MagellanTV Documentaries

Anthony Reinert

5 years ago

It connected to chrome cast the first night and will not connect again. Good thing I learned during the free trial. I was planning on buying a full year. This would be totally worth the money. This is an awsome learning platform. I just wish it would work on anything other my phone. ... I have a chrome cast, roku and went to my sisters house to try it but got the same error. We even signed in on my wife's phone and tried to cast on all 3. Looks like lots of other reviews say the same thing.

Chris Fournier

3 years ago

I love the content, but the app could be improved with better navigation options while watching - like being able to double tap to go forward at back 10 seconds at a time. Maybe it's there and I'm missing it. Would also like to see it available for PS4 Anyway MagellanTV is totally worth the price - really glad I tried it out.

Jenna Argo

3 years ago

This review is for the app and not the MegellanTv platform, Megellen is awesome. The appears to be worthless, the sound doesn't work using my phone or tablet so I have to use the actual website if I want to use either device, which this isn't a problem for me because I just bookmark and add to home screen and works just like having the app and doesn't require and storage space, but for people don't realize they can do so, makes the app a let down.

Al Sh

4 years ago

I regret buying an annual subscription. The app needs a ton of work, no way to fast forward or rewind. And the User Interface is poorly planned. I've joined 3 or 4 days ago and watched sounds 8 documentaries. Two were not bad, the rest are very average. I find content of the same quality on YouTube for free. Hopefully I can at least get a partial refund.

Andrew Vagasky

3 years ago

Once I got it downloaded it was browsing through to see what I'd watch first, and was in fact eager for the History Time video (where I got the link) to finish up so I could start watching. I have but only two complaints/suggestions: Please allow us to create playlists, and (MOST importantly) can we have a "play all" option for series? Having the player stop after every episode kind of turns me off from watching any series. Great Content Either Way!

Jennarobin

5 years ago

Great content. But app needs lots of work. 1. Doesn't save where you last left a program if you can't finish it in one sitting. 2. No already viewed history available, in case you can't remember if you watched a certain program already. 3. An error msg pops up quite a bit that says "This video cannot be viewed because of technical error".

Geoffrey Knaak

4 years ago

The content is great but the app itself is as buggy as hell. When using it I get pop ups of system level errors you never see when using other applications. It freezes up a lot and is difficult to manage. I'm using a regulaly patched recent version of android (11) too. This should not be happening. Over all it is very amateurish and needs a LOT of work.

Chelle Bethel

3 years ago

I was really excited to see some of the documentaries and gave the trial a go. Coming from Curiosity Stream, I was happy to see options I hadn't seen before. I tried to watch the first program that drew me into the app, but it kept messing up, giving me an error message with a grey static screen. Out of frustration I watched a different one, and after I finished it I attempted to watch the first film again... with the same results. I tried a different documentary again and it too wouldn't play.

Dashel Milligan (dasheldotcom)

4 years ago

I'm giving it five stars, because it's awesome. Mary Beard is worth it, alone. However, ever since I installed it on my Sony Bravia, the TV has never worked the same. Everything was suddenly slow, totally unresponsive so I uninstalled. That helped but didn't fix it. Now, I have to unplug it every few hours for anything to work. Who knows if it's causation or correlation...I'm sure it'll get worked out and for all I know, the remote got sat on. It did happen immediately after installing, though. Can't find anyone else with this problem, so 5 stars for good stuff.

Rich Tygart

5 years ago

I like it because it's a lot like curiositystream but with its own stuff. If there was one bit of advice I can give it to the developers of the app, that is please put in fast forward and reverse/skip 10 seconds buttons. I'm shocked that it doesn't have it. Every video streaming app in existence has got it . It's incredibly annoying to try and slide around that tiny little bar on my Samsung Note 10 plus.

A Google user

6 years ago

This would have been 5 start it was a great app. Tons of great quality content. But I will now have to cancel my subscription... Chromecast worked great for a few days. Now for the past week it disappeared from the app. This was my primary way of using it. I tried force closing, uninstalling, and rebooting my phone. You guys have plenty to offer, but have real technical issues, which makes me loose faith in you guys being a quality streaming service.

Jeni Kriss-Poncin

3 years ago

I really like the idea of this app/subscription but there are times that the video just won't load and keeps buffering. All other apps work fine so I know it's just this app. I think it's easy to use with lots of great content and I hope to support later and hope the streaming gets a little better. We also watched on our TV and the titles and images aren't shown so we have to either pick from app or look at every episode to see if that's something we want to watch.

Eric Schroeder

3 years ago

Great content, if you can get the app to work. I subbed for a year (my bad) and have discovered that this app is the absolute worst. I've had to re-sign in multiple times after getting kicked out. 4 out of 5 times when I try to open the app, there is nothing on the screen but text. App does not indicate shows have been "watched", so it's on me to remember where I left off? Now today, regardless of which show I click on, the app crashes and returns to Roku home sc. Absolute POS app.

John Scanlon

5 years ago

Still on my free trial. Most likely won't renew. The content is great, but missing some key features. 1st is multiple profiles. How was this not a thing? Name me one other streaming service that doesn't have profile support? Another deal breaker is no support for the video to continue to play when screen is off. I like to listen to docs when I'm getting work done. Forcing me to keep the screen in kills my battery and also causes a ton of accidental screen touches. Fix these and I'll sign up.

PresidentDwayneElizondo MountainDewHerbertCamacho

4 years ago

The documentaries Ive seen so far, are excellent, in depth, and It's nice to see a lot of them have reenactors involved which adds a layer of depth. Image quality is superb, sound is great, and the selection of content vs price is a good deal. Now the Cons. the app need improvement. you have to go into the app to adjust volume, or do anything. connecting to cast sometimes doesnt work or bugs out. I look forward to this service growing and improving. excellent job.

Anne Jones

4 years ago

Absolutely love the content! The the layout is pretty decent as well...the only thing that I am not in live with about this app is the out dated video player...not being able to skip ahead or back 10 seconds at a time, oh I also wish you could close the app on your phone and still be able to listen to the content instead of completely cutting off

Hernan Hernandez

1 year ago

Great selection of videos, but the app does needs some quality of life improvements. 1. Update the video player to only pause when hitting the center of the screen when activated. 2. Casting from the app doesn't seem to even exists? How is this missing! 3. Mini player option when having to swap out the app. 4. They don't have an app for GoogleTV? Quite a miss if I cant watch it on the TV