Formula 1 TV Coverage discussions

Brief_Lives

after the first half of the year, I would give a thumbs up for

Bernie

Damon

Danica

Simon

Naomi

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but Ted and Karun are brilliant..

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Croft annoys me to bejaysus...

apologies, as I am new to the thread.

flazio

Crofty set to miss 3 races this year. Imola, Azerbaijan and Austria. Current BBC Radio commentator Harry Benjamin will step in.

https://twitter.com/f1broadcasting/status/1760642702327042159?t=55BV6anzNwGTh-4v1Py4bQ&s=19

dulpit

Jesus the TV direction in Saudi was appalling. Constant cutting from in car to track camera and back again. Hard to keep track of who was where. Helicopter shots that you couldn't really see the cars with. And on a couple of occasions we missed overtakes because they were showing replays.

F1 tv direction has been poor for a while, but this was particularly bad...

dulpit

Oh also, Crofty, Karun and Bernie as a commentary team was quite good. But annoying when they kept telling us about the Brits, but apart from that it was a good mix.

flazio

Well I did my usual sync up with the BBC crew. Sadly website only today so no play back available, but along side lead commentator Harry Benjamin (in the back) were from left to right, Jack Aitkin former Williams reserve who drove when Russell first bumped up to Mercedes-Benz in 2020, Ruth Buscombe, former strategist for Alfa Romero and Jennie Gow who continues to make great progress recovering from her stroke.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C4Tm5q5tEa5/?igsh=MXU2NnNxNWpsenNldg==

LIGHTNING

I don't know how anybody can stand Ted, his smugness gets on my skin something fierce. He used to be good a long time ago but he really let it get to his head.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121875569#Comment_121875569

He wasn't even at Saudi, bit harsh...

LIGHTNING

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121875824#Comment_121875824

I don't think its harsh at all, he isn't good at all. Sure he has knowledge but the rest of the package of what he brings isn't worth it.

quokula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121872953#Comment_121872953

I saw an interview with Ruth Buscombe on the Pitstop podcast on youtube a week or two ago and it was one of the best pieces of F1 related content I've watched in a long time. It's insane the amount of work done by so many strategists, engineers etc that gets pretty much zero coverage and attention in the media. The amount of detail she goes into in the interview, from doing track walks and noting down access road and marshal post details so they can estimate the likelihood of a safety car for a given incident anywhere on track, to the way they would look at the rubber laid down on the clean / dirty side of the track and feed it back in and recalibrate their simulation code - a result of this being that she was the one responsible for the infamous deliberate penalty for Felipe Massa by breaking the gearbox seal to put both their cars on the clean side of the track. It's incredible the amount of thought that goes into every little detail.

flazio

Not sure if this was common knowledge, but all those extra on board feeds that Sky keep nattering about are available to Now Ireland customers by clicking the F1 icon on the Sports page

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287441#Comment_122287441

Is that nowtv.com you're referring to? Just had a look on their website trying to figure out how much it would cost to watch the F1. Is that Now Boost required to watch in HD? Think it also lets you stream to 3 devices at once. So €22 for the first month and €27 thereafter just to watch F1 in HD and then cancel when the season is finished. Fairly expensive that (don't mind the 40 a month…).

lertsnim

Theres always codes for cheaper NOW TV subs floating about. Check out the thread on Bargain Alerts.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058086783/now-tv-latest-deal-codes

For example 3 months of Sky Sports for a one off payment of 30 euro.

flazio

If you try to buy a day pass, they offer you a discount on the monthly pass. Then it's a case of watching for the last month of the offer, attempt to cancel before full price and see if the new offer is worth taking up. In any case there should be no reason you'll be paying the full advertised per month.

Unfortunately you will need the boost subscription if you want to multiscreen.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287654#Comment_122287654

Using Now TV for years. I never pay more than 15 euro a month for Sky sports. Sometimes you can grab a code for 30 euro upfront payment for 3 months. Boost the is always free codes on here I have not paid for it this year so far. Start of here its my go to page.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058086783/now-tv-latest-deal-codes

Andrew76

Cheers folks I'll give that a look. How do the codes work - I would initially join by signing up for a month of the sports package for €22 for example, then cancel and apply one of the codes in my account section or something?

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288725#Comment_122288725

Use the code when signing up, there's like a code section you can populate. Don't sign up to a package first.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288725#Comment_122288725

On Now tv. Click My membership and Devices. On dropdown Click Now Membership. This is the page were you can enter voucher and it also shows what you have paid for and date ending offers.

This is it

I've IPTV which is usually fine, but is frustrating when it's not 100%. How do you stream NowTV, do you need their dongle or can it be side loaded to a Fire Stick, etc?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288859#Comment_122288859

Same boat as yourself, I’m not pushed when there’s issues except if it’s during a race. From looking on their site it says it works on Firestick or Apple TV etc so presumably they have an app to download?

Andrew76

@dulpit @Longing Thanks chaps. Have bookmarked that now tv thread. Spotted a code for SS for €15 pm for 6months and then there’s a 3 months for 30 code to use afterwards. How do you find the service itself, decent quality stream?

lertsnim

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122289009#Comment_122289009

With boost the stream is fantastic. Without there is a noticeable frame rate drop. There's plenty of free boost codes about.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288859#Comment_122288859

Should be an app for Now TV in Amazons app store. Loads of operating systems have Now TV apps.

dastardly00

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288979#Comment_122288979

They have an Android TV app anyway. I find the quality of the stream very good.

Similar to a few others, I have NowTV and always find a usable discount code in the Bargain Alerts thread.

I've had the Sports, Sports Extra, Boost & Entertainment memberships pretty much for continually for the last three years, and it's worked at an average cost of €26 per month.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122288859#Comment_122288859

Side loaded app on most Tv's. Have it also on Nvidia Shield and Firestick mostly watch sports on LG TV which has the app already. But doesn't run at 60 FPS. Now Tv stick is very good but they have stopped making them.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122289194#Comment_122289194

That’s a very good price alright. Yeah think I’ll switch over to Now after this weekend’s race and see what it’s like - will get SS + Boost for sure. Is it possible to get RTE or BBC on it? Just thinking about the Olympics next month.

Andrew76

Signed up with SS for €15pm for 3 months with free boost for 1 month (6 month SS code had expired). Will use the 3 months for 30 code after to get me to the end of the season. Added that €1 pm entertainment code too.
Thanks for all the info folks!

dulpit

Something I noticed this weekend, not sure if it's been this way all season - sky refer to the teams as Sauber and RB rather than their convoluted sponsor names and use them in their own graphics too.

I would have expected there would be an obligation on them to use the official sponsor names...

eviltimeban

It's so much nicer watching the Sky coverage without "Crofty". Hopefully these 'rest' weekends for him are a way to trial a full-time replacement.

While Croft is knowledgeable about F1, his commentary style is off putting; the way he constantly chuckles at things that aren't even funny is very grating.

LIGHTNING

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122320862#Comment_122320862

Harry is better than Crofty in every single way.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122320942#Comment_122320942

His "eyes to the lights and feet to the floor" thing needs to get in the bin though. Just because Crofty has a catchphrase for when a race starts doesn't mean he needs one too...