What Is The Sky MotoGP Alternative

[Black Knight]

I dumped Sky Sport at the end of last years MotoGP-With this years on the horizon,what are the alternatives?I am looking for a service that can access via computer then Chromcast it to my TV-While live is ok for the events that are close to home,I need a service that I can view later as I need my beauty sleep,tried watching midnight broadcasts before and missed nearly all of it.
So whats recommended fellas?-Thanks in advance.

[Dadpole]

There is the MotoGp subscription for around 125 Euro - or the parrot and eyepatch route.

[SaferRides]

MotoGP Fanpass is great. 50c a day. On a good TV, picture quality is better than Sky. Lots of other content also.

[pritch]

The MotoGP subscription is good. You can watch the races anytime plus there's lots of races from earlier years, the "After the Flag" series, and various interviews etc. There is currently a "special" advertised which translates to NZ$208 and change, which is more than I remember it being, but that equates to a couple of months Sky sub so you're still ten months ahead.

There's also the MotoE series at some tracks this year, and I don't know if Sky will be on to that.

The only drawback I can recall is that the sub expires after the last race. Very shortly thereafter, so don't waste any time getting to that one.

[WALRUS]

Most of my mates just have the MotoGP subscription.

Also, a few watch it live on Cric and some just torrent it in 1080p, no streaming woes etc etc the next day

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[jasonu]

I simply turn my TV on and there it is.

[george formby]

I'm a motogp subscriber. It's a truck load of racing and racing history for the money. Watch the races, practice and qualifying at your leisure.

My only caveat is that despite being on fibre with a pretty hefty download speed the coverage often buffers and pixilates. No idea why.

Same applies if it's wifi through the telly, Firefox browser on a panasonic or if we connect a lap top via HDMI.

Rips my nightie no end.

Any thoughts from KB aficionados?

Sorry for the tangent BK, but being almost neighbourly you may end up with the same issue after splashing some cash.

[russd7]

I'm a motogp subscriber. It's a truck load of racing and racing history for the money. Watch the races, practice and qualifying at your leisure.

My only caveat is that despite being on fibre with a pretty hefty download speed the coverage often buffers and pixilates. No idea why.

Same applies if it's wifi through the telly, Firefox browser on a panasonic or if we connect a lap top via HDMI.

Rips my nightie no end.

Any thoughts from KB aficionados?

Sorry for the tangent BK, but being almost neighbourly you may end up with the same issue after splashing some cash.

also a subscriber, we are only on VDSL and found the best way to watch it is by screen mirroring from my phone, our Samsung tv doesn't support the MotoGP video and we tried HDMI, and chromecast and through frustration I tried the phone and whadda ya know it works a treat, tho I do drop the quality down to make it stream better

[george formby]

also a subscriber, we are only on VDSL and found the best way to watch it is by screen mirroring from my phone, our Samsung tv doesn't support the MotoGP video and we tried HDMI, and chromecast and through frustration I tried the phone and whadda ya know it works a treat, tho I do drop the quality down to make it stream better

Whoda thunk it?

Gonna be watching Assen 2018 again:eek:, will see if the telly browser has updated, if the lappies have improved... If not I will try the phones, thank you.

[SaferRides]

If you're going to watch it over wi-fi, you need a decent router, not the crap Huawei that Spark give you. I found the best streaming performance was an iPad through Apple TV. Everything else would drop a frame occasionally.

Haven't tried Chromecast though.

[Reckless]

If you're going to watch it over wi-fi, you need a decent router, not the crap Huawei that Spark give you. I found the best streaming performance was an iPad through Apple TV. Everything else would drop a frame occasionally.

Haven't tried Chromecast though.

I chromecast mine (well me and my son we share subscription) but my TV is plugged Directly into my router so the phone is only telling it where to go.
Works fine - tho the TV is not 4k just 1080P max and we are on ASDL.

[Black Knight]

Thanks for the input folks-I am not on fibre,signal comes down copper wire into "fast" broadband via Vodafone-When watching Netflix via wifi modem,Samsung pad and Chromecast,all is fine until neighbours want to use the copper wire-I then get huge delays in start up and lots of buffering.Sky Sport will give me no hassles and at $30 a month,with ability to record and watch all other sport,I may as well stick with them judging by the prices you have quoted.Thanks again.

[Cosmik de Bris]

Thanks for the input folks-I am not on fibre,signal comes down copper wire into "fast" broadband via Vodafone-When watching Netflix via wifi modem,Samsung pad and Chromecast,all is fine until neighbours want to use the copper wire-I then get huge delays in start up and lots of buffering.Sky Sport will give me no hassles and at $30 a month,with ability to record and watch all other sport,I may as well stick with them judging by the prices you have quoted.Thanks again.

Are Sky screening it this year? They didn't start until quite a way into the season last year if I recall correctly. The MotoGP sub is really the best.

Cheers

[BMWST?]

you can watch through motogp.com 1 race at a time if you ar willing to gamble sky will eventually take the coverage.I think its a deliberate ploy by sky to get a lower price

[Black Knight]

Sky showed the whole series of races last season Cozmic

[F5 Dave]

Work out a deal with the neighbours. If they want go use anything that could interfere with you watching the GP they ask permission in writing or you murder them and defile their bloody corpses.


Just a suggestion.

[pritch]

SKY say they are covering MotoGP, WSBK and BritSBK for 2019. They also mentioned some four wheeled nonsense but...

World Superbikes kick off at Phillip Island 4.30PM this coming Saturday 23 Feb and 4.00PM Sunday 24th.

[george formby]

SKY say they are covering MotoGP, WSBK and BritSBK for 2019. They also mentioned some four wheeled nonsense but...

World Superbikes kick off at Phillip Island 4.30PM this coming Saturday 23 Feb and 4.00PM Sunday 24th.

If, er, um, you happen to come across a live stream in the wild.. Please feel free to post the link.:corn:

[SaferRides]

SKY say they are covering MotoGP, WSBK and BritSBK for 2019. They also mentioned some four wheeled nonsense but...

World Superbikes kick off at Phillip Island 4.30PM this coming Saturday 23 Feb and 4.00PM Sunday 24th.Just the races then. No practices or qualifying.

I'll watch PI but may lose interest quickly if Rea wins.

[pritch]

I'll watch PI but may lose interest quickly if Rea wins.

Rea topped the first practice session from Bautista - just. Bautista got fastest time in the second session from Rea - just. There are thirteen riders within one second of Bautista's fastest time.

I like Bautista's style and am pleased he has competitive machinery. He can be a bit loose, bearing in mind that he completely demolished a bike while celebrating after the end of a race.

A couple of the teams are all new, but are considered well backed. Honda and BMW may take a while to get fully into the swing of things but could be a threat later in the season.

Oh, and the Supersport race will have a compulsory tyre change pit stop. Concern about the tyres lasting on the PI surface has resulted in a 10 lap max per set of tyres rule.


Anyone wanting streaming sites can just Google "sports streaming sites". If you don't put "sports" specifically you seem to get movie streaming sites. The two that were recommended to me were Crikfree and Wiziwig but I haven't used them.

[SaferRides]

FFS, the hard drive in the MySky box has died again. Their streaming quality is shit, so I'm stuck with decade old technology and have to remember to record stuff.

Nearly time to ditch them.