BT Sport

ianbcr · Post by **ianbcr** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:22 am

for all those with this service, they are showing Cal Crutchlows ducati debut live from Valencia today at 13.00, and tomorrow tuesday.

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:21 am

ooh, ta, have phoned home to get it recorded

SP250 · Post by **SP250** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:14 pm

Just activated my BT Sport account.
Very disappointed - quality of the video image is so bad I can't see me bothering to watch the races next year unless BT get their finger out and transmit far better quality.
Can't even read the captions and info never mind having a clear image.
What's more it has bloody adverts as well
Roll on it going back to the Beeb.

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:32 pm

I need to do a bit of research when I get home I think. I am on BT broadband, so should have access to MotoGP for the future, but my internet connection is not the fastest. Have to see what I can access and how I can get it on the tellybox rather than the ipad.

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:42 pm

SP250 wrote:Just activated my BT Sport account.
Very disappointed - quality of the video image is so bad I can't see me bothering to watch the races next year unless BT get their finger out and transmit far better quality.
Can't even read the captions and info never mind having a clear image.
What's more it has bloody adverts as well
Roll on it going back to the Beeb.

Just spoken to somebody who's just watched it in BT Sport HD via a sky box, brilliant was the comment!

Did you watch via the Internet ?

SP250 · Post by **SP250** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:04 pm

Phil

Yes it was via broadband and internet as I don't have sky and refuse to pay extra for it on the tv.
I can't stand football and don't need a load of tv channels that I won't watch.

So while it may be free to BT broadband users it is not worth watching.
Will ask for an explanation of the rubbish quality on the BT forum and report the answer on here if I get one.

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 7:31 pm

I had a look on the the BT Sport app I installed a few days ago, and there were a couple of MotoGP items to watch. Unfortunately, the Crutchlow item was only a 60 second slo-mo clip, and there was another short 'best moments of 2013' clip.

But there is a full replay of the 2001 Valencia GP, so I will watch that later (it was before I got into MotoGP).

The picture quality on broadband is outstanding, so no probs there. The only thing is, I couldn't find a search option in the app, and there was nothing in the advertised replays related to the Crutchlow outing, other than the 60 second clip.

It's only for MotoGP that I've bothered with the BT Sport app (and I am a customer so it's free, otherwise, I would be well peed orf).

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:12 pm

I'm well brassed off, I have a BT home phone line, with a BT Business broadband connection running on it and apparently I can't have BT Sport 'cos it has to be BT Home broadband

Grip Fast · Post by **Grip Fast** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:21 pm

That's bad Steve. Perhaps you could offer to take your business elsewhere, and see if that helps. It seldom works for me, but my daughter in law is brilliant at squeezing concessions and free add-ons out of service providers.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:13 pm

Grip Fast wrote:That's bad Steve. Perhaps you could offer to take your business elsewhere, and see if that helps. It seldom works for me, but my daughter in law is brilliant at squeezing concessions and free add-ons out of service providers.

Thing is nowhere on their advertising does it say you have to have a BT HOME connection, just a BT connection, to rub salt into the wound the business connections dearer than the home one too

Twinspark · Post by **Twinspark** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:28 pm

I assume the business connection comes with guarantees regarding bandwidth and quality - something which would be compromised by people watching HD sport all day long!

I have a BT home connection and it often drops back the quality on MS conference calls - I get a 'quality warning' on Communicator.

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:40 pm

SP250 wrote:Phil

Yes it was via broadband and internet as I don't have sky and refuse to pay extra for it on the tv.
I can't stand football and don't need a load of tv channels that I won't watch.

So while it may be free to BT broadband users it is not worth watching.
Will ask for an explanation of the rubbish quality on the BT forum and report the answer on here if I get one.

That's interesting, I'm not going to pay £12 month for 18 races, but I may have a way to watch on the intertity, got a bit of research to do, and a rather large favour to ask a mate!

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:42 pm

Grip Fast wrote: The picture quality on broadband is outstanding, so no probs there.

That's good to know thanks

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:46 pm

slparry wrote:
Grip Fast wrote:That's bad Steve. Perhaps you could offer to take your business elsewhere, and see if that helps. It seldom works for me, but my daughter in law is brilliant at squeezing concessions and free add-ons out of service providers.
Thing is nowhere on their advertising does it say you have to have a BT HOME connection, just a BT connection, to rub salt into the wound the business connections dearer than the home one too

There's lots of talk about BT sport with BT business broadband on the forums, Karen's salon has it and to get BT sport it would cost £75 month for a none licensed premises, the only way to get it more cheaply is to tack it onto a Sky subscription for £12 month.

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 10:47 pm

Twinspark wrote:I assume the business connection comes with guarantees regarding bandwidth and quality - something which would be compromised by people watching HD sport all day long!

I have a BT home connection and it often drops back the quality on MS conference calls - I get a 'quality warning' on Communicator.

Nail on head Twinspark,