Skys F1 coverage .. great or brilliant ?

[SILVERS95]

I have to say then when Sky announced that were showing F1 on PAY PER VIEW then it would be good to see all the practice sessions live , but would it really be worth 12 quid a race ? ...
well ,

i think that Skys Digital coverage is the best thing ive ever seen , the onboard cameras from todays practice at Imola was just brillant , they were onboard with Michael when he had his spin , but the camera was facing backward into the cockpit and you could see right in his eyes . Earlier on , they show live onboard cameras of Sato's first 5 laps that he'd ever done around Imola , and in the wet he was very sideways all the way round but still keeping on the black stuff whilst he was learning the track .

add that to 8 different channels to watch , all sessions LIVE , great commentators , data screens , great interviews from around the paddock , onboard radio's , it gooes on and on .

its the best coverage ive ever seen of F1 or even motorsport in general , and its definatly worth 12 pounds a race .

and now they have announced that there showing Live Porsche super cup support race as well on sunday morning .

F1 is so much more exciting than it ever was before !

[paulzinho]

I will subscribe soon!!!

Problem is that I'd miss the Friday coverage, some of saturdays and I've got exams soon. Come summer though i'm sure i'll try a couple of them!!

[Mr V]

i have to say that watching sky's coverage has made me realise how bad itv's was in the first place! the onboard of tgf as mentioned by silvers was brilliant, and to still be with tgf (i.e onboard...but looking backwards) was fantastic coverage! i have to say that this races viewing fee (£12) was worth it just to see the track marshall telling tgf that he had to go back to the pits an entirely different way from the way tgf wanted to go....billiant!!

i have now paid for the first 4 race coverages from sky (upto todays free practice) and must say that i have no intention of watching itv's coverage again!

i just hope that sky and bernie can come to an agreement beyond their current 2 year contract!

the only way that sky could improve their service (imo) is to introduce a "season ticket" as we see with the footie!!

[Mr V]

Originally posted by paulzinho
I will subscribe soon!!!

Problem is that I'd miss the Friday coverage, some of saturdays and I've got exams soon. Come summer though i'm sure i'll try a couple of them!!

cvan't you set the video paul? i promise you, you won't be disappointed and you won't want to go back to itv!!


btw, the only other way to improve their service also (aswell as my season ticket idea) would be to hire martin brundle!

[Sato san]

yeah , i agree with that mr v , Brundle was good.

Paul , the thing is with Skys coverage is that you dont even need to play around with all the channels if you dont want to . If you set your video for the practice or race etc , it will just record the MASTER CHANNEL which is just so good . They put all the best views and radio feeds from all the channels and give a general veiw simular to the itv coverage only about 50 times better. Its still great just to set the video and watch the MASTER CHANNEL .

[Sato san]

oh , and those laps from onboard Sato were great . He doesnt have any fear does he . He was on a new circuit with a flooded track , and watching the onboard channel with him was a joy .

[Daytona Donald]

Originally posted by Sato san
oh , and those laps from onboard Sato were great .

i often wondered where you got your name from "SATO SAN", a little bit biased then? although the boys car control does seem pretty amazing!

[SILVERS95]

i wonder if they will do a season ticket , i wouldn't have considered it before , but now i would jump at the chance

[Speedworx]

I watched Melbourne and Interlagos, but sadly the interactive part wouldn't work over the Interlagos weekend

[touringlegend]

hakkiman - interactive wouldn't work ? if it happens again just unplug the box for a few minutes as a lot of static electricity builds up in Digiboxes, or it does on mine.

i'll probably wait till school hols (or study leave) until i get it again as i'd miss a friday of testing !

[Mr V]

or change the batteries in your remote!

touringlegend.......your not the only 1 to suffer with your digibox, mine has a habit of switching itself off! overuse by the missus i reckon!!

[Raven]

Have any of you entered the competition to win the R3? That would be pretty cool.

[Raven]

Its brilliant, I like to flick through the options a lot. Lately John Watson has been getting on my **** by keep saying "horses for courses" and "pooshe". I like to watch qualifying with Perry and Damon.

[badoer fan]

One thing that would improve it (and make me buy it), would be to get F3000 on too (btw, this was LucaBadoer's fab idea, not mine).

[Mr V]

Originally posted by Raven
Lately John Watson has been getting on my **** by keep saying "horses for courses" and "pooshe".

and the classic "he's taken to the grass more times than bob marley" any time someone goes off!!

[Speedworx]

I wonder if it was because I signed up to watch the Brazilian GP after the first practice (1.1) on Friday.

[SILVERS95]

Originally posted by hakkiman
I wonder if it was because I signed up to watch the Brazilian GP after the first practice (1.1) on Friday.

Hakkiman , are you watching it through a sky digibox , or a itv digital system , as i heard from my boss , that its not all avaible through itv digital . They only give the damon hill commentry channel .

[Mr V]

may i suggest to sky that they put perry maccarthy on the super channel alongside ben edwards!! he is a lot funnier and more interesting to listen to!

[Ian-S]

Originally posted by SILVERS95


Hakkiman , are you watching it through a sky digibox , or a itv digital system , as i heard from my boss , that its not all avaible through itv digital . They only give the damon hill commentry channel .

Silvers, could you explain the last bit in more detail, cos I've got ITV Digital (for now) and the only F1 they show is on ITV-1, can't find anything to do with the Digital feeds on there.

[SILVERS95]

Ian , i only know this from a conversation that i had with my boss the other week. I was saying how impressed i was about Skys ppv sevice , and he said that it looked good , but he wished that he could get the proper commentators , and not just Damon and perry . I tryed to explain to him how you use the interactive part on the digi remote control , and he said he didnt have a digibox , only a On Digital ( as it used to be called ) set top box ?????

thats all i know really , as i never questioned it anymore .

i take it that you have done UPDATE CHANNELS on the itv set top box ? , i have got a old set top box downstairs that is plugged in , maybe i should go and update the channels and see if i can get it ?

[Speedworx]

I have Sky Digital, but I don't think the interactive service works if you join after the first practice of the weekend.

[StuiE]

is that digital, as in on a digital TV? like those ones that cost the price of a small car but can do anything, or is it just a nteractive channel on analogue TV?

[Sato san]

i think you will find that it is a digital set top box which can plug into a anoalog tv . The set top box recieves the digital signals , and then plays them on the analog tv .

[StuiE]

but they still cost s***loads dont they, almost no one has them here

[Reido Rules]

Can you actually recieve this service on ITV digital, I heard it was coming but I don't know if it's come. I know a lot of the features are missing but there was gonig to be a lot of the channels, and a text stats service, regularly updated.

Sky people don't get too excited with Ben I hear he's only contracted for 5 races and as he is now contracted to ITV and some BTCC races are clashing soon and ITV are interested in using him for F1 if possible to boost viewers. I think Ben may not be there too much longer. But he could extend his contract.