' video. All the ceremonies from before 2010 are now only accessible by using the 'by year' drop down menu, which in turn only goes back to 2004. The 1994-96 ceremonies are now no longer accessible in the menus at all, but they are still on the Network itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 The earlier HOF's seem to be down? Bit odd. I've never been able to access them on Roku. The Arnold interview booted me out within seconds on Monday but worked last night. WWE Network, one year in, still feels like a beta product. It's embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 If you want to watch the old HOF's bookmark them on the website and they should show up on Roku. At least that's how you get around to it using Apple TV. When I stream or play archived content after 8PM GMT (maybe earlier but that's when I usually arrive from work) it often starts-stops every couple of minutes and I can't watch things on my iPad anymore because the start/stop switches the quality from HQ/reduced/superLQ. This started happening after the UK went live... before I had a DNS server and it never gave me a single problem. Needless to say, it's not on my end. I can stream anything else available on Apple TV in HQ without a single issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 If you want to watch the old HOF's bookmark them on the website and they should show up on Roku. At least that's how you get around to it using Apple TV. When I stream or play archived content after 8PM GMT (maybe earlier but that's when I usually arrive from work) it often starts-stops every couple of minutes and I can't watch things on my iPad anymore because the start/stop switches the quality from HQ/reduced/superLQ. This started happening after the UK went live... before I had a DNS server and it never gave me a single problem. Needless to say, it's not on my end. I can stream anything else available on Apple TV in HQ without a single issue. I have had the same problem with on demand content for weeks now. For some reason it's much worse for older content, anything shot in HD doesn't stop nearly as much. The live stream is also fine, it's only content pre 2008 that skips, it's to the point where it's completely unwatchable. I've been back and forth with their customer service and they tell me they can't find the problem so I guess I'm fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Could someone please check something on the Network for me. Yesterday morning I went to watch Starrcade 1985, everything was great up to after the Main Event between Rhodes & Flair. Schavoine & Caudle appeared after the match to wrap the show up but I noticed the screen went all pixelated on my Roku during this, however once it went to the highlight package it went back to normal. At first I thought it was the stream so later in the afternoon I went on WWE.Com and checked the same sequence out and it pixelated on my PC aswell, so was wondering if someone could double check for me if its my connection which I doubt or if WWE is at fault. Thank you to anyone in advance who could check for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Could someone please check something on the Network for me. Yesterday morning I went to watch Starrcade 1985, everything was great up to after the Main Event between Rhodes & Flair. Schavoine & Caudle appeared after the match to wrap the show up but I noticed the screen went all pixelated on my Roku during this, however once it went to the highlight package it went back to normal. At first I thought it was the stream so later in the afternoon I went on WWE.Com and checked the same sequence out and it pixelated on my PC aswell, so was wondering if someone could double check for me if its my connection which I doubt or if WWE is at fault. Thank you to anyone in advance who could check for me. Tweet WWE Network for technical issues please, instead of posting here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 A few weeks ago I came across a show hosted by Joey Styles where the camera's went to a WWE lock up and showed various Casket's, the old WWF New Generation flashing lights entrance and some other bits. I can't for the life of me remember what section it was under as I really enjoyed the program and wanted to watch it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 A few weeks ago I came across a show hosted by Joey Styles where the camera's went to a WWE lock up and showed various Casket's, the old WWF New Generation flashing lights entrance and some other bits. I can't for the life of me remember what section it was under as I really enjoyed the program and wanted to watch it again. It's on YouTube on the WWE Archivist channel. I had no idea it was on the Network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 @marcgraser#WWE to announce 8 new series for the #WWENetwork on Monday, including "Divas Search" and an animated show with Seth Green. @marcgraser #WWE's Tough Enough coming back with a new format on USA Network in June. https://twitter.com/marcgraser/status/581869751049150464 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegambler Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 If "Divas Search" ends up being like the universally hated stuff from the mid-aughts, except as a network show rather than a recurring segment on Raw, then I won't know what to say. I can see the logic on some of WWE's bad ideas and generally believe them to be misguided rather than actively ignoring their fans. Not with the diva search--if that actually comes back, and they put it on the network instead of Raw so that the fans' failure to appreciate it doesn't hurt their ratings this time, then that'd push me in the camp that thinks their goal very seriously is to force their vision on their customers. Sorry for the whiny-ass post but this is what memories of the diva search days do to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strand Peanut Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nahhh, they'll run it like the Divas show they have on cable. They've had a modicum of success with that one. It'll be their NXT component, perhaps. Was the musical chair thing part of the Divas Search on RAW? Oh the laughter.