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nikaiyo2 said:
. He might have been an average F1 driver but surely their must be less dull ones kicking about lol.
Have to take exception to this . Average F1 drivers don't win 13 GPs, runner up to the world title and on their day could beat anyone. DC was far better than average and I think he's an ok commentator as well. nikaiyo2 said:
Love in your other post you say DC is witty, I find the exact opposite, it's like he is reading a script and very wooden. He might have been an average F1 driver but surely their must be less dull ones kicking about lol.
Just pointing out that DC won 13 Grands Prix, which places him 21st in the all-time list of winners. 21st out of 749 total F1 drivers to date.So in the top 3% by race wins. Average you say....?
LordGrover said:
LeoSayer said:
I've got an old Sky subscription which pretty much does this.
I currently pay £41.25 a month broken down as:
£30.00 for 'Variety'
£11.25 for 'Sky + HD Pack' which includes Sky F1 but no other Sky Sports channels.
This is equivalent to the current 'Family Bundle' which is £36, so I'm effectively paying £5.25 a month extra for Sky F1 which is fine by me.
It might be worth a call to Sky to see if they can match or better my deal.
That's an old introductory offer which you're lucky/well organized to retain. Not available to new subscribers.I currently pay £41.25 a month broken down as:
£30.00 for 'Variety'
£11.25 for 'Sky + HD Pack' which includes Sky F1 but no other Sky Sports channels.
This is equivalent to the current 'Family Bundle' which is £36, so I'm effectively paying £5.25 a month extra for Sky F1 which is fine by me.
It might be worth a call to Sky to see if they can match or better my deal.
If you make ANY change to your subscription you'll lose the F1 coverage too - they won't warn you but it'll be irretrievable. Don't even change your payment details or move address!
Long story, short... already had sky and had the introductory offer of HD including F1 rather than needing sports channels. Moved to new house and girlfriend had own Sky but no F1. I had retained my account and paying despite not watching it... used sky go on ipdad to watch Gp's.
Finally thought about using the tv to watch GP's at the girlfriends so phoned up to upgrade.
Plan was to upgrade girlfriends account and cancel mine. But it would have cost a lot more to do, so sky fella suggested cancelling girlfriends and I would retain mine but use at new address. Also upgraded to movies at the same time without issue. Also got discounted rate for 12 months. Just got new cards and paired to the different sky box. Worked out much cheaper keeping mine.
I have to say getting sky f1 isn't that attractive now you need to get full sports package.
Finally thought about using the tv to watch GP's at the girlfriends so phoned up to upgrade.
Plan was to upgrade girlfriends account and cancel mine. But it would have cost a lot more to do, so sky fella suggested cancelling girlfriends and I would retain mine but use at new address. Also upgraded to movies at the same time without issue. Also got discounted rate for 12 months. Just got new cards and paired to the different sky box. Worked out much cheaper keeping mine.
I have to say getting sky f1 isn't that attractive now you need to get full sports package.
I've had sky f1 since the beginning and thought it was separate to the sports as well, but i've just checked my package on the service app and it shows up under sports, so it looks like I've been done... still, I watch some footy and nfl as well, so can't really get rid of the expensive options, so dropped down to the original pack from variety to save a bit of money - only to find that eurosport isn't part of sports but variety!! how annoying and retarded is that? Grrrrr....
Edited by chrisr111r on Saturday 27th June 17:54
Smollet said:
nikaiyo2 said:
. He might have been an average F1 driver but surely their must be less dull ones kicking about lol.
Have to take exception to this . Average F1 drivers don't win 13 GPs, runner up to the world title and on their day could beat anyone. DC was far better than average and I think he's an ok commentator as well. 
LordGrover said:
LeoSayer said:
I've got an old Sky subscription which pretty much does this.
I currently pay £41.25 a month broken down as:
£30.00 for 'Variety'
£11.25 for 'Sky + HD Pack' which includes Sky F1 but no other Sky Sports channels.
This is equivalent to the current 'Family Bundle' which is £36, so I'm effectively paying £5.25 a month extra for Sky F1 which is fine by me.
It might be worth a call to Sky to see if they can match or better my deal.
That's an old introductory offer which you're lucky/well organized to retain. Not available to new subscribers.I currently pay £41.25 a month broken down as:
£30.00 for 'Variety'
£11.25 for 'Sky + HD Pack' which includes Sky F1 but no other Sky Sports channels.
This is equivalent to the current 'Family Bundle' which is £36, so I'm effectively paying £5.25 a month extra for Sky F1 which is fine by me.
It might be worth a call to Sky to see if they can match or better my deal.
If you make ANY change to your subscription you'll lose the F1 coverage too - they won't warn you but it'll be irretrievable. Don't even change your payment details or move address!
It is interesting how the whole media coverage of sport is going. I think the whole notion of free to air sports coverage on TV is coming to an end. However, it cold be a death knell to a lot of sports - only it may take a generation for these sport to die. In the short term the sports bodies get lots of up front dosh - that's the attraction.
It was announced yesterday that Eurosport have the exclusive TV rights in Europe for the Olympics from 2020. I shudder to think how cack handed their coverage will be.
It was announced yesterday that Eurosport have the exclusive TV rights in Europe for the Olympics from 2020. I shudder to think how cack handed their coverage will be.
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