Does the service offer value for money?
I think it is questionable. I've not seen any of the Prem PPV matches, but would be Intrested to know how they compare (£12.50).
As much as I like Terry and Greg, they are fans and not media trained commentators.
I know the expense of pro camera, sound and mixers and they do not come cheap. I've briefly seen the 'ifollow' breakdown and it isn't straightforward.
My guess is would be close to 10k watching the Pompey match online today.
The audio was amateur last Tuesday, the vision mixing was amateur today.
Thoughts please.
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Give me this over the VAR spoilt little rich kid PL any day of the week.
This is like the old Mark Mansfield days with pictures
In terms of ifollow considering it's one camera angle, they play replays during important passages of play, there are some technical issues, and sometimes Terry and Greg's Charlton bias can frustrate me it - it also does not represent value either. But I think that's a football pricing issue and not an ifollow issue.
But I'm happy to pay, especially if my money can go someway to support TS, LB and SG.
Picture quality has been excellent after the first few seasons and didnt have any issues with buffering today
The sole frustration that I find is the occasional amateur camera / producer work, often you'll get a zoomed in shot yet with the ball moving on quickly its then left for them to try and play catch up, awkwardly enough that usually happens when there is a big moment so something gets missed - The replay timings is certainly the worst aspect, today Portsmouth had a free kick, none of us actually saw what happened because the Producer decided to show us a push on Pratley, by the time they got back to the action, we had a Goal Kick
As all Premier league matches are covered by multiple cameras for worldwide coverage it is totally unfair compare the two.
As a person who normally attends all our games i think Valley Pass is offering a reasonable service in difficult circumstances & seems to be improving as the season goes on.
£10 is a small price to pay not to have to get in the car with kids moaning they don’t want to go and to not sit in a wanky traffic jam whilst avoiding shitty drivers then having to avoid dog shit on the woolwich road and ransom walk then avoid horse manure going to and from the ground followed by some more wanky drivers and traffic jams .
vive la lockdown
Its embarrassing
Today was shocking with the replays though. Happened time and time again. Amateurish.
There are plenty of things in life that offer questionable 'value for money' and if 'value for money' is your raison d'etre then watching football in general and Charlton in particular is a questionable activity.
My attitude to it, rightly or wrongly, is that I am glad to have some sort of choice or ability to watch Charlton play and, to a weirdo like me, £10 is a necessary evil.
As for @StubleyAddick and @KillersBeard I think they do a decent job. They are no worse than local radio commentators and, given that they appear to have little or no control over what ifollow deign to show, they cope well. I quite enjoy Tel's bigoted pro Charlton pronouncements when he goes off on one at times. He is articulating my own frustration. Greg, for me, comes across as a 'proper' commentator and I like him.
We watch the home games as we can swap our CAFC cash for those but it is still not great viewing, mainly due to the previously mentioned delays & dodgy camera work. Then there was the dodgy darlek sound quality last Tuesday & the freezing/buffering issues - we lost the picture for a few minutes on Tuesday towards the end of the first half, to come back to the free kick that Shinnie scored from. 10 seconds later & we would have missed it.
5/10 - could do better.
It’s not a bad service and I certainly wouldn’t blame the commentary team, but £10 for (often) poor camerawork, replays that leave a lot to be desired, regular audio issues, commentators who can be quite limited, the time delay of at least a minute (despite regular refreshes) and recurring login issues can make it seem quite steep.
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rewind the stream yourself mid-game so you can see contentious incidents again and/or look at things you may have missed?
Commentary is alright though I do shake my head quite often at what Terry says (sorry).