NASCAR on NASN-Sky-FOX etc.

[djparky]

woooohooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really missed my NASCAR fix last Sunday- I need the oval racing to offset the endless road racing we get in the UK

[ghostdancing]

Amazing, NASCAR in the UK finds another new dancing partner !

Would like to know who is behind this, so we can all send our thanks, and also see how reputable they are. Be able to drop my SKY sport subscription now, wonder how much we will see, maybe get some of the prerace show as well :)

[jwhite9185]

not much use if you're on virgin media though

[Maccoll]

I'm slightly concerned,

The other Open Access channel 2 and the bizarre programmes it listed for this evening did not work on my box, just a blank screen?

What does this mean? How do we know the Open Access channel 3 is going to work. You would think it would have some sort of official Nascar graphic on there as some sort of indication or a company statement.

I'm not going to be settled with this until I see the guys from Fox on there.

[GARYGAZZA]

Got the old sky box out the cupboard,spent £15 on cable and connecters,Blown the dust off and fired it up.Been tuning into channel 190 ,has had key showing all day not sure if channel on line?just tuned in again and sprint cup coming soon ablaze the screen with dramatic music.Thank you open access 3.

[Andrewmcm]

Oooh it looks like it's working. Not sure about the picture and audio quality mind you....

[ghostdancing]

Oooh it looks like it's working. Not sure about the picture and audio quality mind you....

It look just fine, yeah video and audio is abit off, but we've got it from the start just like in the old days of NASN. SKY sports directors, hope your watching how it should have been done, and maybe you could learn a thing or two.

[Rapier Racer]

Picture and sound are bit off, personally I'm happy to tolerate it, I'm getting my NASCAR fix and its free!!

[Andrewmcm]

Hey I'm not knocking it - it's better than nothing!

[djparky]

Picture and sound are bit off, personally I'm happy to tolerate it, I'm getting my NASCAR fix and its free!!

me too- no ad breaks either and I have my Sunday night NASCAR fix again- it will be fine and better than watching some web stream or downloading it the next day

it's broadcast in SD- so if you have an HDTV anything shown in SD looks a bit off- watched some tennis earlier on SS4 and it looked crap compared to the usual HD coverage

[GARYGAZZA]

It look just fine, yeah video and audio is abit off, but we've got it from the start just like in the old days of NASN.


Just like the NASN days.I can live with the picture and audio quaility.Its live in the UK,Thank you Open Access ;)

[eastlmark]

happy days are here again!

[Maccoll]

I've just come in and switched it on, feed is not exactly the smoothest but hey my TV is an old bubble front ferguson anyway lol.

I'm seriously well happy with this if we get it for the rest of the season. Reminds me of watching the Busch series on Motors and then the feed on Nasn. Great American warm up and looks like live feeds on USA breaks.

Looks like there has been enough of a community of us to get this turned around. Much thanks to the dude who has sorted this. I certainly had emailed Nascar and ESPN saying that all we need is a live feed of the American coverage.

Some Nationwide, Trucks and NHRA drag racing would top it off lol.

[GARYGAZZA]

Lost it but its back!Phew

[Rapier Racer]

It doesn't look like the most reliable feed mind...lol I can see mid race cut outs just please don't cut off on the last few laps.

[Andrewmcm]

Looking at a stream for comparison, I'd say the feed we get is 4:3, whereas it's really a 16:9 image. That's why it looks odd.

[ghostdancing]

It doesn't look like the most reliable feed mind...lol I can see mid race cut outs just please don't cut off on the last few laps.

Whoever the mystery people who are busting a gut to do this for us, they have some teething problems. I wish them all the luck they need, it's fine for me on the big TV. It will get better over the coming weeks, I am just pleased it's back on :)

[71minus2]

its a 16:9 stream. Looks like an internet stream quality but hell i'll take it in place of my 8mbps broadband stream any day!

Any idea who arranged this for us? I'd like to know so i can say thanks!

[71minus2]

Boogity Boogity Boogity! Its on UK TV boys!

[Rapier Racer]

I agree I'd also like to send thanks, its awesome!!

[Maccoll]

The channel seems to have it's own forum...
http://www.dereksmithmedia.com/nascar/index.php

Doesn't seem to be officially open access site.

[philipbain]

Its fab to have Live NASCAR back, yes the picture isnt exactly the sharpest in the world, but neither was it perfect on Sky Sports (and we were expected to pay through the nose for that!) Also add in the fact that we get the entire Fox show inc. buildup and i'd give it a big thumbs up, on balance it's way better than the bootleg net streams and its free!

[eastlmark]

someone needs to tell them.......we quite like the commentary free footage during the ad breaks, no need for that white screen.

[NoahsGirl]

Is the race worth watching the dreadful highlights package tonight?

[Fred Basset]

not really, pretty boring.. but when you watch it live every week, its gets like that.. doesn't excite me anymore

[colinspooky]

Like someone said, doesn't help us Virgin Media folk, unless someone knows something I don't.

Been watching the races on the intaweb - weird thinking of that an 'old school' now.

:rolleyes:

[sturgeon11]

skys coverage was amazing compered to open access the picture and sound is awful id rather watch the highlights in hd on monday evenings

[Haulin'AssAndTurnin Left]

the picture and sound quality is no worse than what we had on NASN a few years ago. Its good enough for me, Its Live and in full thats all i care about.

[sturgeon11]

yes but iv got one of them new led tvs and its just to good for the broadcast

[Andrewmcm]

Yeah sturgeon11 I sympathise with you, the difference between the openaccess feed and the Sky highlights is night and day.

