Sky Sports F1 HD
Posted by marwood82
I broadly agree... If they offers a F1 only subscription then I'd probably go for it.
Because weather I think much of SKY or not, they do have in Brundle, Rider, Kravitz decent people in their field who are each well worth watching.
From what I see I assume is this dedicatd f1 channel (I'm watching on vipbox which I'm pleased to report is working well) is quite a good idea, because it's playing on a loop so you're not likely to miss much.
Rider's F1 legends looks good and much more reminiscent of his time on the original bbc grand prix than his itv stint, they've only shown a mini interview with Emerson Firtipaldi so far but it was done nicely, other that that it's the time-lapse of the Williams and Caterham builds and some trailers.
Because weather I think much of SKY or not, they do have in Brundle, Rider, Kravitz decent people in their field who are each well worth watching.
From what I see I assume is this dedicatd f1 channel (I'm watching on vipbox which I'm pleased to report is working well) is quite a good idea, because it's playing on a loop so you're not likely to miss much.
Rider's F1 legends looks good and much more reminiscent of his time on the original bbc grand prix than his itv stint, they've only shown a mini interview with Emerson Firtipaldi so far but it was done nicely, other that that it's the time-lapse of the Williams and Caterham builds and some trailers.
anyone with an xbox and xbox live gold membership, you just need the account details of someone in your family (or a friend) and you can watch it. my sister has the sky movies package, plus HD, so her sky go account has the f1 channel, which i'm using through my xbox. just watching snippets of the various shows they will will have, and they look great. they will have a whole F1 Legends series, where Steve Ryder will interview the greats of the sport. and looking at tomorrow's listings, they will have car launches and winter testing footage.
the picture quality is very good, it looks almost HD, and better than some non-HD channels i have through Virgin Media. i'm watching on a 47" LG and i have Virgin Media broadband so it's streaming at a high quality.
for a better price i would have subscribed, i would then have the facility to record. but i'm grateful i can at least watch it.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
the picture quality is very good, it looks almost HD, and better than some non-HD channels i have through Virgin Media. i'm watching on a 47" LG and i have Virgin Media broadband so it's streaming at a high quality.
for a better price i would have subscribed, i would then have the facility to record. but i'm grateful i can at least watch it.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Some it was... But there was a great deal of quality in there. All in all a good start, but they're definitely missing a trick by not offering a F1 only sky go ticket.
The Steve Ryder interviews look like being really food.. Possibly because he's allowed to be Steve Ryder and not simply the annoying Lewis Hamilton fanboy ITV turned him into.
The Steve Ryder interviews look like being really food.. Possibly because he's allowed to be Steve Ryder and not simply the annoying Lewis Hamilton fanboy ITV turned him into.
i thought it was really good tbh, had a good enough level of detail for the casual or new follower, but not dumbed down too much for us die hard fans. even the adverts didn't bother as the quality of the content was good. never seen that simon bloke before but he seemed comfortable and pretty natural. i already don't miss DC and EJ. DC was a bit boring and EJ would just start rambling about something without much of a point. jake would have been a nice addition but it's looking good without him so far. i like all the CGI bits they had, and the skypad thing was good.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2012 02:27AM by Muks_C.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/10/2012 02:27AM by Muks_C.
Just tested it for the first time on VipBox - W00t w00t!! This looks promising so far 
It's been really reliable so far, good quality. Just the ocassional stutter etc probably more due to my laptop and connection.
J i m Wrote:
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> Some it was... But there was a great deal of
> quality in there. All in all a good start, but
> they're definitely missing a trick by not offering
> a F1 only sky go ticket.
I reckon they will in a year or two, but for now they'd want to draw as many people into a full subscription.
X (@ed24f1)
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> Some it was... But there was a great deal of
> quality in there. All in all a good start, but
> they're definitely missing a trick by not offering
> a F1 only sky go ticket.
I reckon they will in a year or two, but for now they'd want to draw as many people into a full subscription.
X (@ed24f1)
SchueyFan Wrote:
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> J i m Wrote:
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> > Some it was... But there was a great deal of
> > quality in there. All in all a good start, but
> > they're definitely missing a trick by not
> offering
> > a F1 only sky go ticket.
>
> I reckon they will in a year or two, but for now
> they'd want to draw as many people into a full
> subscription.
Maybe, but if they are then alienating part of the market. They're assuming that people with no interest in sports or tv in general will sign up to either sky hd or sky sports simply to watch f1 and hence pay to have something which they're not going to use. It's a bit like Ford instructing all their dealers not to sell any cars for a couple of years in the hope people will get bored of waiting and buy a transit instead. That'd never happen because unless you're a tradesman who on earth would want/need/use one?
Many people have said that if they offered an F1 only deal at a reasonable price they'd probably subscribe to it. Delaying that by a couple of years will not persuade us to sign up to a full package it'll simply push us towards the dodgy net streams.
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> J i m Wrote:
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> > Some it was... But there was a great deal of
> > quality in there. All in all a good start, but
> > they're definitely missing a trick by not
> offering
> > a F1 only sky go ticket.
>
> I reckon they will in a year or two, but for now
> they'd want to draw as many people into a full
> subscription.
