Legard to be ousted from BBC F1 commentary?
Posted by LS.
DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Bump.
>
> BBC were brilliant today. Brundle was a little
> shakey and awkward during the introduction, but as
> soon as the cars got on track they quickly settled
> down, and it became awesome very quickly. DC was a
> little unnatural at times, but for his first
> official session he was fantastic, even better
> than Brundles first one back in 1997.
>
> Also quite glad DC is still doing pundit work.
> Jake is too polite to tell EJ when he's being a
> moron.
>
> Overall: top class. I expect the couple of tiny
> issues they had resolve themselves naturally over
> a couple of weekends. Even if they don't, it's
> still brilliant, lol.
100% fully agree. I really wasnt looking forward to DC bum r*ping Vettel and Webber but his input was actually pretty good. It was a very good mix to appeal to us, and then the casual fans. Still, tomorrow is the real test!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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> Bump.
>
> BBC were brilliant today. Brundle was a little
> shakey and awkward during the introduction, but as
> soon as the cars got on track they quickly settled
> down, and it became awesome very quickly. DC was a
> little unnatural at times, but for his first
> official session he was fantastic, even better
> than Brundles first one back in 1997.
>
> Also quite glad DC is still doing pundit work.
> Jake is too polite to tell EJ when he's being a
> moron.
>
> Overall: top class. I expect the couple of tiny
> issues they had resolve themselves naturally over
> a couple of weekends. Even if they don't, it's
> still brilliant, lol.
100% fully agree. I really wasnt looking forward to DC bum r*ping Vettel and Webber but his input was actually pretty good. It was a very good mix to appeal to us, and then the casual fans. Still, tomorrow is the real test!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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As clarified by others, I don't see it as an issue of bias at all, rather a complete afront to the BBC policy of employees not engaging in the promotion of products. DC is meant to be a journalist not a salesman. If they do the baulk of the broadcast outside the Red Bull garage is this because Red Bull is the leading team or because DC has been asked to get the Red Bull logo in shot for as much air time as possible?
I've had the impression since 2009 that Red Bull have provided the BBC team with hospitality and even technical renderings (such as the one this morning which demonstrated the rear wing in the new rules section). Whether it's because DC is a consultant or it's Red Bull being supportive of the BBC is open to debate I guess, but either way, it doesn't detract from the BBC's coverage and Red Bull are always fun, so I care not.
great to have F1 back!
i bought a house last April and moved in last July, and it took me till just a couple of weeks ago to save up enough money to buy a proper TV, so i bought a 47" fullLED LG with built-in freeviewHD (was using a 19" CRT, with just an xbox to play and watch DVDs on since moving, didn't bother with a freeview box so i could avoid paying the tv licence).
F1 in HD looks stunningly awesome. one thing that annoys me though, is that the graphics are still offset to be near the centre of the screen, to accomodate viewers who watch in 4:3. they should really move them all the way to the left of the screen, as i'm sure the vast majority of the F1-watching population are watching in 16:9, even if they have a traditional 4:3 set (you just set the output to letterbox to get the full widescreen picture, with black bars top and bottom of the screen).
and this goes even more for the BBC1HD channel on freeview, because if you have access to the channel in the first place, then you must be watching in 16:9, surely?
does anyone think that if enough people contacted them about this, they would change it?
the BBC did very well today otherwise, DC was a nice improvement over Legard IMO.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2011 08:40PM by Muks_C.
i bought a house last April and moved in last July, and it took me till just a couple of weeks ago to save up enough money to buy a proper TV, so i bought a 47" fullLED LG with built-in freeviewHD (was using a 19" CRT, with just an xbox to play and watch DVDs on since moving, didn't bother with a freeview box so i could avoid paying the tv licence).
F1 in HD looks stunningly awesome. one thing that annoys me though, is that the graphics are still offset to be near the centre of the screen, to accomodate viewers who watch in 4:3. they should really move them all the way to the left of the screen, as i'm sure the vast majority of the F1-watching population are watching in 16:9, even if they have a traditional 4:3 set (you just set the output to letterbox to get the full widescreen picture, with black bars top and bottom of the screen).
and this goes even more for the BBC1HD channel on freeview, because if you have access to the channel in the first place, then you must be watching in 16:9, surely?
does anyone think that if enough people contacted them about this, they would change it?
the BBC did very well today otherwise, DC was a nice improvement over Legard IMO.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2011 08:40PM by Muks_C.
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