But as was said above, mustn't grumble, at least we have live racing coverage and so on!

[sturgeon11]

dont get me wrong we are all very grateful . i recived an email from open access

The backing by fans for the broadcast has been huge
and we greatly appreciate everyones support.

As stated in the last email we are collating all comments
on the broadcast and will be dealing with potential
broadcast improvements.

We hope you enjoy the rest of the season and please
do feel free to keep us updated on comments you have
regarding the broadcasts.

Regards

Oepn Access TV

[NoahsGirl]

I did watch the highlights, and unlike last week, it made sense and flowed much better. I would hate to be McMurray in the team meeting after the race!

[GARYGAZZA]

the picture and sound quality is no worse than what we had on NASN a few years ago. Its good enough for me, Its Live and in full thats all i care about.


If its the only live coverage we have I can live with it :s mokin:

[Haulin'AssAndTurnin Left]

yes but iv got one of them new led tvs and its just to good for the broadcast

Yeah the same problem here, seems to make everything even more pixelated even dvds and stuff.

[sturgeon11]

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

[patnicholls]

The picture quality wasn't great but I was just glad it was on outright :up:

Given how much of a minority interest NASCAR is in Britain (small enough to mean that Sky dropped it, and Channel 5's highlights were always in the middle of the night), anything is good - particularly a channel that while low-grade appears to exist entirely for the purpose of broadcasting the race and as such will never cut it for anything else! (my Sky+ program had an extra hour of blankness recorded on top of what was broadcast)

[PitMarshal]

in this day and age everything should be hd anyway.

No it shoudn't. I already have to pay the government over £120 pounds a year for the privelige of owning a TV in the first place, with the (soon to be reduced) Sky subscrition on top of that. I refuse to pay even more for an HD system. Okay the picture quality wasn't great but it was no worse than watching a stream, and prior to the Open Access deal a lot of people were resigned to putting up with that.

If I was an Open Access exec reading this I'd be wondering why I bothered...

[sturgeon11]

If I was an Open Access exec reading this I'd be wondering why I bothered...

i wouldnt cos its the most viewers their ever gona get

[sturgeon11]

No it shoudn't. I already have to pay the government over £120 pounds a year for the privelige of owning a TV in the first place, with the (soon to be reduced) Sky subscrition on top of that. I refuse to pay even more for an HD system. Okay the picture quality wasn't great but it was no worse than watching a stream, and prior to the Open Access deal a lot of people were resigned to putting up with that.

If I was an Open Access exec reading this I'd be wondering why I bothered...


i wouldnt cos its the most viewers their ever gona get

[jeffmr2]

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?

[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...

[patnicholls]

Yep, we have a big 42 plasma TV and the picture quality was much improved this week, absolutely equal to any other non-HD channel. And last week we were thankful to have it at all and it was certainly acceptable enough.

Thumbs up again to Open Access TV - thanks guys, whoever you are! :up:

[ArrowsFA1]

thanks to the open access nascar team.
:up:

No idea how such an obscure channel get to show us NASCAR but I'm just grateful they do.

[cgs]

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

I'm not trying to nit-pick but it's 1080, lol ;)

but yes, this weeks coverage was a vast improvement on last week, although my sky+hd box stopped recording at 10 even though the race wasn't over. i think i'll be setting a manual record for it every week now to cater for any over-run.

[ghostdancing]

I'm not trying to nit-pick but it's 1080, lol ;)

but yes, this weeks coverage was a vast improvement on last week, although my sky+hd box stopped recording at 10 even though the race wasn't over. i think i'll be setting a manual record for it every week now to cater for any over-run.

Geek Alert LOL, I banish you to the F1 nerds stand.

It's fine, my 50" something on the wall looked fine with the magic box that is connected to a dish of somesort. I am still amazed how they get the little blue circle to go round in circles.

[jeffmr2]

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

Hi did you get my PM?

[colinspooky]

Not got a Sky box so no open access for me

However, how bad is that one hour highlight show? Random jumps it seems - no sense of continuity at all........

[NoahsGirl]

I agree Colinspooky. The first half hour is very random, just showing bits and pieces. It's like it builds up to the last two dozen laps which then get shown in with no jumps.

I suppose the highlights are better than nothing.

[colinspooky]

With so many channels going off air overnight, you would think they could show it ALL through the night so we could at least record it

[slorydn1]

A quick question to my friends across the pond...

I'm trying to clean up the page a little, we have way to many "sticky items" at the top of the page. I'm trying to gauge just how interested y'all are at keeping this stuck at the top of the page, or would you mind if I unstuck it like a normal thread.

I realize I could just do it, but I really wanted your thoughts since this thread exists specifically for our British friends.

Cheers :beer:

[Andrewmcm]

Given that most of the people in here are UK based, and that we have tv coverage set for this year, I'd be happy for it to be unstickified. Pressing the next page button to get at this thread isn't that tricky after all! ;)

[jeffmr2]

Oh no i want to stay up for the Phoenix cup race and open access channel is not watchable-getting terrible freezing and picture breakdown.All skysports channels are fine,motors tv,dmax nor horror channel are working either.

[harvick#1]

if you have a good internet connection, got to http://www.justin.tv and you can watch it there

[jeffmr2]

What a night couldnt get the justintv streams to work either so went to my final source and got to see race (but chatroom did not work). I would even mention how dissapointed i am with another late race caution ruining Kyles night,although in fairness this was a genuine caution.

[Glen 320]

I sky plused the race and open access was fine for me.

[colinspooky]

justin tv worked fine for me on the Cup race and was appalling on the later Nationwide, which was a shame