SkySportsF1Hd is up now!

pegasus1

Go to channel 408.. Sky sports F1Hd is on!!:)

so far as in running preview shows on a loop

amacachi

It's on the normal box but not the + box in my house. Sigh.

kleefarr

It's on my Sky + box.

MrFrisp

It's on My Sky + box also...




.

amacachi

Yeah it just hasn't updated. Not arsed moving stuff around to fully power it off and on. :pac:

frank9901

upc dont have it

Minstrel27

frank9901 wrote: »

upc dont have it

Yes. And they say they wont have it

marco2068

why would upc pay sky for an f1 channel when they already have it on setanta?

-gilly-09-

I have it aswell, only came on after my electricty went! Spilled hot tea on my nephew tho

amacachi

I was doing a system check on the Skybox and it lost its ****. Came back with the channel on. Saved me having to get up to turn it off and on. :pac:

amacachi

The BLEOP noise when it highlights something on the company hierarchy is annoyingly similar to my phone's low battery noise. :pac:

pegasus1

amacachi wrote: »

The BLEOP noise when it highlights something on the company hierarchy is annoyingly similar to my phone's low battery noise. :pac:

Lol when I first heard it I was like, wtf! What thing is beeping now

smurf22

frank9901 wrote: »

upc dont have it

upc dont need it

Setanta has every race live in hd and FREE

F**k you sky

pegasus1

smurf22 wrote: »

upc dont need it

Setanta has every race live in hd and FREE

F**k you sky

Lol I hope sky note your post when you crawel back to them, when setanta's f1 rights run out..:D...

And don't you pay for setanta too..

Daniel S

so is it going to be 24/7 or what?

decisions

Currently watching the building of the Williams, the process is cool.

guyfo

im still confused about the whole situation. I have sky hd. ive seen adds that say it comes free with it. Others are saying i have to buy stupid football (sorry sky sports) in order to watch it?

lord lucan

guyfo wrote: »

im still confused about the whole situation. I have sky hd. ive seen adds that say it comes free with it. Others are saying i have to buy stupid football (sorry sky sports) in order to watch it?

If you've Sky HD you'll get the F1 channel at no extra cost.

amacachi

guyfo wrote: »

im still confused about the whole situation. I have sky hd. ive seen adds that say it comes free with it. Others are saying i have to buy stupid football (sorry sky sports) in order to watch it?

If you're subscribed to Sport OR HD then you get it free.

mickdw

Ive got sky hd as of yesterday. I tooled up at the end of last season to pick up rtl etc to get F1 free but I couldnt resist the sky once a full sports pack wasnt needed.

Panda Moanium

So if you haven't got Sky HD, do you have to subscribe to the full Sports package to get the F1, or can you buy the F1 channel as a stand-alone?

Minstrel27

You must have Sky Sports or the HD package. It is not available as a standalone channel.

lord lucan

Just been flicking through the Sky planner and there's a few items of interest coming up on the new channel.

Saturday @ 12.00,season review 1988

Saturday @ 16.00,season review 1989

Sunday @ 12.00,season review 1990

Sunday @ 16.00,season review 1991

amacachi

Nice one, glad they're filling the weekend with stuff like that. I'm not really looking forward to the first show tomorrow night, it'll give a "feel" for the coverage and I'm not overly optimistic.

frostie500

lord lucan wrote: »

Just been flicking through the Sky planner and there's a few items of interest coming up on the new channel.

Saturday @ 12.00,season review 1988

Saturday @ 16.00,season review 1989

Sunday @ 12.00,season review 1990

Sunday @ 16.00,season review 1991

Are they one or two hour reviews do you know Lucan? If its two hours they'd be the official FOM reviews which were always well worth a look

lord lucan

frostie500 wrote: »

Are they one or two hour reviews do you know Lucan? If its two hours they'd be the official FOM reviews which were always well worth a look

They're an hour and 15 minutes long according to the planner.

Autosport

I had forgotten that the Australian gp is a very early one, Qualifying at 1am and race coverage starts at 430am but i can not wait, Bring on the season

amacachi

Fingers crossed those season reviews will end up online in an archivable format :pac:

Autosport

2012 preview is on now, 2 hrs long

mickdw

I dont particularily like the guy presenting the studio bits this evening. Glad of the familiar heads though. Not looking so bad and they said they are going to have a whole load of options on the red button for the races - multiple cameras from incar to Pit view and live timing. Should be interesting. Im sure the breaks either side of the race will get rather annoying though.

frostie500

mickdw wrote: »

I dont particularily like the guy presenting the studio bits this evening. Glad of the familiar heads though. Not looking so bad and they said they are going to have a whole load of options on the red button for the races - multiple cameras from incar to Pit view and live timing. Should be interesting. Im sure the breaks either side of the race will get rather annoying though.

