Digital TV coverage to be scrapped/F1 Digital...Bernie pulls the plug! (merged) - Page 4

Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 19:36 (Ref:434880)

do you need to be told how a steering wheel works every other week then

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Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 19:41 (Ref:434881)

so you need to be told how a steering wheel works every other weekend do you? And you enjoy constant ad breaks at the only interesting points in the race?

Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 19:46 (Ref:434884)

so you need to be told how a steering wheel works every other weekend do you? And you enjoy constant ad breaks at the only interesting points in the race?

Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 19:49 (Ref:434886)

do you need to be told how a steering wheel works every other week then

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Sato san · 22 Nov 2002, 19:55 (Ref:434888)

well , everyone to their own Hakk , and if you enjoyed ITV better then fair enough .

Mr V · 22 Nov 2002, 19:58 (Ref:434893)

Damon, i see that i wasn't the only one trying to post then!

Sato san · 22 Nov 2002, 20:02 (Ref:434897)

but i have to say that i hated the AD Breaks , and found it hard to listen to people just repeating the same old stuff every weekend ( Mr Jardine ).....

where as ...Peter Windsor on Sky was just superb !....i think i will miss his insight into the sport just about as much as anything else.

Mr V · 22 Nov 2002, 20:06 (Ref:434899)

One glimmer of hope on the horizon, i'm sure (although not 100%) certain that Ben Edwards was being signed up by ITV for next year, before the (possible?) finishing of sky digi

**Peter Mallett** · 22 Nov 2002, 20:06 (Ref:434901)

Quote:

Originally posted by hakkiman
I did use it and didn't enjoy it. ....

[Hakkiman] I agree[/Hakkiman].

Sorry but the chance to view all those different shots was indeed a sublime experience. You could make your own commentary. I never bought it becaiuse (as explained elsewhere) it wasn't practical. So, I'll look forward to whatever coverage I can get and be grateful. Just "bag" that pillock James Allen please.

Sato san · 22 Nov 2002, 20:29 (Ref:434924)

please........If Sky really isnt gonna happen next year , please ITV let us see and hear the thoughts of Peter Windsor !

Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 20:58 (Ref:434955)

woops quadruple post!! someone want to edit that for me?!

Sato san · 22 Nov 2002, 21:06 (Ref:434968)

to many beers Damon ?

Damon · 22 Nov 2002, 21:10 (Ref:434972)

something like that

!!!

Sato san · 22 Nov 2002, 21:14 (Ref:434975)

well...it is Friday !..im having a few here too !

Rennen · 22 Nov 2002, 23:29 (Ref:435064)

I blame all those cheapskates in this British 'nanny state' who wouldn't pay a few miserable quid to watch the best F1 coverage ever shown!

No more practice...damn it! No more data channel...with all those split times that the teams get...back to damn adverts...You penny pinchers!

The truth is there are only about 9,000 'REAL' F1 enthusiasts amongst the general public...the rest just think they are!

**Spudgun** · 22 Nov 2002, 23:34 (Ref:435067)

I would have gladly paid if it was available on NTL digital..

Jay · 23 Nov 2002, 01:46 (Ref:435091)

Well...excuse the rest of the world that never had either the opportunity to buy this service, could not afford it, or just said 'this

isn't worth being payed for'.

F1's rating's are dropping like anything around the world, and it's a tough enough sell to people that are not already F1 addicts when the top two cars refuse to race each other in a supposed "Racing" series. Having coverage that is

certainly doesn't help any...

Russfeld · 23 Nov 2002, 02:03 (Ref:435095)

yeah, the world is dying instead of having 350mil watch each race, you 'only' get 300

Jay · 23 Nov 2002, 02:13 (Ref:435098)

Bernie seems to think so... or are you Bernie?

Russfeld · 23 Nov 2002, 03:22 (Ref:435107)

Its a sliding scale, any drop is considered a huge loss, even though the resultant figure is still head and shoulders above any other sport. Its like people saying the economy's crashed because the maxed out bubble finally burst

Sato san · 23 Nov 2002, 09:03 (Ref:435159)

no more timing screens !.....i used those so much this season....to have all that infomation at your fingertips was just brilliant .

Ralf's Girl · 23 Nov 2002, 09:50 (Ref:435175)

Quote:

Originally posted by Damon
For me, most of the comments from those who want to scap the PPV smack a little of 'if I can't have it then no one else should'.

Has it occurred to you that perhaps some people don't think it's worth paying for? Better pictures aren't a guarantee of better racing - you could pay £12, £6, whatever, and then see a race like the Austrian GP and feel totally ripped off. I felt cheated this season and I wasn't paying to watch it!

Sato san · 23 Nov 2002, 10:11 (Ref:435182)

Sorry , but they are......weve seen some fantastic race battles this year.....that exactly what the PPV offers.....better pictures show actual racing !.....

but i do agree with feeling cheated at Austria, although at the time i was more worried about Sato being ok , than Ferrari silly little games.

Mr V · 23 Nov 2002, 11:26 (Ref:435200)

Quote:

Originally posted by Ralf's Girl
Better pictures aren't a guarantee of better racing -

Agreed, they are not, but they do give you scope to see different racing. Quite a few times during this season, during a "quiet period" of a race i've flicked over to ITV and it was normally on an ad break.

Jay · 23 Nov 2002, 17:08 (Ref:435366)

Weclome to the rest of the world Sato san...

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