[wCYvMKAc]

This is the new sports channel that will be showing F1 live right??

But you have to have HD box??

I think if you don't have HD, just get a new TV with your KRudd Stimulus.

[maxtp]

This is the new sports channel that will be showing F1 live right??

But you have to have HD box??

A set-top box costs $30. I only use it for F1, but well worth it.

[cokLoolioli]

DSTV which provides uninterupted coverage of every race, practice and qualifying session

[animilius]

The Hungarian commentators are so horrible that I watch RTL even though I don't speak German. I switch to the Hungarian network ("RTL Klub") whenever there is a commercial break.

[cokLoolioli]

Whats the problem with European TV networks and advert breaks It seems crazy to me as we are in AFRICA and get uninterupted coverage

[Frogzlovzy]

Whats the problem with European TV networks and advert breaks It seems crazy to me as we are in AFRICA and get uninterupted coverage

We in the UK do now, after a decade or so of ITV's coverage. I've got no basic problem with adverts, after all commercial TV has to make money somehow and lord knows they're struggling enough at the moment, but ITV had a particularly unlucky streak of missing crucial action in the breaks and not recapping adequately.

[DoctoBuntonTen]

last year RTL, premiere, ITV, telecinco and pino's chat... all live

this year I'm not sure if they'll all still work

[oB8LI2kP]

Whats the problem with European TV networks and advert breaks It seems crazy to me as we are in AFRICA and get uninterupted coverage

Not really unlogical, especially when it's broadcasted on a commercial network, like here. Luckily the Dutch RTL made a solution by maintaining the action on a small screen while adverts are playing at the same time. In combination with the good commentary we got, I don't see a reason to complain much.

[EjPWyPm4]

Are the BBC doing any kind of preview show before the season?

[idobestbuyonlinepp]

whatever i can find on TVU or sopcast because the Japanese coverage is just that bad!

That surpirses me. I would have thought the Japanese coverage would be among the best.

Me, I watch on SpeedTV, and a couple of races per season on Fox. Compared to the ESPN coverage from years ago, SpeedTV is pretty good.

[wCYvMKAc]

Not really unlogical, especially when it's broadcasted on a commercial network, like here. Luckily the Dutch RTL made a solution by maintaining the action on a small screen while adverts are playing at the same time. In combination with the good commentary we got, I don't see a reason to complain much.

This sounds like a great idea. The F1 will be broadcast by a commercial station here, and I am dreading how they will inject the adverts during the races.

[Deengealf]

This sounds like a great idea. The F1 will be broadcast by a commercial station here, and I am dreading how they will inject the adverts during the races.

Yes, you might miss a pass for the lead, when the former leader pits....but the adverts could be for condoms to go with the viagara ads, and therefore very important such that people should not be distracted by on track action, even if the ads do upset the pope

[EscaCsamas]

Now that Mad Max and the Demented Midgets' planned changes have been shot down by their own stupidity I will watch or at least record the races if I am at Mosport.
I will watch mostly Speed as I like the commentators. Hobbs sneaks in some very dry humour at times and Steve Matchett understands the cars. Being a former wrench I enjoy him even if it is dumbed down.
At commercial breaks I can switch to TSN (the BBC feed I expect) although they tend to break at the same time.
I can get RDS but despite 4 years of French in high school about all I remember is what I learned from Gilles Villeneuve and they do not use those words on TV.

[Fruriourl]

ITV had a particularly unlucky streak of missing crucial action in the breaks and not recapping adequately.

Brundle commented on this recently in a Radio 5 interview, and he put it into perspective.

Out of the 170 odd races they covered, you can probably only name a handful of important incidents they missed, which is to be fair to ITV a pretty good ratio.

Whilst it was annoying they had ads, I do feel that they were responsible in how they implemeneted them in the races.

[Fruriourl]

That surpirses me. I would have thought the Japanese coverage would be among the best.

Me, I watch on SpeedTV, and a couple of races per season on Fox. Compared to the ESPN coverage from years ago, SpeedTV is pretty good.

I was suprised too, I was out in Japan last year, and ended up having to go to an Irish pub run by an Irishman to see it! And everywhere I asked beforehand, many didn't even know what F1 was.

[vesiasmepay]

Brundle commented on this recently in a Radio 5 interview, and he put it into perspective.

Out of the 170 odd races they covered, you can probably only name a handful of important incidents they missed, which is to be fair to ITV a pretty good ratio.

Whilst it was annoying they had ads, I do feel that they were responsible in how they implemeneted them in the races.

Of course now I will be implementing my own breaks by using the Sky+ pause button, then fast forwarding to catch up!

[Frogzlovzy]

Brundle commented on this recently in a Radio 5 interview, and he put it into perspective.

Out of the 170 odd races they covered, you can probably only name a handful of important incidents they missed, which is to be fair to ITV a pretty good ratio.

Whilst it was annoying they had ads, I do feel that they were responsible in how they implemeneted them in the races.

Fair enough, but the other way of looking at it is 12 seasons of on average 17 races each of which was interruped by 5 breaks of 3 minutes each.

That's 51 hours of action missed - the equivalent of about 30 races.

[vesiasmepay]

Fair enough, but the other way of looking at it is 12 seasons of on average 17 races each of which was interruped by 5 breaks of 3 minutes each.

That's 51 hours of action missed - the equivalent of about 30 races.

Going off 5 breaks of 3 minutes = 15 minutes per race. In a 17 race season that's 255 minutes, Average race length of 100 minutes, gives 2.55. So we've had two and a half race lengths worth of adverts, per season.

[Fruriourl]

Going off 5 breaks of 3 minutes = 15 minutes per race. In a 17 race season that's 255 minutes, Average race length of 100 minutes, gives 2.55. So we've had two and a half race lengths worth of adverts, per season.

Again, I stress they were annoying, and I'm happy to see the back of them.

But ITV always said ads would be part of the deal, its how they make their revenue.

Considering it was a necessity, they made a good job of an impossible situation. And much of the criticism regarding missing the important action all the time is unwarranted.

[clitlyphype]

One Hd...

Hopefully One HD will not have the stupid timezone delays - couldnt go in chat at the same time and id hate to be living in Perth 2 1/2h behind the rest of Oz