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Could someone please check something on the Network for me. Yesterday morning I went to watch Starrcade 1985, everything was great up to after the Main Event between Rhodes & Flair. Schavoine & Caudle appeared after the match to wrap the show up but I noticed the screen went all pixelated on my Roku during this, however once it went to the highlight package it went back to normal. At first I thought it was the stream so later in the afternoon I went on WWE.Com and checked the same sequence out and it pixelated on my PC aswell, so was wondering if someone could double check for me if its my connection which I doubt or if WWE is at fault. Thank you to anyone in advance who could check for me. I watched Starrcade 85 some time ago and exactly the same thing happened to me. It looks like a chunk at the end has been encoded with more compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 According to thir schedule the Macho Man DVD goes up on Monday and the Austin season of Tough Enough is going up on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Since they announced Tough Enough, does that mean they're going ahead with a new season or is it just old episodes? I noticed Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling was one of the shows listed, there's no chance of them rebooting the series to run alongside Slam City and Camp WWE is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Most of the new shows look like doggers, but 1,000 more hours of wrestling content sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 1,000 hours of wrestling content? Where was that in the release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 My main issue with the Diva Search thing is that the way they are promoting it really goes against the lip service they've paid lately to transforming how they use women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 1,000 hours of wrestling content? Where was that in the release? It's on the Observer site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Most of the new shows look like doggers, but 1,000 more hours of wrestling content sounds good. When you realise that they are soon moving to 2 hrs Raw and Nitro probably half of that is going to be a bit more than two years of each and a couple of years of ECW TV. Will be great to have all of that there in perfect VQ available a few clicks away though. It's great news for the company that they are finally getting around to producing things that make them stand out but the new content makes them look desperate to somehow recapture their late 90s crash TV glory days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 The thing that got me about that press release was they basically buried the news of monthly NXT specials at the bottom, despite NXT having a big weekend and proving to be a hit with Netowrk subscribers. Meanwhile, they were much more concerned with trumpeting a bunch of shitty-sounding reality shows that all sound like they've missed the cultural Zeitgeist of populist TV by at least 15 years. Jerry's Springer's Too Hot for TV? Really? Diva Search to get women to sign up? Holy fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 The thing that got me about that press release was they basically buried the news of monthly NXT specials at the bottom, despite NXT having a big weekend and proving to be a hit with Netowrk subscribers. Meanwhile, they were much more concerned with trumpeting a bunch of shitty-sounding reality shows that all sound like they've missed the cultural Zeitgeist of populist TV by at least 15 years. Jerry's Springer's Too Hot for TV? Really? Diva Search to get women to sign up? Holy fuck. And that Jackass/Punk'd type show or whatever it's going to be. I genuinely don't know who they're for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 See, I used to watch some of those shows back when I was in college and things like YouTube didn't exist and I had limited channel options. Jackass, Punk'd, the Contender, The Osbournes, Family Guy, sometimes Springer as background noise when everything else had informercials on, etc. Thing is, those kind of shows all seem like the key influences of the shows WWE have just announced, like they all seem to belong to that kind of era and that kind of TV, whether it's crass humour, shock TV, reality, hidden camera... and then I remembered I was in college in 2000. TWO-FUCKING-THOUSAND.I guess it's cheaper than producing cinematic-styled drama or fantasy/adventure shows like are popular now (and I can only imagine the kind of Network shows we'll get in 2030 when WWE tap into 2015's popular culture - "The Adventures of Jacob Goodnight", "The Marine: Miami" and a WWE-ised version of Total Wipeout I imagine), but the whole thing smacks of trying to recapture the lapsed Attitude Era fans instead of appealing to their current audience of pesky millennials. It's like they're going with the old Vince Russo philosophy of "How can we make something that appeals to people who couldn't give a shit about wrestling" without realising they're alienating a larger audience who bought the Network for the WRESTLING content. I get that they might think "Hey, it'll be easier for you to convince your girlfriend the subscription is worth it since we've got shows that appeal to her too!", but come on. How many people is that really going to be a dealbreaker for? I can't imagine it'd be more than than the hardcores who would love Mid South TV or WCWSN to show up in the archive, and that's a much cheaper option since you don't have to, you know, actually go out and shoot it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Maybe I'm in the minority here but I think branching off into content that is WWE related but not WRESTLING focused is a real nice move. Takes it from a wrestling vault to feeling more like a NETWORK of program derived from WWE. That being said they are pulling most of this content from stuff that was popular a decade ago and not very interesting in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillThompson Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 It's not really a wrestling vault though. It should be, but they have hundreds of thousands of hours of wrestling content and just they just leave it sitting in their actual vault. New content is necessary, and I have no problems with the shows announced, but allow the Network to turn into an actual vault of wrestling footage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 It is more wrestling vault than an OTT streaming service with varied content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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