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I find Watchafl to be the most frustrating service.

The games live are fine, but on replay they edit out all content between quarters and even now trim time after goals.

They now cut as much of the channel 7 coverage as possible, switching back to the Foxtel team in a sad studio nowhere near the game.

Do Foxtel management even watch afl?

I’m going to try the @Hatchmansolution

Edited by No10

 
1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Edit: Do you remember how much time passed between buying your membership and receiving that email?

I’ve just had a look in my emails and can’t find it sorry, my first membership payment came out my account at the start of November and I remember I set up WatchAFL in the middle of December, but not sure when the actual email arrived.

1 hour ago, No10 said:

I find Watchafl to be the most frustrating service.

The games live are fine, but on replay they edit out all content between quarters and even now trim time after goals.

They now cut as much of the channel 7 coverage as possible, switching back to the Foxtel team in a sad studio nowhere near the game.

Do Foxtel management even watch afl?

I’m going to try the @Hatchmansolution

All of the above is why its so good!

 

Last year when holidaying in Croatia I used Watch AFL app on my phone and it was good for live matches with decent resolution (same as if watching Kayo in Australia).

14 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

Last year when holidaying in Croatia I used Watch AFL app on my phone and it was good for live matches with decent resolution (same as if watching Kayo in Australia).

Thanks No.31, my friend (yes @layzie, my friend, as in, NOT me) was just wondering how to access it. But BritishDemonFan kindly advised.

Edited by WalkingCivilWar


5 hours ago, waverleyheartbreak said:

All of the above is why its so good!

Ha. To each his own I guess!

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Thanks No.31, my friend (yes @layzie, my friend, as in, NOT me) was just wondering how to access it. But BritishDemonFan kindly advised.

Of course! 

Probably goes without saying what I said but I felt like saying it anyway 😀

For the price WatchAFL has to rank as one of the worst platforms in modern sport streaming.

It's almost designed to fail. One has to wonder if it's run by the same people who designed the new VFL competition.

 

I think this is relevant to the topic.

Last week,  a Dees tragic on way to Europe on Cunard's Queen Victoria, mid- Indian Ocean, sat back in a lounge on board and watched a live stream of the match.

 

Last night I watched Cats lose in Shenzhen China on Star Sports. Good coverage apart from Ch7 commentary.

 

missing todays game as on a plane. Fingers crossed.


27 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

I think this is relevant to the topic.

Last week,  a Dees tragic on way to Europe on Cunard's Queen Victoria, mid- Indian Ocean, sat back in a lounge on board and watched a live stream of the match.

 

Would have been a BT Sports feed I expect.

I wish the AFL would publish what it receives for overseas rights. It wont be much but I think we'd be surprised by how little it is. My guess is that they would do a lot better not relying on the foreign cable/streaming companies and upgrading the Watch AFL platform.

At present Watch AFL is afterthought

7 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Would have been a BT Sports feed I expect.

I wish the AFL would publish what it receives for overseas rights. It wont be much but I think we'd be surprised by how little it is. My guess is that they would do a lot better not relying on the foreign cable/streaming companies and upgrading the Watch AFL platform.

At present Watch AFL is afterthought

it's sweet fanny adams

59 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

I think this is relevant to the topic.

Last week,  a Dees tragic on way to Europe on Cunard's Queen Victoria, mid- Indian Ocean, sat back in a lounge on board and watched a live stream of the match.

 

Not doing much for cliches about Melbourne supporters with this story. 

I never got the email with my code, but emailed the club and received it within 24 hours.

Also I can’t believe the complaints about WatchAFL in here. It comes free with the digital membership, it never lags, it’s good quality and you get all the fox footy programming. I love it.


2 hours ago, HarpenDee said:

@WalkingCivilWar the email should arrive the same day as the membership confirmation

He just messaged to tell me he got the email and the code which great coz he’ll get to watch us embarrass the Lions. 😁

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!!!!!

17 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

Not doing much for cliches about Melbourne supporters with this story. 

Very Good point, but the passenger is a demon tragic like all of us in the true sense of the word and has 60 years of following us. Saved every penny for the trip.

It has been the highlight so far  appaarently.

Never been skiing though and drives a beat up holden.

2 hours ago, radar said:

Angeles City yesterday

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Had a few drinks in there over many years 

On 3/23/2023 at 7:46 PM, Demon17 said:

I think this is relevant to the topic.

Last week,  a Dees tragic on way to Europe on Cunard's Queen Victoria, mid- Indian Ocean, sat back in a lounge on board and watched a live stream of the match.

 

 

On 3/23/2023 at 8:47 PM, The heart beats true said:

Not doing much for cliches about Melbourne supporters with this story. 

Last year I had a couple of amazing overseas Dees watching experiences:

- I watched Melb v Carlton while on the ferry from Kennacraig to Islay. There were definitely some fellow travellers who were confused by this very excited Aussie in a red and blue beanie.

- I watched the QF in a bar in Berlin with a fellow demonlander and a bunch of other random Aussiules who showed up. The live stream in the bar was terrible, so I played it on WatchAFL on my phone and mirrored the screen to one of the TV's in the bar. A surprisingly effective solution.

 

And yesterday I watched Dees v Brisbane on WatchAFL in my hotel room in LA, as a replay just after the game finished, not knowing any of the events or scores. Watching back all the delays and confusion, wanting to skip forward but not wanting to miss news on what happened or Max's knee, was a bizarre experience.


9 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Had a few drinks in there over many years 

The Prinsesa is on Uni break - bit of an eye opener for her

On 3/24/2023 at 8:13 AM, Diamond_Jim said:

For the price WatchAFL has to rank as one of the worst platforms in modern sport streaming.

It's almost designed to fail. One has to wonder if it's run by the same people who designed the new VFL competition.

I have been using it for 6 years or so and have literally never had 1 issue. I think its great. Fox footy shows everyday, all live games and replays. No buffer probs. Not sure what else you want? 

2 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

I have been using it for 6 years or so and have literally never had 1 issue. I think its great. Fox footy shows everyday, all live games and replays. No buffer probs. Not sure what else you want? 

The site is primarily web based with an app that has not been updated in years. It broadcasts one sport in 720p at a price other streaming services charge for 4k with lots more content. Compared to other single sport streaming services the similar NFL app is less than a third the cost and the formula 1 app is even cheaper

To say it's free with you overseas membership is a misnomer as the club will be paying the provider for your subscription.

In short it's over priced and ten years behind the times.

It has a monopoly in a very small pool so it seems we can expect little more

 
On 3/24/2023 at 5:46 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

He just messaged to tell me he got the email and the code which great coz he’ll get to watch us embarrass the Lions. 😁

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!!!!!

Well, at least he didn’t have to watch the Lions embarrass us, which was on the cards pre-power outage. 😅

He, my (former-Demonlander) buddy watched our match on a plane to Sri Lanka and wasn’t sure which out of two things was the worst… The Dees losing or no freeze booze on the plane. 😭

  • 2 weeks later...
On 3/24/2023 at 12:42 AM, No10 said:

I find Watchafl to be the most frustrating service.

The games live are fine, but on replay they edit out all content between quarters and even now trim time after goals.

They now cut as much of the channel 7 coverage as possible, switching back to the Foxtel team in a sad studio nowhere near the game.

Do Foxtel management even watch afl?

I’m going to try the @Hatchmansolution

How did it go No10? I am away from 6 weeks from Anzac eve in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore? I don't particularly want to pay fro Watch AFL given I am already paying for Kayo.


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