Premier league games - Amazon prime

Simmz · 3 Dec 2019 at 11:23

Well they kick off tonight, will be interesting to see how well they stream and the quality (can do 4k).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/s...dvm_uk_sl_gen|c_398734668627_m_gREByfh3-dc_s_

While I hate the fact there is Sky, BTSport and now this, I am quite interested in the fact you can actually pick which game you want to watch, rather than being limited to what the broadcasters choose.

Ree · 3 Dec 2019 at 11:28

i'll probably watch man utd and spurs tomorrow.

Ayahuasca · 3 Dec 2019 at 11:41

The quality will be fantastic I'd imagine but the delay is rumoured to be around 45 seconds in comparison to a live transmission...

Maundie · 3 Dec 2019 at 13:42

You would only notice the delay if watching it on stream but listening on the radio (if the matches are on the radio that is) surely?

Stumble Bum · 3 Dec 2019 at 14:52

Forgot this was on Amazon Prime, excellent, will be trying it out tonight in 4k.

Ayahuasca · 3 Dec 2019 at 14:54

Maundie said:
You would only notice the delay if watching it on stream but listening on the radio (if the matches are on the radio that is) surely?

Depends, some people have apps set up for goal alerts on their phone/smart watch and you’ll get the goal alert about 20-30 seconds before seeing it. Easily remedied I guess by turning it off while watching

chroniclard · 3 Dec 2019 at 15:00

Anything that lets me watch matches without resorting to villainy on the high seas is generally a good thing. You have to wonder how sustainable all this football/premier league business is though. So much money in the TV rights but not that many people actually watch the matches/pay for it to cover these costs.

tom_e · 3 Dec 2019 at 15:07

chroniclard said:
Anything that lets me watch matches without resorting to villainy on the high seas is generally a good thing. You have to wonder how sustainable all this football/premier league business is though. So much money in the TV rights but not that many people actually watch the matches/pay for it to cover these costs.

They must do or else businesses wouldn't be paying so much for the tv rights.
The matches aren't exactly a loss leader drawing people into the broadcaster so they can make money in some other ways.

Rroff · 3 Dec 2019 at 15:08

Ayahuasca said:
The quality will be fantastic I'd imagine but the delay is rumoured to be around 45 seconds in comparison to a live transmission...

I've had delays almost up to that with live games on the BBC, etc. before

used to be interesting when more than one place was broadcasting live and the cheers from the pub over the road could be 20 seconds ahead or behind what we were seeing (or if you had text notifications, etc.).

chroniclard · 3 Dec 2019 at 15:10

tom_e said:
They must do or else businesses wouldn't be paying so much for the tv rights.
The matches aren't exactly a loss leader drawing people into the broadcaster so they can make money in some other ways.

Amazon paid 90 million for some matches over 3 years. There is no way they will recoup that through new subscriptions. The majority will just already watch them via prime I suspect (me included).

Lord-Jaffa · 3 Dec 2019 at 17:12

Imagine if every match day was like this, as it should be! Just hurry up and broadcast every league game from all leagues, its 2019.

Combat Fighter · 3 Dec 2019 at 19:26

Got the City match on. 4K and HDR. So far so good! Makes paying for Amazon Prime that little bit better with more content.

Journey · 3 Dec 2019 at 19:34

Amazon add awesome functions like X-ray (I'm not a footie fan) but the extra information you can get with a couple of clicks seems perfect for all those statistics lovers out there.

Amazon have all the boxing day games too, right? I reckon that has to pull in some serious cash based on the number of people I've come across who were not aware Amazon even did video streaming.

Ayahuasca · 3 Dec 2019 at 20:08

Quality is spot on so far, nice shine on the pundits noggins

leemk · 7 Dec 2019 at 12:37

watched the Liverpool v Everton game , thought the pic and sound quality was way beter than skys for some reason.
Although the commentary sounded like the sort of sound bites you used to get when playing tiger woods pga golf , not that i didnt like it.