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Aug 12, 2024 13:10:13 GMT 1
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Aug 12, 2024 13:10:13 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Can't answer your question but the red button you watched it on is far inferior in quality to what those watching on Sky Sports + received. The red button is worse than SD quality, it's a joke in all honesty just how bad it is. Sky Sports + is all in HD as far as I'm aware |
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Post by townarentbest on Aug 12, 2024 13:22:25 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Can't answer your question but the red button you watched it on is far inferior in quality to what those watching on Sky Sports + received. The red button is worse than SD quality, it's a joke in all honesty just how bad it is. Sky Sports + is all in HD as far as I'm aware I found Sky Sports+ to certainly be lower quality than a regular HD feed. It was a bit like the frame rate was slightly too low, and the main camera in particular was pretty highly compressed - there was a noticeable uplift in quality when they went to the close-up / pitchside camera shots. There were a couple of times where there was a bit of a jerky motion when a few frames were dropped, and the footage froze entirely for reasonable length of time a couple of times...other people who were watching in our little group mentioned this too, so it wasn't just my connection. Watched the Leeds 🤷♂️ game earlier and that was similar too, their main camera had compression artefacts (and a REALLY annoying little black spec of dust or something!), the other cameras were reasonable. All feels a bit rubbish having got used to watching live football (away from the red button) in 4k over the last few seasons! (the coverage of the extra time after 90minutes was perfect quality though... 🤭😅😱😆) |
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Aug 12, 2024 13:25:24 GMT 1
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Post by leroy212 on Aug 12, 2024 13:25:24 GMT 1
Can't answer your question but the red button you watched it on is far inferior in quality to what those watching on Sky Sports + received. The red button is worse than SD quality, it's a joke in all honesty just how bad it is. Sky Sports + is all in HD as far as I'm aware I found Sky Sports+ to certainly be lower quality than a regular HD feed. It was a bit like the frame rate was slightly too low, and the main camera in particular was pretty highly compressed - there was a noticeable uplift in quality when they went to the close-up / pitchside camera shots. There were a couple of times where there was a bit of a jerky motion when a few frames were dropped, and the footage froze entirely for reasonable length of time a couple of times...other people who were watching in our little group mentioned this too, so it wasn't just my connection. Watched the Leeds 🤷♂️ game earlier and that was similar too, their main camera had compression artefacts (and a REALLY annoying little black spec of dust or something!), the other cameras were reasonable. All feels a bit rubbish having got used to watching live football (away from the red button) in 4k over the last few seasons! (the coverage of the extra time after 90minutes was perfect quality though... 🤭😅😱😆) I watched it on my phone as I was out, but there was definitely a frame rate issue as every now and again it lagged really bad |
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Aug 12, 2024 13:51:18 GMT 1
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Post by ilsonterrier on Aug 12, 2024 13:51:18 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Can't answer your question but the red button you watched it on is far inferior in quality to what those watching on Sky Sports + received. The red button is worse than SD quality, it's a joke in all honesty just how bad it is. Sky Sports + is all in HD as far as I'm aware I can imagine it's not as good as Sky Sports+ but it was far better than last year's red button 😁 |
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Post by Orinoco on Aug 12, 2024 15:17:39 GMT 1
Would not give sky a penny, Freeview and a Roku box does me hope they do a ITV digital, they are killing the game for the attendees.
