Rugby on Stan
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In the process of ditching Foxtel. Which is like pulling teeth. How much is Stan? Probably some other decent content there as well.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Rugby on Stan:
In the process of ditching Foxtel. Which is like pulling teeth. How much is Stan? Probably some other decent content there as well.
$10 on top of a normal subscription, we pay $14 for the HD and multiple devices but the cheapest is $10 (so would be $20 in total)
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@akan004 said in Rugby on Stan:
Has anyone tried watching a few games? What's the streaming quality like? Some people on FB have been complaining about the picture being a bit choppy, but then again it could simply be their TV sets.
Or the quality of their internet connection.
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@akan004 said in Rugby on Stan:
Has anyone tried watching a few games? What's the streaming quality like? Some people on FB have been complaining about the picture being a bit choppy, but then again it could simply be their TV sets.
Looks similar to Kayo - I've just put one of the old Aotearoa matches on. I never find streaming site sport as clear as a tv box.
Haven't tried on my Apple TV, using the Stan up on my Samsung. I tend to find AppleTV has better quality than apps on the TV's themselves.
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price: $10 on top of any Stan package BUT the sport is in HD even if you buy SD Stan. So you might as well pay$14 base for
SDHD quality and at the sport. -
quality is ok. Had a bit of a blip here and there if I was pausing/rewinding a lot
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can't get rid of Kearns, unfortunately
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@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
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price: $10 on top of any Stan package BUT the sport is in HD even if you buy SD Stan. So you might as well pay$14 base for SD quality and at the sport.
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quality is ok. Had a bit of a blip here and there if I was pausing/rewinding a lot
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can't get rid of Kearns, unfortunately
That plan falls down the moment one of the normal Stan shows catches your eye.
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@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
Watching live now using latest Google Chromecast. Smooth as a porn star's nethers
The picture was perfect for the first 50 odd minutes but it now keeps on dropping to a lower resolution. Teething problems are to be expected I suppose.
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@akan004 said in Rugby on Stan:
@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
Watching live now using latest Google Chromecast. Smooth as a porn star's nethers
The picture was perfect for the first 50 odd minutes but it now keeps on dropping to a lower resolution. Teething problems are to be expected I suppose.
I had drop outs for the first 15 minutes (as did my mate on my other device) then it was perfect.
The picture was better than the game footage I watched earlier today and better than what Kayo served up.
Hopefully they sort all issues this weekend in time for the actual start next weekend.
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@akan004 said in Rugby on Stan:
@nepia Yeah can't complain about the picture quality when it's in HD. It's as good as my Foxtel satellite picture which I wasn't expecting from a streaming service.
Me either, as I think I mentioned earlier today when discussing the pic on a Kayo.
It’s bloody awesome actually.
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@nepia said in Rugby on Stan:
The picture was better than the game footage I watched earlier today and better than what Kayo served up.
Agreed. I think they must have been given SD footage then upscaled it.
Watching a game from 2014 the ball got a bit blurry when it started to move fast, but live last night no such issues -
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@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
But I'm about to go to the pub, so will catch it later
This is one problem with the rugby being on Stan. Surely the days of catching a game at the pub are gone. I can't imagine pubs would have Stan.
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@crazy-horse said in Rugby on Stan:
@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
But I'm about to go to the pub, so will catch it later
This is one problem with the rugby being on Stan. Surely the days of catching a game at the pub are gone. I can't imagine pubs would have Stan.
I was thinking today about the licensing setup and how that works for venues.
The erosion of traditional pay TV promises to be interesting
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@crazy-horse said in Rugby on Stan:
@nta said in Rugby on Stan:
But I'm about to go to the pub, so will catch it later
This is one problem with the rugby being on Stan. Surely the days of catching a game at the pub are gone. I can't imagine pubs would have Stan.
its an interesting idea, i wonder what the deal is
during our lockdown i was talking to the owner of one of our local pubs, asked if he was showing the AFL whist i was waiting for takaway
he said foxtel charges hundreds a week to be able to show it in a pub and it was one of the first things they got rid of...like stupid money, if stan/9 are cleaver they'll look at that
