Watching F1 on TV
Watching F1 on TV
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TheDeuce

31,809 posts

90 months

Thursday 5th March
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bergclimber34 said:
Have only used Amazon once in 15 years, and that was because work gave us gift cards, saved them up to buy a graphics card. Otherwise will not touch them ever, awful company.

But in terms of F1, there are countless ways you can watch it cheap or free, you just have to be prepared to be a little inventive and get called a thief on here routinely lol. But if you WANT to give money to some of the richest people on earth, to watch a series backed by crooked money billionaires simply coz they told you had to pay, off you go.

Incoming.....
You don't get to make a moral stand by stealing content from people you describe as crooks rofl

If you're watching it just pay the price, it's only £60 a year.

MissChief

7,850 posts

192 months

Thursday 5th March
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TheDeuce said:
bergclimber34 said:
Have only used Amazon once in 15 years, and that was because work gave us gift cards, saved them up to buy a graphics card. Otherwise will not touch them ever, awful company.

But in terms of F1, there are countless ways you can watch it cheap or free, you just have to be prepared to be a little inventive and get called a thief on here routinely lol. But if you WANT to give money to some of the richest people on earth, to watch a series backed by crooked money billionaires simply coz they told you had to pay, off you go.

Incoming.....
You don't get to make a moral stand by stealing content from people you describe as crooks rofl

If you're watching it just pay the price, it's only £60 a year.
Agreed. These days it's more of a choice of which billionaire you want to give money to when it comes to watching certain things on TV legally.

You should just do what I did 19 years ago to ensure I don't pay a penny for my F1. Get a job at Sky! hehe

bergclimber34

2,919 posts

17 months

Thursday 5th March
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It is a simple choice, mine was made many moons ago when most sport went behind paywalls for no other reason than profit.
The choice is yours, better 60 quid in my pocket than anyone elses sorry

DeejRC

8,811 posts

106 months

Thursday 5th March
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Some of us just wait for the C4 highlights show.

TheDeuce

31,809 posts

90 months

Thursday 5th March
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DeejRC said:
Some of us just wait for the C4 highlights show.
It must be like reading the synopsis instead of the actual book.

Also, not watching live just isn't as good. It's less than £3 per weekend to watch all sessions live...

dreamcracker

3,318 posts

241 months

Friday 6th March
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My NOWTV account is offering 12 months Sky Sports for £19.99 per month for 12 months.

I have F1TV, so no use to me.

SoulGlo

292 posts

55 months

Friday 6th March
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I'm an existing paid up member on F1TV set as a US viewer, paid via Apple pay at £5.99 per month and using Nord.

I "travelled" to the Netherlands this morning and was able to watch a bit of FP1 so will keep on doing this for the foreseeable.


ScuderiaDave1337

215 posts

181 months

Friday 6th March
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Has anyone who s a new subscriber from the UK had any luck getting this working without going down the Netherlands/Viaply route?

It seems that no matter what country I pick on Surf Shark, when I go to setup a new account after hitting subscribe in the F1 TV app, it s still automatically detecting my location as being the UK?!

Edited by ScuderiaDave1337 on Friday 6th March 09:52


Edited by ScuderiaDave1337 on Friday 6th March 13:41

durbster

11,830 posts

246 months

Friday 6th March
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ScuderiaDave1337 said:
Has anyone who s a new subscriber from the UK had any luck getting this working without going down the Netherlands/Viaply route?

It seems that no matter what country I pick on Surf Shark, when I go to setup a new account after hitting Sunscribe in the F1 TV app, it s still automatically detecting my location as being the UK?!

Edited by ScuderiaDave1337 on Friday 6th March 09:52
Have you tried clearing the app's cache?

Mastodon2

14,194 posts

189 months

Friday 6th March
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What is the turnaround time for Now TV getting the replays up? I watched FP1 live last night and a bit of the F3 qualifying, I'd hoped that FP2 would be up by now.

