Telus Releases Optik TV Remote App Update to Address iOS 5 Crashes

More and more cable companies are offering iPhone apps to allow customers to control their PVRs. The Telus Optik TV remote was released last Fall, and was eventually updated for iOS 5 last October. However, customers still reported issues with the app crashing incessantly even with the iOS 5 update.

Just yesterday, Telus released a further update for the Optik TV remote app with ‘improved iOS 5 compatibility’. Early reviews by users have reported success with this new update. Let us know how this latest update works for you.

Click here to download the Telus Optik TV Remote Recording app–it’s free.

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Epserc
Epserc
14 years ago

Excellent!  Now when will Shaw have one of this?  I am getting impatient!!

Anonymous
Anonymous
Reply to  Epserc
14 years ago

EXACTLY! I’ve been asking the same thing for months!

Guest
Guest
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Shaw Sucks. Behind on technology and consumer offerings. Very poor customer service and tech support. I will be switching!

Anonymous
Anonymous
Reply to  Guest
14 years ago

That’s funny. I would have said the exact same thing about Telus! Shaw’s TV maybe a little behind the others, but their internet is infinitely better then Telus, Rogers or Bell. And that’s why I’ll stick with ’em…

Gary
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Shaw’s internet is definitely superior, but for now Telus isn’t too bad. We had some initial speed issues and had to get a tech over to switch over to a newer modem.

We’re using our Apple Extreme via the router they provide.

Justme
Justme
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Same here. I got rid of everything Telus I had a couple years ago.  Shaw is far superior and I have had no problems with their customer service.  Their internet is waaaaaay better than Telus and I like these new gateway units.

Gary
Reply to  Epserc
14 years ago

We switched from Shaw to Telus a year ago. This app is awesome!

Didn’t Shaw get some new PVRs? The news ones might get this functionality soon I bet.

Anonymous
Anonymous
Reply to  Gary
14 years ago

Do you have an AppleTV Gary? My buddy told me that if you have Telus Optik Internet and TV, you can’t stream video over WiFi with the router they make you use. Do you know if that’s true?

Reinhart73
Reinhart73
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Ya, I stream video from PC to PS3 via WIFI just fine. no problems

Gary
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

Yes I do. I stream video to Apple TV via AirVideo and AirPlay. It has worked amazingly well for me. 

dpgvan
dpgvan
Reply to  Anonymous
14 years ago

I have the same issue with my Optik TV router.  Looks like Bonjour or Zeroconf doesn’t work on the Telus router.  Airplay won’t work for some reason.

Mike
Mike
Reply to  Gary
14 years ago

Gary, I think it’s great you switched to a Vancouver-based corporation entrenched in the community. I know a lot of computer science guys from UBC/SFU who ended up getting jobs at the “Boot” in Burnaby.

Anonymous
Anonymous
Reply to  Epserc
14 years ago

Read the Gateway Backgrounder .pdf on this web page. http://www.shaw.ca/Gateway/Press/

Looks like it’s on the way for Shaw Gateway users….

Nagger
Nagger
13 years ago

The Telu Optik app sucks. Missing channels and doesn’t work at all lately. Lets face it bothnShaw and Telus have issues and marketing plans, some good and some not. Pick your devil and go with it. Competition is good!

Celtic1
Celtic1
12 years ago

The new update caused my Optik TV to crash all the time. It was working PERFECTLY before the update yesterday….I wish I could remove the update!!!!

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