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Balb0wa
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by Neil_Harris:
“It's in HD On the BT Sports App”


Yes i know, but i want it in HD on my TV ! shame they dont do an app for that.

Then again, i suppose you can get one of those hdmi things and side load the android app on that.
popeye13
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by Balb0wa:
“Yes i know, but i want it in HD on my TV ! shame they dont do an app for that.

Then again, i suppose you can get one of those hdmi things and side load the android app on that.”

Or plug your tablet into your telly and bingo!
pjex
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by Balb0wa:
“Yes i know, but i want it in HD on my TV ! shame they dont do an app for that.

Then again, i suppose you can get one of those hdmi things and side load the android app on that.”

It streams the HD channels but do you really get HD resolution via the app?
popeye13
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by pjex:
“It streams the HD channels but do you really get HD resolution via the app?”

Via the app and BTSport.com you get 720p
Gurj73
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by pjex:
“It streams the HD channels but do you really get HD resolution via the app?”


I watch BT Sports via the app on my iphone and then cast it to TV via Google Chromecast. The picture quality is great. Far better than SD coverage of games via red button.
mogzyboy
17-09-2015
Yeah, streaming is great until the service can't cope with demand. Sky are guilty of this, too.

It seems like the BBC can handle the Olympics, the World Cup and a couple of Andy Murray Wimbledon Men's Finals, but BT and Sky's streams grind to a halt when there's a big game on. Not good enough.
The Great 208
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by xtradj:
“Sadly the showcase picture on free view is awful

How long is the champions league goal show free to air for? Just this week or every game week?”

Agreed - BT Showcase picture is not good, and I'm sure BT don't care.

I put where it belonged it on a 14" TV and watched Bayern on ZDF HD on a 40" side by side.

I reckon that the goal show will be for subscribers only from next match day...
The Great 208
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by mike65:
“Maybe a way for ITV to get back into Europe!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ampions-league”

Ha ha - glorious nonsense... They have even found a name for it... 'The UEFA not as premium as the Europa League League'

Founding sponsors: Woolworths, Barings Bank, Virgin Cola, Hofmeister....
mlt11
17-09-2015
ITV 10pm highlights programme - 1.30m
LOSG
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by The Great 208:
“Agreed - BT Showcase picture is not good, and I'm sure BT don't care.
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None of the BT Sport SD channels broadcast in anywhere near good enough quality. They're all dire.

I have the Channels available on my Sky box but I still choose to watch them via my chromecast.
Judio
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by mlt11:
“ITV 10pm highlights programme - 1.30m”

Any opinions on it last night ??

The non English games were all too strongly based around Messi Ronaldo and Zlatan ...

Lee Dixon was good as usual
Mark F
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by mlt11:
“ITV 10pm highlights programme - 1.30m”

For some reason the 2nd programme didn't tape - did anyone have the same problem?

Maybe it was moved to ITV4?
Judio
17-09-2015
No it is called UEFA Champions League Extra Time and you need to do a second series link or record separately to the 10pm show !!!
Mark F
17-09-2015
Cheers!
singhss1
17-09-2015
BT's highlight show was rushed and not balanced. Of course we can give them time but basically they just copied Sky's show with a few changes. It overran on the first day and the second day, they were overrunning but went to a sudden break. Did you see Gary Lineker get stoned face then going to a break.
popeye13
17-09-2015
Originally Posted by LOSG:
“None of the BT Sport SD channels broadcast in anywhere near good enough quality. They're all dire.

I have the Channels available on my Sky box but I still choose to watch them via my chromecast.”

They were decent quality but then have dropped quite a bit of late via satellite.
And likewise, if something is on BT Sport Extra, i use the BT Sport App and plug it into my telly.
mlt11
17-09-2015
No ratings for last night - neither game made the Digital Top 10 - so both games (programme averages) must be below 390k.
gomezz
18-09-2015
Just watched the Europa League highlights on ITV and, putting aside it was only upscaled SD, it was so much better than previous years when it has been tucked away on ITV4 teatime the next day. Longer, with proper commentary and the scorebar is colour coded to help id which team is which.
mightymillie
18-09-2015
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Just watched the Europa League highlights on ITV and, putting aside it was only upscaled SD, it was so much better than previous years when it has been tucked away on ITV4 teatime the next day. Longer, with proper commentary and the scorebar is colour coded to help id which team is which.”

Why didn't you watch it in HD?
gomezz
18-09-2015
Because it was only shown in upscaled SD.
mightymillie
18-09-2015
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Because it was only shown in upscaled SD.”

It was definitely HD where I was watching. Maybe it was just your region.
The Difference
18-09-2015
I think both BT Sport and ITV have done really well with their coverage of the Champions League and Europa League this week.

I've watched a number of live games on the BT Sport channels, with the rewindable/on demand player function on the website and app a brilliant innovation, plus the Goals Show on Wednesday night which I couldn't take my eyes off. It's such a good concept and it's really well anchored and directed.

I've stuck with ITV's highlights shows, which I always enjoyed in previous seasons but now they seem much more comprehensive. With the Champions League show now being on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday, that's improved for obvious reasons, but last night's Europa League programme was very good too - detailed without being overlong. Both broadcasters have done very well this week.
Judio
18-09-2015
I watched BT's show at 10

It was strutctured well but there was too much chat about how the English clubs will do in the League this weekend !!!

It is meant to be a show about the Europa League
Mickey_T
18-09-2015
I've enjoyed the ITV highlights coverage and have watched that instead of the poor efforts from BT on Showcase.

I'd prefer a CL highlights show on Tues and Weds to get all the action pretty much just after it happens instead of waiting a day and knowing the previous nights results though.
The break for the news is a bit of a pain, although not too much of a problem if you record it all anyway.

Thought the Europa League highlights were also good and well presented. Nice to have them in HD now. Just wish they'd promote the Bundesliga highlights to ITV so I could watch them in HD too.
ArchieArchivist
18-09-2015
BT Sport's coverage is exceptional. I'm talking in terms of the actual football now - the time and programming devoted to the matches - not about superfluous nonsense like punditry and studio presentation. In terms of the action, it blows Sky out of the water.

It's a pleasure to be able to watch one-hour highlights of each and every game, not that time allows me to do that. The choice is what's great. Yes, I can watch Sevilla-Gladbach or Galatasaray-Atletico if I wish or have the time. That's a real service.

With Sky, the coverage was reduced to the live games and the two highlights shows each week. That was adequate - but no more. True, they did show 12-minute cuts of games occasionally, but the "event" was over on the match night with Sky, whereas with BT you feel that it's only starting when the live match ends. The nine hours of overnight coverage is testament to that.

Add the hour-long highlights of domestic leagues - also scheduled without the infernal "L" on overnight broadcasts - and BT Sport is an all-encompassing Euro football paradise.

In terms of CL highlights shows, I'm tending to favour the official UEFA package that is broadcast at 8AM the following morning over the Lineker-fronted affair on match nights. That's because the official version relies less on voice-overs - and is less Anglo-centric.

The Goals Show on ESPN is wonderful, fronted by men who genuinely love what they are watching and doing. Their enthusiasm matches their knowledge and they put surly Steven Gerrard in the ha'penny place as far as I'm concerned.

Now, if only BT would get rid of that abhorrent "L" on Europe.

Archie.
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