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@Billy-Tell said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Anika Moa?!
Forget that, get excited about this. SGH + 1014 = awesome
Spark has also poached the 1014 Rugby crew from Sky to provide their in-depth analysis before and during the tournament.
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Ted is a good signing obviously, providing he is engaged he isn't afraid to give a controversial opinion or two. The rest... as the article says they really are throwing the kitchen sink. A bunch of incoherent ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks at a RWC of all places?
Augmented reality? Donald as a comments guy? Sumo going on about what great mates he is with everyone? Anika Moa? I will be happy to get the international feed!
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I highly doubt any of the stuff with Anika is going to be the actual rugby stuff, it is more likely going to be silly interviews, ideally to see these guys outside of pressers where they are prepared, trained and robotic.
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Has anyone watched any of the archive games on Spark Sport's RWC package?
I watched about 30 mins of the 2015 QF vs France to see what the picture was like and compared that to 30 mins of the final that I still have recorded on My Sky. Using the eye test I can definitely notice a difference when the players and ball are in motion on SS compared to Sky. It just doesn't look right. This is using ATV via an AVR.
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@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Has anyone watched any of the archive games on Spark Sport's RWC package?
I watched about 30 mins of the 2015 QF vs France to see what the picture was like and compared that to 30 mins of the final that I still have recorded on My Sky. Using the eye test I can definitely notice a difference when the players and ball are in motion on SS compared to Sky. It just doesn't look right. This is using ATV via an AVR.
I watched the Spurs AV game and it does not look as HD as sky
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@canefan said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Has anyone watched any of the archive games on Spark Sport's RWC package?
I watched about 30 mins of the 2015 QF vs France to see what the picture was like and compared that to 30 mins of the final that I still have recorded on My Sky. Using the eye test I can definitely notice a difference when the players and ball are in motion on SS compared to Sky. It just doesn't look right. This is using ATV via an AVR.
I watched the Spurs AV game and it does not look as HD as sky
Are you using FanPass or SkyGo? SkyGo has definitely upgraded their stream quality over time - seems a lot better than when they kicked off
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@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@canefan said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bovidae said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Has anyone watched any of the archive games on Spark Sport's RWC package?
I watched about 30 mins of the 2015 QF vs France to see what the picture was like and compared that to 30 mins of the final that I still have recorded on My Sky. Using the eye test I can definitely notice a difference when the players and ball are in motion on SS compared to Sky. It just doesn't look right. This is using ATV via an AVR.
I watched the Spurs AV game and it does not look as HD as sky
Are you using FanPass or SkyGo? SkyGo has definitely upgraded their stream quality over time - seems a lot better than when they kicked off
Sky go. Hard to compare because I watch both on my tv so far. Will need to compare both on another device
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@Stargazer That is mental. What the hell were they thinking? Recipe for disaster here.
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@Rembrandt said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Stargazer That is mental. What the hell were they thinking? Recipe for disaster here.
Amateur hour. I'm going to watch the ABs games on FTA, haven't figured out the rest yet. Hopefully the knockout games will be on FTA as well
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@canefan said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Rembrandt said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Stargazer That is mental. What the hell were they thinking? Recipe for disaster here.
Amateur hour. I'm going to watch the ABs games on FTA, haven't figured out the rest yet. Hopefully the knockout games will be on FTA as well
I'm hoping it implodes on itself and TVNZ will take over the whole thing.
Not fussed if I watch delayed AB games as the semi and final is live on TVNZ, I believe?
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Kind of related, I have Kayo sport here in Oz and after some initial teething problems have come round to really liking it.
But, I have an older chromcast so I have only been watching in 720p and it seemed ok, but the last couple of matches I've watched at my mates place and he has a projector and Apple TV (so 1080p) and the picture is awesome even wall sized. Now I can't bloody watch the 720p version anymore so I'll have to buy an Apple TV or new Chromecast - as they've been promising a PS4 app that's never going to happen.
First world problems! Although, I guess I'm lucky in that I live in Oz and am one fo the few to have decent internet (although I did have a year of hell with a lying snivelling piece of tutae Telstra subsidiary).
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@canefan said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Rembrandt said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Stargazer That is mental. What the hell were they thinking? Recipe for disaster here.
Amateur hour. I'm going to watch the ABs games on FTA, haven't figured out the rest yet. Hopefully the knockout games will be on FTA as well
I keep in touch with the now elderly parents of a mate of mine who passed away a couple years back, he was an only child and they don't really know anyone who is tech literate where they live so they are all sorts of screwed by things like this. Hoping for some FTA, will be a lot of older folk in that same situation. Copyright protection on a cable? So ridiculous, you think you're likely to lose money with people recording your shows? Wait until bad PR gets out of the most vulnerable folk being unable to watch something they paid for.
