Post by Joel_W on Apr 25, 2021 10:05:29 GMT -8
Well, race #2 for the new season at St. Pete, and once again NBC coverage is just absolutely unwatchable with their nearly constant split screens, which is more like 2/3 commercials and 1/3 racing with the banner below the 1/3 dropping it to maybe 1/4 screen every 7-10 min with a min of the same 7 commercials over and over and over again. And now when the split screen commercials are over you're greeted with a full screen commercial or overlay instead of the race and commentary. Just impossible to follow the race.
And I thought that last year was the worst coverage yet, but boy was I wrong as the Penske group just caved in to continue this poor excuse for coverage.
Of course what they really want is for me to sign up for Peacock (owned by NBC). Gee, what a surprise that is for $4.99/month to get full coverage from practice through the race. Of course I believe that you still have to endure the never ending commercial onslaught unless you go for the $9.99/month Gold package. I'm already saddled with nearly a $200/month cable bill that does include cable and phone, just to basically get the internet because Verizon has been shut out of our area by Altice agreements with the township.
So the bottom line is that at halfway I turned off the broadcast and I'm done with Indy Car till they come up with a better set of options. If F1 is commercial free, and Nascar has way less commercials, why can't Indy Car have a better tv viewing experience. So it's back to Nascar along with F1. And I can always catch the highlights on You Tube later in the week commercial free.
joel
And I thought that last year was the worst coverage yet, but boy was I wrong as the Penske group just caved in to continue this poor excuse for coverage.
Of course what they really want is for me to sign up for Peacock (owned by NBC). Gee, what a surprise that is for $4.99/month to get full coverage from practice through the race. Of course I believe that you still have to endure the never ending commercial onslaught unless you go for the $9.99/month Gold package. I'm already saddled with nearly a $200/month cable bill that does include cable and phone, just to basically get the internet because Verizon has been shut out of our area by Altice agreements with the township.
So the bottom line is that at halfway I turned off the broadcast and I'm done with Indy Car till they come up with a better set of options. If F1 is commercial free, and Nascar has way less commercials, why can't Indy Car have a better tv viewing experience. So it's back to Nascar along with F1. And I can always catch the highlights on You Tube later in the week commercial free.
joel
My wife and kids subscribed a while ago for TV series and stuff. So I'm already paying for it.