Maybe, but if they are then alienating part of the market. They're assuming that people with no interest in sports or tv in general will sign up to either sky hd or sky sports simply to watch f1 and hence pay to have something which they're not going to use. It's a bit like Ford instructing all their dealers not to sell any cars for a couple of years in the hope people will get bored of waiting and buy a transit instead. That'd never happen because unless you're a tradesman who on earth would want/need/use one?
Many people have said that if they offered an F1 only deal at a reasonable price they'd probably subscribe to it. Delaying that by a couple of years will not persuade us to sign up to a full package it'll simply push us towards the dodgy net streams.
J i m Wrote:
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> Maybe, but if they are then alienating part of the
> market. They're assuming that people with no
> interest in sports or tv in general will sign up
> to either sky hd or sky sports simply to watch f1
> and hence pay to have something which they're not
> going to use. It's a bit like Ford instructing all
> their dealers not to sell any cars for a couple of
> years in the hope people will get bored of waiting
> and buy a transit instead. That'd never happen
> because unless you're a tradesman who on earth
> would want/need/use one?
>
> Many people have said that if they offered an F1
> only deal at a reasonable price they'd probably
> subscribe to it. Delaying that by a couple of
> years will not persuade us to sign up to a full
> package it'll simply push us towards the dodgy net
> streams.
Well people with no interests in sport or TV will probably be happy to watch highlights on BBC anyway, or not watch anything at all, they're not really part of the target market.
Once Sky presumably start to shut down net streams, and people realise how unreliable they can be, I'm sure that this will tip some people over the edge into signing up for a full subscription.
I don't know the maths because I have no idea about Sky's pricing, but it would probably take several people going for a F1-only deal to get the same profit as if someone paid for a full subscription. So they obviously want to maximise the full subscriptions, and I think they'll try and limit the options to watch F1 so they can get as many people into this as they can. I'm sure they'll offer some sort of F1-specific deal at some point - maybe even later this season - to capitalise on those who don't like having to watch it online.
X (@ed24f1)
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> Maybe, but if they are then alienating part of the
> market. They're assuming that people with no
> interest in sports or tv in general will sign up
> to either sky hd or sky sports simply to watch f1
> and hence pay to have something which they're not
> going to use. It's a bit like Ford instructing all
> their dealers not to sell any cars for a couple of
> years in the hope people will get bored of waiting
> and buy a transit instead. That'd never happen
> because unless you're a tradesman who on earth
> would want/need/use one?
>
> Many people have said that if they offered an F1
> only deal at a reasonable price they'd probably
> subscribe to it. Delaying that by a couple of
> years will not persuade us to sign up to a full
> package it'll simply push us towards the dodgy net
> streams.
Well people with no interests in sport or TV will probably be happy to watch highlights on BBC anyway, or not watch anything at all, they're not really part of the target market.
Once Sky presumably start to shut down net streams, and people realise how unreliable they can be, I'm sure that this will tip some people over the edge into signing up for a full subscription.
I don't know the maths because I have no idea about Sky's pricing, but it would probably take several people going for a F1-only deal to get the same profit as if someone paid for a full subscription. So they obviously want to maximise the full subscriptions, and I think they'll try and limit the options to watch F1 so they can get as many people into this as they can. I'm sure they'll offer some sort of F1-specific deal at some point - maybe even later this season - to capitalise on those who don't like having to watch it online.
X (@ed24f1)
So.... in an effort to save money.... the BBC.. sorry... UK money from OUR pockets has covered the cost of YET ANOTHER pointless singing talent show...
...at a cost of £22million.
WTF.
[www.thesun.co.uk]
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
...at a cost of £22million.
WTF.
[www.thesun.co.uk]
Yeah.. I have no interest in that kind of stuff but I can't deney that popular culture likes that kind of thing. Perhaps they should get rid of bbc3 since it only shows crap (family guy excepted).
family guy especially! That show is just turd now!
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loque Wrote:
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> Muks which account details??? The Sky subscription
> ones?
>
> I didn't know this.
a Sky subscriber's Sky Go account details. in my case, my sister has the movies package and pays extra for HD. as a result, she gets F1 free on her tv package and in her Sky Go account. i have an XBox Live Gold account so i can see the various apps that are available. Using my sisters login name and password, i can access Sky Go through XBox Live and watch the F1 channel. i can also see the movie channels she gets, but none of the sports channels, apart from F1 (if she had the sports package and not the movies package i'd get the sports channels instead of the movies through Sky Go).
if you know anyone that has Sky ask them if you can use their Sky Go account for XBox Live, if you have an XBox and XBox Live account.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
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> Muks which account details??? The Sky subscription
> ones?
>
> I didn't know this.
a Sky subscriber's Sky Go account details. in my case, my sister has the movies package and pays extra for HD. as a result, she gets F1 free on her tv package and in her Sky Go account. i have an XBox Live Gold account so i can see the various apps that are available. Using my sisters login name and password, i can access Sky Go through XBox Live and watch the F1 channel. i can also see the movie channels she gets, but none of the sports channels, apart from F1 (if she had the sports package and not the movies package i'd get the sports channels instead of the movies through Sky Go).
if you know anyone that has Sky ask them if you can use their Sky Go account for XBox Live, if you have an XBox and XBox Live account.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Apparently that's what the public want's 
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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