I didnt see the show who was presenting it? By the sound of things the red button should be very good! A bit like the "Digital F1" coverage but its worth noting BBC will have the onboard coverage on the red button again this year

In fairness we put up with breaks when we are watching pre and post game for football, rugby and GAA matches. We put up with ad breaks when we watched a tennis match or a golf tournament...As long as the race is uninterupted the ads arent going to bother me

amacachi

frostie500 wrote: »

I didnt see the show who was presenting it? By the sound of things the red button should be very good! A bit like the "Digital F1" coverage but its worth noting BBC will have the onboard coverage on the red button again this year

In fairness we put up with breaks when we are watching pre and post game for football, rugby and GAA matches. We put up with ad breaks when we watched a tennis match or a golf tournament...As long as the race is uninterupted the ads arent going to bother me

Simon Lazenby is the presenter. He's a bit interrupt-y but I imagine part of that is because he's used to presenting the rugby where there's more need for it. :pac:

As for ads, I don't care. I imagine they'll be necessary during the European leg. With GP2 and GP3 both being shown as well I'll appreciate the chance to get a break and have a smoke or whatever :pac:

frostie500

amacachi wrote: »

Simon Lazenby is the presenter. He's a bit interrupt-y but I imagine part of that is because he's used to presenting the rugby where there's more need for it. :pac:

Lazenby, I forgot that he got the job. Ive never been a fan of his rugby but ill wait til i see him doing the F1 before writing him off! Still its gonna be hard for him to match what Jake does for the Beeb. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea but he loves the sport and does a good job promoting it

andyman

frostie500 wrote: »

Lazenby, I forgot that he got the job. Ive never been a fan of his rugby but ill wait til i see him doing the F1 before writing him off! Still its gonna be hard for him to match what Jake does for the Beeb. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea but he loves the sport and does a good job promoting it

It's going to be hard for anyone to match Jake.

Simon Lazenby's good, very good. As someone says he tends to cut in a bit but a lot of that is down to the fact that he has to deal with tools like Will Greenwood when presenting rugby.

Jordan 199

lord lucan wrote: »

Just been flicking through the Sky planner and there's a few items of interest coming up on the new channel.

Saturday @ 12.00,season review 1988

Saturday @ 16.00,season review 1989

Sunday @ 12.00,season review 1990

Sunday @ 16.00,season review 1991

I'd be very interested in the last one.

I'm considering signing up to Sky Go just for the sake of their F1 coverage.

Have Setanta on UPC, was looking at the listings for the race next weekend, looks like there will be no race build up and that's one thing I always look forward to.

losthorizon

Jordan 191 wrote: »

I'd be very interested in the last one.

I'm considering signing up to Sky Go just for the sake of their F1 coverage.

Have Setanta on UPC, was looking at the listings for the race next weekend, looks like there will be no race build up and that's one thing I always look forward to.

BTW what time does practice and the race itself start at?

pegasus1

losthorizon wrote: »

BTW what time does practice and the race itself start at?

The weeeeee hours of the morning!!;)

pegasus1

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Have Setanta on UPC, was looking at the listings for the race next weekend, looks like there will be no race build up and that's one thing I always look forward to.

An hour and a half buildup to the race coverage starts at 4:30AM on sky!

amacachi

Jordan 191 wrote: »

I'd be very interested in the last one.

I'm considering signing up to Sky Go just for the sake of their F1 coverage.

Have Setanta on UPC, was looking at the listings for the race next weekend, looks like there will be no race build up and that's one thing I always look forward to.

Just get HD for 15 a month and you'll get it I think. Check on it but I think that's the case, would be the cheapest way to go about it.

pegasus1

amacachi wrote: »

Just get HD for 15 a month and you'll get it I think. Check on it but I think that's the case, would be the cheapest way to go about it.

You'll need a hd tv, and a hd box first though!

amacachi

pegasus1 wrote: »

You'll need a hd tv, and a hd box first though!

They constantly have offers on the boxes and ya don't need a HD telly I don't think, it'd be the only HD thing not compatible with SD tellies I'd come across.

