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Eurosport HD, without Sky/Virgin

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  • January 20, 2014 at 2:33 am #20507
    middlering

    Is there a way to get a subscription to Eurosport HD channels without subscribing to the whole shebang packages from Sky, Virgin or the likes?

    I’ve realised recently that the only non-Freeview channels that I regularly watch are Eurosport, CNN, Bloomberg (work) and Cartoon Network (Sitcoms). I have alternatives for other 3 but not for Eurosport. Yet, paying £50+ to only get 2 Eurosport channels doesn’t seem acceptable either. Any ideas?

    PS: looking at legal, quality options, not pirated feeds for races.

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  • January 21, 2014 at 8:22 pm #769215
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    cisbtint

    I know this isn’t directly
    I know this isn’t directly linked to the thread, but does anyone know how many of the Tours are going to be put on Sky Sports, and not Eurosport, as has happened with the Tour Down Under (or was that on Sky Sports last year ?)..
    The start of a slippery slope ?

    January 20, 2014 at 5:04 pm #769213
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    girodilento

    I have used the Eurosport
    I have used the Eurosport Player too and will probably resubscribe – it’s about £35 for a full year but it’s not HD, or wasn’t when I last used it. I played it on my TV by plugging my laptop into the TV and it worked reasonably well. The picture quality was never as good as I thought it should be (I have 38mb internet speed – so it wasn’t that).

    If you have a Panasonic TV less than a year or two old – they have the Eurosport Player app built in – don’t know about other brands.

    It’s much cheaper than going to Sky et al but there is a picture quality sacrifice versus HD. It’s ok – as long as your not expecting amazing picture quality.

    Good luck

    January 20, 2014 at 12:05 pm #769211
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    KirinChris

    If you have decent broadband
    If you have decent broadband then the Eurosport player is a good cheap alternative. It works and is usually pretty good.

    For me it’s the only option to see any racing, apart from random days of the grand tours that might be on one of the local channels.

    January 20, 2014 at 9:21 am #769209
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    parksey

    As above. You don’t need the
    As above. You don’t need the Sports package on Sky to get Eurosport, it’s part of Entertainment Extra which can be had for about £30 (ignoring any non-TV subscriptions like phone or internet.

    Give them a ring or go online to check what package you’ve got, as there’s a few still around, especially if you were an early HD Pack subscriber, that aren’t very good value for money against their latest ones.

    I was in that boat, and it only cost me another 25p a month to get a whole load of extra channels (including Eurosport). I did lose the F1 channel, mind.

    January 20, 2014 at 6:05 am #769207
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    glynr36

    £50?
    My package with Sky that
    £50?
    My package with Sky that gets me Eurosport (again the only channel I really watch that freeview wouldn’t get me) is way less, (£32 iirc).
    I’d have a look at your package sounds like you have some stuff that you don’t need to watch Eurosport, if you can’t cut it down any more then you can always say you’ll leave them, they sometimes drop the prices in an effort to keep you.

    January 20, 2014 at 4:28 am #769205
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    Lenny B

    I subscribe to the Eurosport
    I subscribe to the Eurosport Player – http://www.eurosportplayer.co.uk

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