The Giro Highlights On DMAX Channel ?

[Dogtrousers]

Although Orla wasn't wearing Sunday's dress (which even my girlfriend said was nice!) :-(

My wife identified the dress as Dolce & Gabanna FWIW And described yesterday's outfit as "self basting trousers".

 

[cyberknight]

My wife identified the dress as Dolce & Gabanna FWIW And described yesterday's outfit as "self basting trousers".

i noticed they got rid of the chairs and now have a wider shot of the whole group

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Does DMax have a catch up option? I've had a bit of a hunt around without success

 

[albion]

Worth noting that Dmax is available free on the Discovery app. And slightly surprisingly it is also free on catchup, including the missing episode/s via the Dmax show list.

 

[mjr]

Does DMax have a catch up option? I've had a bit of a hunt around without success

No idea. I can't see it free on the Discovery app for Roku TV (it simply demands I "sign up to start watching" at a price) and @albion just keeps quoting the same thing without explaining where catchup was found.

 

[albion]

Good god.
'Shows'

 

[matticus]

Incidentally, I logged a query on the Dmax website on Sunday, and later got this incredibly helpful email:

Dear , We're checking in about your recent support request: Ticket number: 14241553 Thank you, discovery+ Customer Support © Warner Bros. Discovery. All rights reserved.

 

[ColinJ]

Picture quality could depend on the size of a TV. Smaller ones often little to choose between SD and HD

It is a fairly large TV (50") so that does make poor quality more obvious, but it is even poorer than usual. It isn't so much the lower definition as the obvious compression artefacts. That is via Freesat. Maybe it is better quality on Freeview?

 

[Mike_P]

It is a fairly large TV (50") so that does make poor quality more obvious, but it is even poorer than usual. It isn't so much the lower definition as the obvious compression artefacts. That is via Freesat. Maybe it is better quality on Freeview?

Um.. I've set both Freeview and Freesat PVRs to record tonight's to find out.

 

[ColinJ]

Um.. I've set both Freeview and Freesat PVRs to record tonight's to find out.

Thanks. It will be interesting to hear the result.

I can always watch on Eurosport anyway, but it is less hassle to watch highlights and skip ads on the PVR.

 

[mjr]

It is a fairly large TV (50") so that does make poor quality more obvious, but it is even poorer than usual. It isn't so much the lower definition as the obvious compression artefacts. That is via Freesat. Maybe it is better quality on Freeview?

DMAX on Freeview is 1.6Mb/s average, max of 3.0. Size of file for 1 Hour recording : 777 Mb. Resolution is 544x576 so maybe it was showing a 4:3 show at the time of test.

DMAX on Freesat is 2.1Mb/s average, max of 5.5. Size of file for 1 Hour recording : 1.2 Mb. Resolution is 720x576.

So Freesat should be slightly better but there's not a huge amount in it. For comparison, Freesat QUEST HD is 9.0Mb/s average at a resolution of 1920x1080.

 

[mjr]

Good god.
'Shows'

That's the one that brings up the subscription screen. What TV or box are you using?

 

[ColinJ]

I just took a photo of my TV showing a still from the Giro. (The picture is a JPG but I used very light compression to get it within CycleChat's size limit and the compression artefacts are 99% those from the TV picture, not my photo.)

It isn't absolutely unwatchable but it really isn't very good!

 

[rich p]

fark me, the race will be over by the time you lot have sorted this out...

 

[ColinJ]

fark me, the race will be over by the time you lot have sorted this out...

Ha ha. I am actually watching it but I don't like fuzzy pictures!

Anyway... The sun is shining. I'm going to hit the hills on my bike before sunset and watch today's stage later.