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Aug 12, 2024 15:21:28 GMT 1
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Post by rockwall on Aug 12, 2024 15:21:28 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. |
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Aug 12, 2024 15:29:40 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. Is that including Saturday 3 PM kick offs? |
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Aug 12, 2024 15:30:55 GMT 1
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Post by rockwall on Aug 12, 2024 15:30:55 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. Is that including Saturday 3 PM kick offs? I think so. I somehow found a way where you can just find your club and it already was showing the Morecambe and Stevenage games. |
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Post by Dan on Aug 12, 2024 15:31:36 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. This isn't true. All the opening day games were on, but not the case going forward. Each team will be on at least 20 times. |
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Post by aloadofdbullocks on Aug 12, 2024 15:35:02 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. This isn't true. All the opening day games were on, but not the case going forward. Each team will be on at least 20 times. Sounds more like I thought it would be. If we are challenging at the top we may be on more than 20 times - which is a double edged sword depending if you are arranging travel and hotels etc. |
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Post by Dan on Aug 12, 2024 15:38:46 GMT 1
This isn't true. All the opening day games were on, but not the case going forward. Each team will be on at least 20 times. Sounds more like I thought it would be. If we are challenging at the top we may be on more than 20 times - which is a double edged sword depending if you are arranging travel and hotels etc. Much better notice periods with this deal... ---------------- Sky Sports and the EFL will make good on a landmark new commitment for clubs and fans which will provide longer notice periods on TV selections. The notice periods for selections are as follows: Within seven days of the 2024/25 Fixture Release selections shall be made in respect of all matches to be played before the end of September. Before the start of the season, selections shall be made in respect of all matches scheduled to be played prior to the end of the third round of the FA Cup (January 2025). By November 1, selections shall be made in respect of all matches to be played between the end of the third round proper of the FA Cup and the first weekend of March. Selections for matches scheduled after the first weekend in March will be made on a four-week rolling basis starting from February 1 (e.g. a selection for the first weekend in April will be selected in the first weekend in March). This is almost six month’s notice provided to fans and Clubs, a significant increase on the current deal, which sees five weeks' notice given across the majority of the season. By selecting TV picks early and giving much more notice, fans will be able to plan with certainty when making travel and hotel arrangements. |
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Post by ilsonterrier on Aug 12, 2024 16:35:46 GMT 1
I'm getting a bit confused about how things are working so I'm hoping someone can try and explain things for me. As I've mentioned previously, we have a TiVo box with virgin so can't get Sky Sports+ without upgrading. I didn't expect to be able to watch our game against Peterborough so I was surprised to see that it was on the red button (which I thought was no more). I believe our game was a "picked" one but not for regular Sky Sports. Does this mean that the games against Rotherham and Reading will also be available on the red button, as I believe they have also been picked. We're looking at Now TV but if I can watch the games anyway, I'd rather avoid forking out for it. Sorry if I sound thick, but trying to find the most cost effective way of getting all the Town games, without having to spend every waking hour clearing our recordings. Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. We don't currently have access to Sky Sports+, which is why I was surprised that I could watch on Saturday. I didn't expect the red button feature to be available this season so I think what I'm trying to find out is what the rationale is for a game being on the red button, rather than just on Sky Sports+ |
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Post by Dan on Aug 12, 2024 16:43:19 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. We don't currently have access to Sky Sports+, which is why I was surprised that I could watch on Saturday. I didn't expect the red button feature to be available this season so I think what I'm trying to find out is what the rationale is for a game being on the red button, rather than just on Sky Sports+ Don't know if anything on this forum answers your question... community.virginmedia.com/t5/Virgin-TV-V6/Sky-Sports-on-Virgin/td-p/5551588 |
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Post by detox on Aug 12, 2024 16:48:04 GMT 1
i always check this site . www.live-footballontv.com/ to see what games are on what channels...it's easy to get confused with so many variants now.. |
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Post by rothwellterrier on Aug 12, 2024 16:48:19 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. We don't currently have access to Sky Sports+, which is why I was surprised that I could watch on Saturday. I didn't expect the red button feature to be available this season so I think what I'm trying to find out is what the rationale is for a game being on the red button, rather than just on Sky Sports+ For Sky viewers, you had to select it via the red button on Sky Sports+ channel. On that channel they had Wrexham v Wycombe as the game shown. |
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Post by detox on Aug 12, 2024 17:10:17 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. Is that including Saturday 3 PM kick offs? No |
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Post by detox on Aug 12, 2024 17:14:38 GMT 1
