Introduction and design
Update: Following its update introducing HD streams and Airplay support, Presto has also made its way to television sets via the Telstra TV streaming box, so we’ve updated the review to acknowledge this new access point.
In some ways, Presto was the pioneer of the Australian streaming video market.
Launching several months before rivals Stan and Netflix, and offering a library worthy far superior to anything Quickflix ever had, Presto was the first real service delivering an all-you-can-watch streaming model in Australia.
While services like ABC iview and SBS On Demand have offered Australia a solid way to catch up on free to air TV, complete video-on-demand services have historically been somewhat lacking.
This means that the market has very quickly exploded from next to nothing last year to a highly competitive smorgasbord of platforms to stream from.
But while Presto was initially hamstrung by some technical limitations – streams were only available in standard definition, and there was no Airplay support for starters – recent updates have seen the platform improve dramatically, offering a much better service that is capable of challenging Netflix and Stan with its offering.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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