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mikefacel said:
Yep, works very well with 5 Live Extra.
No it doesn't.5 live is not a continuous commentary.
They keep having breaks to check on football matches or whatever other sport is going on at the time, or advertising future programs, so you miss half of what is going on in an F1 race.
lbc said:
mikefacel said:
Yep, works very well with 5 Live Extra.
No it doesn't.5 live is not a continuous commentary.
They keep having breaks to check on football matches or whatever other sport is going on at the time, or advertising future programs, so you miss half of what is going on in an F1 race.
Some of us F1 fans are also enthusiasts for the beautiful game. Football Match updates are a BIG bonus ... Win-win bonus for some of us.
Some of the TV direction yesterday was pathetic ~ missing some key moments when even distant TV viewers could see where the cameras needed to be focussed.
Edited by MGJohn on Monday 7th April 13:48
SMB said:
nadger said:
I'd never heard of this Astra thing before. How does one get it, a d how much is it!
Free, except for the cost of a satellite dish and receiver pointed in the right direction ( different to sky)nadger said:
Thanks for this. Now, how do I go about getting it? Do conventional satellite installers set up this, or is it something I'd have to do myself? If so, could a ham-fisted idiot like myself do it?
It's easy to do yourself if you understand the basics, and depending on your desire to climb a ladder if you want the dish up high.Use something like dishpointer.com to find the direction you need to point to from your house, looking for astra 1 at 19.2east. Elevation is slightly higher than sky.
If you can see the tv and the signal strength measure on the set up screen , and you make small adjustments giving it time to settle you can do it without a metrer. I set it up this way at the weekend in 20 mins.
Pricing is indeed mad.
I currently have entertainment and I pay £20/month for sky sports essentially to watch F1.
I now have a shiny Samsung HD TV, so want to watch F1 in HD.
Costs forced on me to do this:
£5.50/month to upgrade to entertainment plus ( I don’t want any of the extra 52 channels this gives me)
£5/month for HD basic
£5.25/month for premium HD ( to watch F1 in HD)
Lucky me I get the HD box for free
So in summary as an F1 fan who just wants to watch F1 in HD, I have to pay £35.75/month.
How can that be right?????
I currently have entertainment and I pay £20/month for sky sports essentially to watch F1.
I now have a shiny Samsung HD TV, so want to watch F1 in HD.
Costs forced on me to do this:
£5.50/month to upgrade to entertainment plus ( I don’t want any of the extra 52 channels this gives me)
£5/month for HD basic
£5.25/month for premium HD ( to watch F1 in HD)
Lucky me I get the HD box for free
So in summary as an F1 fan who just wants to watch F1 in HD, I have to pay £35.75/month.
How can that be right?????
f1_dragon said:
So in summary as an F1 fan who just wants to watch F1 in HD, I have to pay £35.75/month.
How can that be right?????
Nobody said it was 'right'. Its a commercial decision, they charge what they think they can get away with i'm afraid.How can that be right?????
If enough people are paying it, then they have got it 'right'.
Mine is currently £34.75 and I agree its crazy. But, we have a choice.
Perhaps Bernie is struggling a little these days with all of these court cases and needs a little more money from us?
f1_dragon said:
Yes, you are of course quite correct and I'm under no illusions that there are smart people behind this pricing at Sky who have done their equations and decided this is 'right'.
Just seems an inordinate amount of cash to watch F1 in HD. Even Bernie-Vision was only £12/race.
No idea how many people are paying for Sky but lets assume 100,000 people have Sky for F1 and are paying £35 a month. If the price was to reduce to £20 a month to attract new customers you'd lose £1,500,000 from your existing customers so you'd need to find 75,000 new customers just to get you back to the same income.Just seems an inordinate amount of cash to watch F1 in HD. Even Bernie-Vision was only £12/race.
So can see why they don't reduce prices!
Chrisgr31 said:
No idea how many people are paying for Sky but lets assume 100,000 people have Sky for F1 and are paying £35 a month. If the price was to reduce to £20 a month to attract new customers you'd lose £1,500,000 from your existing customers so you'd need to find 75,000 new customers just to get you back to the same income.
So can see why they don't reduce prices!
Indeed. They dont just pluck a number out of thin air.So can see why they don't reduce prices!
They have a lot of people working on this stuff. They are not stupid.
I just tried the RTL/5Live combo for the qualifying practice today, and 5live was ahead of RTL by almost 20 seconds - so I heard that Hamilton spun off then had to wait for the pictures to catch up! ;^)
Has anyone got a reasonable way of delaying the 5live audio to get it in sync better?
I did take a look at 5live streaming on the Beeb but it seemed to be not working today.
Has anyone got a reasonable way of delaying the 5live audio to get it in sync better?
I did take a look at 5live streaming on the Beeb but it seemed to be not working today.
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