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Redleg
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Do others who have foxtel find it annoying that they put the scores of the other games being played on the screen, Those of us like me who tape the other games then have that ruined by knowing the scores.

PS. My remedy has been to place my granddaughter's toy dog in front of the spot where the score appears.

Is it just me?

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    Yes it is just you.

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    It is annoying if you like to watch the other games, I don't so it's not a big deal for me. But it would be good if there was a option to turn it off

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    This annoys me too.

    What happened to the old, "if you don't want to know the scores in game x then look away now".

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    I like it, maybe they should have an option for it if poss. I get that others want to watch the game later but for me I like real time info.

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    I can understand how annoying it would be. They should let you turn it off with the red button.

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    Do others who have foxtel find it annoying that they put the scores of the other games being played on the screen, Those of us like me who tape the other games then have that ruined by knowing the scores.

    PS. My remedy has been to place my granddaughter's toy dog in front of the spot where the score appears.

    Is it just me?

    I will be honest up front and state I work for Foxtel in the area of product development (some of you know this already). My personal opinion is I actually like it as it stops me flicking between games to see the score unless there is some relevance e.g: I turned over for the final minutes of Cats v Blues when it got tight towards the end. To me its not much different to being at the G yesterday and having the Swans/Roos scores on the big screen. I can however see how it would be an annoyance for others. Such a decision is made by the production teams at the Fox Footy channel and I will pass this feedback on via my contacts.

    NB: this is not an opportunity to slam me with a ton of feedback/questions regarding Foxtel but I feel in this case such feedback is relevant for me to deliver.

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    I don't like it.

    Overkill. Especially with so many ways of checking scores nowadays, it'd be nice if you're watching one game just to be able to stick with it - and watch the other later on if you want to.

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    I hate it.

    On Saturday nights I always watch the Foxtel game live and iq/record the channel 7 game so I can watch straight after without knowing the result.

    I hope Foxtel stops it. Can't we just use our smart phones if we want to know the score.

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    I hate it. If flick over and the other game is close I might record the last 10 minutes or so to see the conclusion. Put up the score takes that away from me

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    I remember last year when we were playing Geelong(?) in a delayed telecast, and it was close, and with ten minutes or so to go they ahd an add for the up coming news and when they mentioned sport it showed us walking of the ground looking a little unhappy... couldnt believe it.

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    Which third world problems would you rather have Redleg raise on the footy board? (Aside from our midfield)

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    At least you can block it out by strategically covering up a part of the screen.

    Sadly users of Telstra's AFL Live app can't conjure up those parts of the image cutoff by Foxtel in reducing the format to 4:3 for live streams (which they don't do for replayed streams). I'm amazed that Telstra hasn't leant on Foxtel to stop doing that.

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    This annoys me too.

    What happened to the old, "if you don't want to know the scores in game x then look away now".

    Died with social media and the smart phone.

    7 or 8 years ago, all you had to do was avoid the radio or TV. Now you need a complete blackout.

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    I think the vast majority of people don't want to and can't watch 9 games a week...or even 2 games in a night. I'm in this category

    I really enjoyed it last night when I sat down around 3/4 time and was able to switch over from the Gee/Car game to the GCS/BL game when that got close. I had no favoured team and just wanted to see the best footy...the momentum of both swung a bit so was able to play a bit of footy producer.

    It is a really good feature, but I empathise with those that it frustrates. They do have the ability to make overlays removable, it would be good to see them do that.

    Now let's not start on the real issue: image quality and channel 7

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