TheGiantHogweed wrote:
Herb wrote:
I saw the ad for the Sky F1 Channel only add on yesterday - £18 a month for the single channel! That's outrageous. I'm pleased I got it as a freebie included in my HD subscription years ago.
If Sky ever realise, I'll be straight on over to an OTT offering, even if I have to go with the cheaper, delayed highlights route.
I hear this advert on the radio at work. I actually thought it may be worth it. As I have no interest in any other Channels but the F1 one. And £18 is cheaper than £30. And for around 2 races amonth on average, that would be slightly cheaper than buying 2 week passes. But I then found out you have to pay for Sky in the first place as you can't get it on NowTV. So it is £20 on top (if you don't already have Sky). £38 a month when I'm just wanting to watch practice, qualifying and the race. Just ridiculous....
When I listen to the adverts more carefully, what I normally can barley understand are the terms and conditions. And it does mention the charge for non existing sky customers. But that bit really does sound like they don't care. The rest of the advert sounds tempting though. Suppose that is they way they get money! But it isn't a very friendly way...
Zoue wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:
dompclarke wrote:
https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online
Discounted season pass on now TV £150, offer till 25th March. This is tempting...
£150 for 9 months. Still too much for me

Also the last time i used Now tv online (which i think this is) it jumped and froze all the time and was unwatchable
I think that might possibly be your internet connection?
I have really good internet connection and NowTV does buffer with me sometimes. The first time I ever uses it was just unacceptable. The picture was a total blur and you couldn't read any of the driver names on the list. This picture issue basically started at peak viewing time when the race was about to start. Then the picture was back to normal at the end of the race. But I managed to get my money back from NowTV. But it was certainly a bad experience. It hasn't been that bad since, but the image quality is still much worse than Freeview HD and it does buffer ever now and then. Very poor indeed for pay TV but it is about all I'm willing to pay for.
well, it will be worse than Freeview HD because for a start it's not HD.
I've had it buffer a few times, predominantly at the beginning of a race (basically, when I first connect), but after that it's pretty decent. Very rarely, it has buffered mid-race, but that's been the exception rather than the rule. By and large it's been reasonable quality. I think you'd have to be extremely unlucky for it to be unwatchable.
Bottom line is it's been a feasible opportunity for people to watch a race without having to fork out for a subscription, or pay for things you don't want to watch. That can only be a good thing. Sure, it could be better, but at least it's a reasonable option