Jordan 199

pegasus1 wrote: »

An hour and a half buildup to the race coverage starts at 4:30AM on sky!

Great stuff

amacachi wrote: »

Just get HD for 15 a month and you'll get it I think. Check on it but I think that's the case, would be the cheapest way to go about it.

I'm looking at all options. If I was going to go down the Sky Go route, I would have to subscribe to Sky Sports, so I think it would cost me around €55 a month that way. There is no long term contract that way so if I wasn't happy with F1 on Sky, I could cancel.

pegasus1

amacachi wrote: »

They constantly have offers on the boxes and ya don't need a HD telly I don't think, it'd be the only HD thing not compatible with SD tellies I'd come across.

Some blueray players are without coax connection...;)

I'll check the back of hd box tomorrow when I get home to see if it has a coax..think it has though..

Infoanon

pegasus1 wrote: »

You'll need a hd tv, and a hd box first though!

Don't need a HD TV and the standard Sky+ box is HD compatible.

There is a well publicised deal on at the moment re free box and free standard install, 2 options if you want SkyF1 - 1) HD package - €15pm on top of the base €25 package or 2) a Sky Sports subscription €34pm plus the €25 base package.

Unfortunately I can't see SkyF1 being on UPC anytime soon and Setanta's offering will be inferior albeit included in the basic UPC package.

pegasus1

Infoanon wrote: »

Don't need a HD TV and the standard Sky+ box is HD compatible.

There is a well publicised deal on at the moment re free box and free standard install, 2 options if you want SkyF1 - 1) HD package - €15pm on top of the base €25 package or 2) a Sky Sports subscription €34pm plus the €25 base package.

Unfortunately I can't see SkyF1 being on UPC anytime soon and Setanta's offering will be inferior albeit included in the basic UPC package.

I am sure there are a lot of older sky+ non hd boxes still out there..my mother included..

To get the benefit of getting the cheaper hd package you will need a hd tv to get the benefit of the full hd package.

amacachi

Jordan 191 wrote: »

I'm looking at all options. If I was going to go down the Sky Go route, I would have to subscribe to Sky Sports, so I think it would cost me around €55 a month that way. There is no long term contract that way so if I wasn't happy with F1 on Sky, I could cancel.

Are you sure just the HD subscription with no other channels doesn't give you the F1?

pegasus1 wrote: »

Some blueray players are without coax connection...;)

I'll check the back of hd box tomorrow when I get home to see if it has a coax..think it has though..

SCART.

pegasus1

amacachi wrote: »

SCART.

I have seen a slim blueray player as far as I remember a Sony model with just a hdmi output:p


Sony's new players....

Hdmi.... plus a composite Video output but this doesn't give you the best picture !!

Sunny Dayz

Was the F1 channel on preview / freeview for the weekend??

Was channel flicking over the weekend and came across it, was delighted!

But we don't subcribe to Sky Sports, nor do we have any HD packages. We do have a HD compatible/ ready/ whatever TV & sky box.

Haven't had a chance to switch on tv this morn to see if we still have it.

Jordan 199

amacachi wrote: »

Are you sure just the HD subscription with no other channels doesn't give you the F1?

To get F1 with Sky, these are the options I have:

If I subscribe to Sky HD, it will cost a minimum of €40 per month with the Sky Entertainment pack.

If I subscribe to Sky for the non HD package, I will need to subscribe to Sky Sports 1 & 2 in adddition to the Sky Entertainment pack which will cost €59 per month.

If I choose the Sky Go (watch it on my laptop or through my XBOX) option, it will cost €50 per month (€55 with Sky Sports & Sky Movies).

doubledown

Irish viewers who don't have Sky have the chance to watch all the races live on Setanta Sports with the BBC commentary, as the channel have confirmed (albeit with no build-up). But only ten of these races are actually being broadcast live in the UK, with the rest being shown as highlights programmes later in the day.

So are we effectively getting the BBC commentary exclusively live in this country, while everyone else in the UK has to wait until later in the day??? Or are they carrying the races live on the red button and the website?

rua1972

Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Was the F1 channel on preview / freeview for the weekend??

Was channel flicking over the weekend and came across it, was delighted!

But we don't subcribe to Sky Sports, nor do we have any HD packages. We do have a HD compatible/ ready/ whatever TV & sky box.

Haven't had a chance to switch on tv this morn to see if we still have it.

I was going to ask the same question. I can watch c408 since it is on. And i don't have HD/sports. Lets hope it stays like this.