The streaming sports I watch now are on ESPN+ and I have gotten used to the commercial breaks. I mute the TV and wait them out. I’ve gotten so conditioned that during the ad breaks on Hulu and Freevee I stopped being annoyed. If I find there’s stuff I want to watch on Peacock it will be the same.
On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > So my problem with sports on Peacock is that it seems difficult to view > live events in progress from the beginning. I watch almost all I’ve sports > that I DVR on like a 30 to 60 minute delay, so I have a buffer to use to > fix thru commercials. I noticed during the Olympics, and on the Thursday > Night NFL game, that if you join a live event it starts you in the present > moment, without the option of starting from the beginning. You can rewind > to the start but: 1) have to remember to mute the volume and avert eyes > from screen to avoid seeing score and 2) if you pause for longer than 30” > or so, when you come back you can not pick up where you left off. This is a > bummer. With the Olympics at least, if you wait until the event is over and > archived, *you can start from the beginning.* > > On Sat, 10 Sep 2022 at 7:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm almost as limited; it's a reliable source of many live sports events >> and related programming, such as NASCAR (tho USA hasn't been incorporated >> into the deal, forcing folks to use the cable-$ub$cription-dependent >> NBCSports.com stream) B >> >> Tom Wolper, to PGage, Sept 9th: >> >>> True. The thing that makes me want to subscribe to Peacock is Premier >>> League football and there are no commercials during game play. I set a >>> timer and turn off the TV during halftime. Honestly, I didn’t think about >>> the rest of their programming. >>> >>> Ordering a streaming service from peacock is like ordering a cup of >>>> coffee at Starbucks: you can’t assume that you know what the labels mean. >>>> The $1.99 is for Peacock Premium, which does not mean Ad free. The (kind >>>> of) Ad free tier is I think $10. >>>> >>>> For those who want Premium though this is a good deal (regularly $5). >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3771d1f9-66dd-4998-910c-5233d48f1d0bn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3771d1f9-66dd-4998-910c-5233d48f1d0bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJca__Kbx4sucXKs6sieJ7VuDx9LD6NfdTT1tqhALYOug%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJca__Kbx4sucXKs6sieJ7VuDx9LD6NfdTT1tqhALYOug%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFhcB8%2BQJ%3DDYROouNQbLN-mGEUkhHxB76AfOzJjXmCFog%40mail.gmail.com.