This isn't true. All the opening day games were on, but not the case going forward. Each team will be on at least 20 times. Sounds more like I thought it would be. If we are challenging at the top we may be on more than 20 times - which is a double edged sword depending if you are arranging travel and hotels etc. The live games will be 12;30 or 17:30 kick offs, etc No 3pm KO game is live, like this Saturday we aren't on sports+ |
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Post by ilsonterrier on Aug 12, 2024 17:17:52 GMT 1
We don't currently have access to Sky Sports+, which is why I was surprised that I could watch on Saturday. I didn't expect the red button feature to be available this season so I think what I'm trying to find out is what the rationale is for a game being on the red button, rather than just on Sky Sports+ Don't know if anything on this forum answers your question... community.virginmedia.com/t5/Virgin-TV-V6/Sky-Sports-on-Virgin/td-p/5551588Cheers Dan - one of the answers is very helpful and seems that we might be able to watch the games. Time will tell I suppose. |
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Post by ilsonterrier on Aug 12, 2024 17:22:55 GMT 1
i always check this site . www.live-footballontv.com/ to see what games are on what channels...it's easy to get confused with so many variants now.. I already use this website and I agree with you - I'm confused with it all. It says Sky Sports+ for the 12.30 and 5.30 games on Saturday, but I wonder if they will also be available on the red button (which was the thing that I wasn't expecting to see this season). God, I feel old with all this - goodness knows how I'm going to explain all this to my 87 year old stepfather who has an old Sky box and would not be able to cope with the Sky box needed, but who wants to watch the rugby league which is also now on Sky Sports+ |
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Post by incognito on Aug 12, 2024 17:30:46 GMT 1
For the avoidance of doubt, up to and including the 1st of Jan at least 13 of our games will have been televised / streamed by Sky: 9x League One games 1x Carabao Cup (every game) 3x EFL Trophy (every game) www.skysports.com/watch/football-on-skyAny of these games can also be watched through the Sky Sports App |
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Aug 12, 2024 18:03:06 GMT 1
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Post by detox on Aug 12, 2024 18:03:06 GMT 1
For the avoidance of doubt, up to and including the 1st of Jan at least 13 of our games will have been televised / streamed by Sky: 9x League One games 1x Carabao Cup (every game) 3x EFL Trophy (every game) www.skysports.com/watch/football-on-skyAny of these games can also be watched through the Sky Sports App And the Now TV app.? |
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Post by rockwall on Aug 12, 2024 18:10:07 GMT 1
Every team has every game on sky this season in League 1 and 2. There will be a chosen main game. But on the SkySports+ feature you can find all other games on there. This isn't true. All the opening day games were on, but not the case going forward. Each team will be on at least 20 times. I stand corrected. God knows what I came across, but when I click on the Huddersfield V Stevange it says not available for viewing. Apologies for any confusion. |
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Post by incognito on Aug 12, 2024 18:22:12 GMT 1
For the avoidance of doubt, up to and including the 1st of Jan at least 13 of our games will have been televised / streamed by Sky: 9x League One games 1x Carabao Cup (every game) 3x EFL Trophy (every game) www.skysports.com/watch/football-on-skyAny of these games can also be watched through the Sky Sports App And the Now TV app.? Now TV is entirely app-based isn't it? But, yes, every Sky Sports+ stream is also available to anyone with a Now TV Sports Membership. |
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Post by Jack on Aug 12, 2024 19:20:19 GMT 1
Apart from the poor picture quality, error strewn commentary, the stream cutting out 3 times and it not showing any stoppage time I thought the Sky+ coverage was OK.
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Aug 13, 2024 7:34:16 GMT 1
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Post by Up the Duff. on Aug 13, 2024 7:34:16 GMT 1
Apart from the poor picture quality, error strewn commentary, the stream cutting out 3 times and it not showing any stoppage time I thought the Sky+ coverage was OK. Any comment from sky on the games cutting out on 90 mins ? |
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Post by morrisraspass on Aug 13, 2024 9:26:34 GMT 1
Surprisingly good of Sky to set out a timetable for when future games will be set in stone. Anyone know the same for games potentially affected by the international windows .. when will we know if, for example, the Leyton game (which I think I saw was on a potential international weekend) is going ahead?
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Post by ram on Aug 13, 2024 9:39:09 GMT 1
As far as I am aware our game tonight is on Sky+
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Post by townarentbest on Aug 13, 2024 10:51:52 GMT 1
As far as I am aware our game tonight is on Sky+ Yes, ALL EFL Cup and ALL EFL Trophy games are televised. |
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Post by SacTown on Aug 13, 2024 10:58:53 GMT 1
Apart from the poor picture quality, error strewn commentary, the stream cutting out 3 times and it not showing any stoppage time I thought the Sky+ coverage was OK. Any comment from sky on the games cutting out on 90 mins ? That was just ours. I checked a few of the others and they continued beyond 90 mins. |
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Aug 13, 2024 11:02:52 GMT 1
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Post by galpharm2400 on Aug 13, 2024 11:02:52 GMT 1
Any comment from sky on the games cutting out on 90 mins ? That was just ours. I checked a few of the others and they continued beyond 90 mins. "Sky dont like us, we dont care"... Already contacted my provider(Richard Branson) and requested he consider a partial refund on my subscription. I reminded him its 2024 and he has huge competition for my money..🤨 |
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