Previously I had watched F1 at a friend'd house, so it's my first time watching via Now.

Edited by Mastodon2 on Friday 6th March 11:42

UKsandman

3,165 posts

162 months

Friday 6th March
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ScuderiaDave1337 said:
Has anyone who s a new subscriber from the UK had any luck getting this working without going down the Netherlands/Viaply route?

It seems that no matter what country I pick on Surf Shark, when I go to setup a new account after hitting Sunscribe in the F1 TV app, it s still automatically detecting my location as being the UK?!

Edited by ScuderiaDave1337 on Friday 6th March 09:52
If the price of the subscription being offered is £5.99 per month you are good to go.

ScuderiaDave1337

215 posts

181 months

Friday 6th March
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durbster said:
Have you tried clearing the app's cache?
I haven’t, how would I do that please?

Rick_1138

3,916 posts

202 months

Friday 6th March
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dreamcracker said:
My NOWTV account is offering 12 months Sky Sports for £19.99 per month for 12 months.

I have F1TV, so no use to me.
I was on that deal but it lapsed this month, but they gave me a "Generous " new offer of £26.99 a month at no input at my end.

Id cancel and see if i can get a better deal but I'm in surgery on Monday and tbh I want to watch the first race live so ill leave it till when I'm home in a week or so.

Gazzab

21,579 posts

306 months

Friday 6th March
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ScuderiaDave1337 said:
durbster said:
Have you tried clearing the app's cache?
I haven t, how would I do that please?
You can’t on an iPhone if that’s what you are on.

You must delete and reinstall the app, as iOS does not have a native "clear cache" button for most apps. Go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage, select the app, and choose Delete App. Then redownload.

Big Nanas

3,700 posts

108 months

Friday 6th March
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Well, it didn't work for me.

Despite Apple taking payment and F1TV Pro appearing in my Apple subscriptions (£5.99), it's not reflected on the app when I use the VPN.

All I see are the highlights for FP1 & 2 but no live replay.

Mr Pointy

12,892 posts

183 months

Friday 6th March
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ScuderiaDave1337 said:
Has anyone who s a new subscriber from the UK had any luck getting this working without going down the Netherlands/Viaply route?

It seems that no matter what country I pick on Surf Shark, when I go to setup a new account after hitting subscribe in the F1 TV app, it s still automatically detecting my location as being the UK?!
It seems I have got it to work on my iPad using Nord & re-locating to the Netherlands. I was scrupulous about deleting the old version of the app, entering an Amsterdam address in Apple Pay & selecting Netherlands as a location when signing up on the F1TV app - noting that for some reason it had defaulted to the UK until I changed it.

Sammo123

2,176 posts

205 months

Friday 6th March
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Thought I’d give the ViaPlay route a go. I’m in Jamaica for the first race and would like to watch it live. I’ve signed up for ViaPlay using my VPN set to the Netherlands but I can’t download the ViaPlay app! It’s saying it’s not available in my region. Any suggestions?

Sammo123

2,176 posts

205 months

Friday 6th March
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I’ve also tried linking my ViaPlay account to my F1TV account but I just keep getting the “Oops you’re in a restricted location” message.

Shaoxter

4,519 posts

148 months

Friday 6th March
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Sammo123 said:
Thought I d give the ViaPlay route a go. I m in Jamaica for the first race and would like to watch it live. I ve signed up for ViaPlay using my VPN set to the Netherlands but I can t download the ViaPlay app! It s saying it s not available in my region. Any suggestions?
If you're on Android you can just download and install the apk. If you're on Apple... well this is one of many reasons you should switch to Android biggrin

Sammo123

2,176 posts

205 months

Friday 6th March
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Shaoxter said:
If you're on Android you can just download and install the apk. If you're on Apple... well this is one of many reasons you should switch to Android biggrin
Ah well I do have my Android tablet with me, so once my son has finished watching Ms Rachel on that I’ll give it a go.