Has Pay TV ruined everything?

One More Toy · 02-10-2019 08:46PM #1

I'd rather much be watching Liverpool play right now but instead I'm watching masterfúcking chef. Never see f1 any more, was a fanatic when it was free to watch on BBC and ITV.

Fcuk $ky and Virgin and eir

a very cool kid · 02-10-2019 08:48PM

If you like so much just pay for it...you can get all the sports channels for 30 quid a month - you'd spend twice that down the pub watching one match....

Allinall · 02-10-2019 08:50PM

Just pay for it.

Why should you be able to watch it for free?

super_furry · 02-10-2019 08:50PM

But the thing is, before pay TV came along, there was very little football on TV. It's why the FA Cup was such a big deal.

lleti · 02-10-2019 08:50PM

a very cool kid wrote: »

If you like so much just pay for it...you can get all the sports channels for 30 quid a month - you'd spend twice that down the pub watching one match....

That's just untrue. Sky is probably 40ish a month for skysports, you gotta pay for BT for CL

Allinall · 02-10-2019 08:51PM

By the way... it’s 3-1 to Liverpool.

Cracking match.

UrbanFret · 02-10-2019 08:53PM

£8 a year for whats left on astra 28.2e. Bt sport Both racing channels and a few others.

NIMAN · 02-10-2019 08:57PM

I have iptv, costs 25 a year.

And I still rarely watch stuff. Maybe a handful of EPL games per season, and don't worry about CL until the knockouts in March.

Don't think I will ever pay for sky or other providers. Simply don't care enough about football any more to justify the outlay.

Montage of Feck · 02-10-2019 09:03PM

The World Athletics championship is free on BBC right now. Proper athletes not your ridicously overpayed <<fools>> who play soccerball.:cool:

One More Toy · 02-10-2019 09:04PM

a very cool kid wrote: »

If you like so much just pay for it...you can get all the sports channels for 30 quid a month - you'd spend twice that down the pub watching one match....

That's bullshít, 30 for basic package and 30 more for sport

Allinall · 02-10-2019 09:08PM

One More Toy wrote: »

That's bullshít, 30 for basic package and 30 more for sport

That’s great value.

Even if you were to watch three matches a week, that’s €5 per match. About the price of a pint for two hours entertainment.

And that’s not including all the other channels you get.

NIMAN · 02-10-2019 09:09PM

Montage of Feck wrote: »

The World Athletics championship is free on BBC right now. Proper athletes not your ridicously overpayed <<fools>> who play soccerball.:cool:

You're joking, right?

Proper athletes.......doped to the eyeballs.

Deebles McBeebles · 02-10-2019 09:16PM

One More Toy wrote: »

That's bullshít, 30 for basic package and 30 more for sport

Now tv is 30 a month for the sky sports channels.

Canis Lupus · 02-10-2019 09:20PM

Masterchef > football.

lleti · 02-10-2019 09:26PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Now tv is 30 a month for the sky sports channels.

Is that good? I can watch in browser? Cancel anytime? It's got all the skysports?

el_gaucho · 02-10-2019 09:28PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Now tv is 30 a month for the sky sports channels.

€39 per month.

One More Toy · 02-10-2019 09:28PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Now tv is 30 a month for the sky sports channels.

Don't have broadband - too expensive

elperello · 02-10-2019 09:29PM

Yes, it's a zero sum game.
Big business putting a pay wall around sporting events that built their following on the back of voluntary effort.

Yer Da sells Avon · 02-10-2019 09:36PM

Allinall wrote: »

Just pay for it.

Why should you be able to watch it for free?

Formula One, for example, is not worth paying extra for. It's not even worth the time it takes for find a decent quality stream. It was never 'free' anyway, being funded through either the television licence or advertising. I gradually stopped watching it when they stopped showing all races free-to-air. I'm certain that millions of others did the same. A big pile of cash for the owners of the 'sport' in the short-term, but at some point in the future, the sums will no longer add up.

02-10-2019 09:36PM

Iptv, every sports channel in the world for 10 euro a month.

Deebles McBeebles · 02-10-2019 09:42PM

lleti wrote: »

Is that good? I can watch in browser? Cancel anytime? It's got all the skysports?

Yeah it's great. You can just get a month/week pass. And you watch it in a browser.

Deebles McBeebles · 02-10-2019 09:44PM

el_gaucho wrote: »

€39 per month.

Ah that must be the new user price, didn't realise. I got the first 3 months of the football season for 30. Usually 30 per month for me.

If you cancel your pass they sometimes offer a better deal.

AMKC · 02-10-2019 09:47PM

One More Toy wrote: »

I'd rather much be watching Liverpool play right now but instead I'm watching masterfúcking chef. Never see f1 any more, was a fanatic when it was free to watch on BBC and ITV.

Fcuk $ky and Virgin and eir

Don't forget Amazon and Netfliks.

You can still watch F1 on Channel 4.

super_furry wrote: »

But the thing is, before pay TV came along, there was very little football on TV. It's why the FA Cup was such a big deal.

Good was better off that way. I agree with he OP that pay T.V has ruined everything.

NIMAN wrote: »

I have iptv, costs 25 a year.

And I still rarely watch stuff. Maybe a handful of EPL games per season, and don't worry about CL until the knockouts in March.

Don't think I will ever pay for sky or other providers. Simply don't care enough about football any more to justify the outlay.

Your better off without. I think anyone paying to watch overpaid spoilt kids basically run around a field kicking a ball needs to have there head examined.

el_gaucho · 02-10-2019 09:48PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Yeah it's great. You can just get a month/week pass. And you watch it in a browser.

Quality is good as well. Much better than live streaming on Virgin Media or the dreaded RTÉ player. It can go blurry for a few seconds every now and then but generally very good.

Deebles McBeebles · 02-10-2019 10:11PM

sugarman wrote: »

It's atrocious, only 720p. Looks terrible on anything bigger than a laptop.

Have it on a 32 inch HD TV and it looks perfect to me.

A2LUE42 · 02-10-2019 10:18PM

lleti wrote: »

Is that good? I can watch in browser? Cancel anytime? It's got all the skysports?

58 for 3 months at the moment for Now TV. Cast from phone to Chromecast or buy nowtv stick.

Eirsport had tonight's match on virgin sport channel, free with broadband on green eir app, again cast to Chromecast on TV.

Bobblehats · 02-10-2019 11:20PM

I just “keep up with the scores” on footybite

it’s “ace”

M.T. Cranium · 02-10-2019 11:52PM

No, Mars and the Moon seem unaffected.

Bobblehats · 02-10-2019 11:55PM

I won’t be paying audebameyang’s goals/assists bonus anyway. His “loyalty bonus” is more than enough

el_gaucho · 03-10-2019 07:07AM

sugarman wrote: »

It wouldn't look too bad on a 32" 1080p TV.

But 4k 50"+ is the norm these days. A 720p stream looks ridiculous on it.

The quality is perfectly fine on my humble 42” screen.

Badly Drunk Boy · 03-10-2019 07:13AM

One More Toy wrote: »

Don't have broadband - too expensive

Your username is One More Toy, but it sounds like you don't have any toys to play with (especially if they cost money). Break out your Communion money and live a little!!

Has Pay TV ruined everything?

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