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Originally Posted by Telly Bear

I completely agree, Companion Apps or "Second screen" devices are the future.

Yes they will be for some customers certainly but not all.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Telly Bear

I completely agree, Companion Apps or "Second screen" devices are the future.

Well it seems that where thy master goes the loyal servant seems to follow and like thy master he is very much wrong again.

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well it seems that where thy master goes the loyal servant seems to follow and like thy master he is very much wrong again.

Time will tell, even new TV's can communicate with tablets and phones. Second screens are the future. TiVo is ok, but red button and TV apps were good and news in 2002 through 2011. Its time for change.

I still remember the Apps on my Telewest Digital STB including Email, shopping,games, chatrooms, dating sites....Time to move forward now.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Not quite sure i agree mate i think companion devices will be an important source of extra info, but i still think TV apps red button will still be important simply for the reason not everybody will want a plethora of devices.

I'm not meaning short term however looking longer term it offers a much more easy and intuitive way of viewing extra content , social feeds , replays etc without compromising your TV viewing on the main screen. Try googling Smart glass , Microsoft and Xbox are also getting in on the act , VM are to release the excellent TIVO iPad app and Sky have teamed up with Zeebox , even the BBC were looking into it.

Originally Posted by denphone

No MM l think you underestimate the fact that there are many people who do like Red button interactive services and TV apps and l for one expect this area to continue to grow in the coming years and it will certainly not die in my humble opinion.

I agree the red button has certain uses , match choice being one however my problem is when going from a HD broadcast and pressing red you have a delay for everything to load , then you switch to say driver cam and are presented with a poor quality SD feed , that's why I believe the companion devices are better as it allows you to keep the main HD broadcast on your TV without waiting then switching to SD.

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I'm not meaning short term however looking longer term it offers a much more easy and intuitive way of viewing extra content , social feeds , replays etc without compromising your TV viewing on the main screen. Try googling Smart glass , Microsoft and Xbox are also getting in on the act , VM are to release the excellent TIVO iPad app and Sky have teamed up with Zeebox , even the BBC were looking into it.



I agree the red button has certain uses , match choice being one however my problem is when going from a HD broadcast and pressing red you have a delay for everything to load , then you switch to say driver cam and are presented with a poor quality SD feed , that's why I believe the companion devices are better as it allows you to keep the main HD broadcast on your TV without waiting then switching to SD.

On Sky driver cam via the red button is in HD.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Telly Bear

On Sky driver cam via the red button is in HD.

Wrong again.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...ns-His-Answers

[andy_m]

An hd camera wouldn't cope with the stress it would be under attached to an f1 car.

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by denphone

Wrong again.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...ns-His-Answers

Sky today launched its Sky Sports F1 HD multiplatform coverage with the first look at the F1 content coming to the new Sky Sports for iPad app.

Previously Sky Sports News for iPad, the new Sky Sports for iPad app includes a new Sky Sports F1 HD channel that's bursting with Formula 1 content.

The Sky Race Control hub can deliver up to ten feeds of live content, accesible via the iPad app as well as via the red button for on Sky TV.

And for the first time, the first choice red button feed will also be available in HD, provided you have an HD subscription.

Alongside live broadcasts of all the Sky Sports channels, the Sky Sports for iPad app's F1 channel allows you to flick between live coverage, constantly updating highlights reels, pit cameras, race information, statistics and more.

There will be a live social media bar pulling in content from Twitter, initially powered by the ScribbleLive platform though Sky is looking at integrating Zeebox, too.

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http://recombu.com/digital/news/f1-2012-the-best-way-to-watch---monaco-edition_M10142.html

Red button multi-screen feeds are now in HD, with up to nine live and highlights feeds including on-board cameras, pits, alternative views, driver trackers and timing data.

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Originally Posted by andy_m

An hd camera wouldn't cope with the stress it would be under attached to an f1 car.

I have watched it and trust me ITS IN HD.

What? where you people get this stuff from?

You lot really need to get update, some of you are stuck in 2002.

[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by Telly Bear

No real details just that BT are planning to offer interactive features to customers on its infinity network. I would assume the same as Sky's red button though.

I'd hope a "technically superior network" can do rather better than a one-way broadcast with dial-up.

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

I'd hope a "technically superior network" can do rather better than a one-way broadcast with dial-up.

Do you mean the 80Mb download 20Mb upload of Sky broadband pro?

[andy_m]

So to prove that driver Cam is in hd you've chosen a link to a random article over the link Den posted which is Sky, themselves, saying that it isn't?

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by andy_m

So to prove that driver Cam is in hd you've chosen a link to a random article over the link Den posted which is Sky, themselves, saying that it isn't?

I watch it ,its in HD its a fact. On the race they mention every 30 seconds about how you can watch EG Lewis Hamilton on board in HD via the red button.

[andy_m]

Well that's a better argument than a link to a hack piece on a consumer website, and I haven't seen it so I can't really argue back, but it still doesn't answer why Sky themselves say it isn't, nor why it's not in hd on the BBC (who, by the way, are responsible for the suggestion that an hd camera wouldn't last on an f1 car) despite it presumably being the same feed provided by Formula One Management (except probably for the British and German races, I guess). Both Sky and the BBC say this feed isn't in hd.

[Telly_]

Originally Posted by andy_m

Well that's a better argument than a link to a hack piece on a consumer website, and I haven't seen it so I can't really argue back, but it still doesn't answer why Sky themselves say it isn't, nor why it's not in hd on the BBC (who, by the way, are responsible for the suggestion that an hd camera wouldn't last on an f1 car) despite it presumably being the same feed provided by Formula One Management (except probably for the British and German races, I guess). Both Sky and the BBC say this feed isn't in hd.

Well I Now Do Understand People Debating Everything Needing Proof Here Or Needing Explaining, over and over but I'm always right

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Telly Bear

Well I Now Do Understand People Debating Everything Needing Proof Here Or Needing Explaining, over and over but I'm always right

You mean you are always wrong as from where l am looking you are very much tied to the yoke of your masters and read your script accordingly.