Versus sux

Bro Deal

I tried to watch some of the live coverage on Vs. There were so many commercials it was not worth it.

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confusedfan

Yeah, I found it frustrating too. The last time I watched the Tour on VS (actually OLN here in Canada but they just take the Versus feed and stick in their own ads) was 2 years ago - I generally taped the live coverage in the morning and watched it later (either 9am or so when I'd wake up on non-workdays or evening if a work day) so I could skip commercials. In the last 2 years, I've become much more dependent on surfing for live tickers, comments on forums etc while the race is live so it's that much harder to try not to see any results or comments and watch later on ...

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Crankyfeet

You mean you stopped watching the race because of the commercials... or you switched to an internet feed?

Maybe they had more commercials on the first day... cause they're used to it being a prologue chrono. They just love chronos at Versus.

TFF had a good idea using the Eurosport commentary audio feed on cyclingfans.com and muting the TV. You get commentary through the ads then.

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Wayne666

A DVR is a great investment.

thoughtforfood

If it gets bad enough, I will put up RAI on my desktop and stream the eurosport audio from my tablet.

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Cobblestones

I actually made a point to watch the evening recap today. Turns out JB will be there only during the third week. So, I'll check back in then. It's my morbid curiosity. Probably he'll just pitch his book. Not worth the drama.

earth_dweller

yep that's what I'm doing. I didn't remember so many ads in the past, unbelievable.

tonyzackery

I understand where you're coming from with this comment, but if you think about it for a moment pro cycling fans outside of Europe should be happy with any cycling coverage they can get...

thebluetrain

They load up the commercials so they can bring the last portion of the stage commercial free. Still sux though, but its very helpful during the mountain stages.

obxbes

Great if you have a dvr. Start watching 30-45 minutes after the start and fast forward thru all the commercials

TrekDedicated

+1.


I'll take whatever I can get.

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DVR

TheDarkLord

That is fine if you want to watch it later, but I presume that some want to watch it live.

Powerful Pete

Well, I am very impressed with both RAI and Eurosport. Today both channels began coverage at around 12:00 through the end of the stage.

In spite of F1 being on also.

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