NASCAR on NASN-Sky-FOX etc.

[cgs]

in this day and age everything should be hd anyway. on sky we get about 35 hd channels on direct tv in america they 200+ hd channels shows how far behind we are in europe and its cheaper rip off britain i hate it. got plans to move to the states anyway

part of the reason for this is that NTSC was such a poor format in the first place that the jump from that to HD is far greater than the jump from PAL to HD. NTSC in widescreen is even worse so American broadcasters didn't bother with it, unlike here in the UK where PAL in 16:9 is common.


and for jeff: open access is free to air. anyone can access it on a sky box (channel 190).

[Andrewmcm]

Oooh looks like the picture aspect ratio and quality is significantly better this week!

[Rapier Racer]

Was thinking the exact same thing, definitely an improvement there.

[Maccoll]

I thought it was looking better for a minute but it still seems squished on my relic of a TV and quite pixelated still. If only I had a 16:9 ratio button my TV because on my modern portable it sorts it out. I can't adjust it on my Sky+ box?

Think the sound is better though.

Still grateful to have the Sprint Cup anyway

[ColSha]

ffs shouldn't people be talking about the race instead of how bad the picture quality is ?
don't forget it's free and no longer part of that sky package

go smokes..............

[Andrewmcm]

That's what the race thread is for. This thread is about the coverage of NASCAR on tv in various countries around the world.....

[ghostdancing]

open access coverage is really good.

picture is good..
sound is good..

It's the racing that's important, not about it being in 1020HD quality with super annoy your neighbours surround sound.

I'm happy, hell we are all happy, and no EU forced British studio content.

thanks to the open access nascar team.

[Maccoll]

Yes even though there was an abrupt end of feed before we saw Kurt in Victory lane (which to be fair looked like it may have been beyond the channels control) I'm still not going to hold it against this coverage. I was able to go onto a stream and get the post race anyway. In hindsight I think the picture was better than last week.

They were pretty good about the add breaks too.
Thanks from me too.

[earnhardt8]

Ive just got back from 2 weeks in the states (went to the fontana and vegas races) so to come home to this news is so amazing,never in my wildest dreams did i expect us to have live sprint cup racing again on tv.Can someone please who put this deal together and where i can send a thank you e-mail to.Also who/what is open access tv,is it part of sky entertainment,news or sports package?

Hello... if you pm me you email address i'll send u some of the pics we took of baby busch in Daytona

Jackie x

[Fred Basset]

i wouldnt cos its the most viewers their ever gona get

Like was said before, makes you wonder why we bother with comments like yours...