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I'm glad that PBS is making it easier to stream their excellent content. I'm proud to support them as a Passport member. The app does sometimes freeze on the ads or fail to open the selected video. The video player is just the built-in Apple player so it doesn't have features like remembering your position, or the "rewind 10 seconds" button. Most annoying for me, though, is that it doesn't list the episodes in order, or keep track of what you've watched already. So if you're returning to a multi-episode show, you have to remember what you've seen and hunt around for the right episode.

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The basic application provides limited functions without difficulty. The problems abound for those who attempt to use the "Passport" functions following membership. Thirteen's tech support is limited to compound the issue. One would think that Thirteen would have their act together to provide flawless access as a member who attempts to use the Passport function to access premium program. Unfortunately that is not the case. Thirteen has created a paywall that is difficult for even members to navigate. The lack of adequate Techsupport makes the process just a frustrating experience. Bottom line join another station instead in the PBS network and hope for a better experience.

I'm thankful this app gives me the ability to Chromecast, but it could be majorly improved. Firstly, please add the option to display closed captions. Second, the app should keep track of where I am in watching in an episode when casting. In actuality, if i close the app when casting, but don't pause the video and try to return to the app a few minutes later, the app displays that I have restarted the video. Then, if I want to rewind, I have to make a blind guess at where I should move the tracker. Improve these and it would be ace!

The content is generally superior. The technological quality seems to be a bit beyond what this particular service can consistently provide. I’ve had to develop a plan ‘B’ for those nights when I wish to treat myself to entertainment of the literary or mind opening kind. These are rarely found elsewhere other than on the ‘not for profit’ family of radio/podcast & TV/video stations.