I remember fondly my £1.99 BF deal from 2 or 3 years back for a years sub of ES player. Currently have neither one running, so would be keen to get one back up and running as well. I was unable to use the BC 25% discount that was around last month, probably not for existing accounts.
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If you can watch everything ad free, I can't see how there's a business case for £2 a year long term unfortunately.
No I concur, it was clearly a one off, and since then the service has improved, and we have seen the emergence off GCN+ or whatever it is called now. Also at the time, nothing was ad free, that only came in with GCN Racepass/Plus.
I think the amount they are charging is about right, £40 I think it currently is.
I don't have spare time to watch other sports, so much as the idea of watching many other sports on ES player appealed, in reality it simply can't happen for me when I have a full time job, young family, and a cycling dependency to contend with ;-)
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I'll post , if I see the Black Friday discount. My Eurosport lasts until next Flanders, but as it has morphed into Discovery , and costing a whole lot more for Yes to the Dress , I'll be looking to GCN to divvy up a discount.
If you can watch everything ad free, I can't see how there's a business case for £2 a year long term unfortunately.
Is there a market for ad free at £60/year though?
I'd probably pay it. I watch a lot of cycling.
I'm not going to and just use Virgin with ads instead. Doesn't work as well.
I'm past making do when it's only a few quid a month.
So will you splash out on Eurosport player or GCN? I was happy with Eurosport player.
I didn't mind ES player - I would watch skiing sometimes, even though I couldn't say I really follow it.
GCN is better for my money though. Some of the extra documentaries are well worth the watch (not all though, some are basically just long GCN Youtube segments). Also coverage seems to have got wider? Certainly seems to be more races on there now.
I watch it on phone, or cast from phone to tv, or on pc. The app itself works well, GCN/Eurosport’s ability to be consistently good with the audio is the problem.
I watch it on phone, or cast from phone to tv, or on pc. The app itself works well, GCN/Eurosport’s ability to be consistently good with the audio is the problem.
I do this as well, app on my android phone, and then cast to google chromecast plugged into the back of my TV - think a lot of TV's have a direct cast to ability now as well, but I find the chromecast more reliable.
One issue I came across with the app, which frustratingly reared it's head a few times, was when I was watching a race that was on live, but had started watching late and so was maybe an hour behind the live broadcast.
I tried this many times, and probably 75% of the time, as soon as I tried to move to cast it to the TV from my phone, it would default to the current live broadcast, and sometimes completely spoil it for me, as it was pot luck where it would drop in on the live broadcast - there was also no way to get it to rewind back to where you wanted it when it was casting, so I had to revert to phone or laptop to have that ability.
It had certainly worked in the past.
The commentary issues I had seen previously, but having let both my ES player and GCN subs lapse, have not used it for a little while.
I think I will take out a GCN+ sub again though in the New Year - it is pretty good at the end of the day, and if you are a cycle racing fan, it does actually work out at pretty good value imho, especially with the option of advert free racing which is a major win imho. Of course if the race you want to watch is 'enhanced' by kirby, you could argue they should be paying you to watch and listed, but that's a whole nother topic
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Anyone had a renewal go through for ES player recently?
Ours is coming up soon and is still showing as £40 for the year as opposed to the 60 it's currently priced at. Just wondering if they are honouring the currently listed price or will expect the full price.
I would subscribe to GCN+ again if they pulled their finger out and made a Apple TV app (something they've promised since inception) The firestick app is absolutely terrible. Clunky, slow and playback errors all the time.
I would subscribe to GCN+ again if they pulled their finger out and made a Apple TV app (something they've promised since inception) The firestick app is absolutely terrible. Clunky, slow and playback errors all the time.
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I was unable to use the BC 25% discount that was around last month, probably not for existing accounts.
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
Also at the time, nothing was ad free, that only came in with GCN Racepass/Plus.
I think the amount they are charging is about right, £40 I think it currently is.
I don't have spare time to watch other sports, so much as the idea of watching many other sports on ES player appealed, in reality it simply can't happen for me when I have a full time job, young family, and a cycling dependency to contend with ;-)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
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GCN is better for my money though. Some of the extra documentaries are well worth the watch (not all though, some are basically just long GCN Youtube segments). Also coverage seems to have got wider? Certainly seems to be more races on there now.
Just checked and it's still £59-99, which seems to be £20 more for just a name change.
Last year's deal appeared on November 18th......
Full price it is then
A lot of negative reviews about the app. How have you guys found it? Consistently good, any issues?
What do you watch it on? Our tv is pretty old so no fancy apps on it, just what comes with Sky Q.
The app itself works well, GCN/Eurosport’s ability to be consistently good with the audio is the problem.
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One issue I came across with the app, which frustratingly reared it's head a few times, was when I was watching a race that was on live, but had started watching late and so was maybe an hour behind the live broadcast.
I tried this many times, and probably 75% of the time, as soon as I tried to move to cast it to the TV from my phone, it would default to the current live broadcast, and sometimes completely spoil it for me, as it was pot luck where it would drop in on the live broadcast - there was also no way to get it to rewind back to where you wanted it when it was casting, so I had to revert to phone or laptop to have that ability.
It had certainly worked in the past.
The commentary issues I had seen previously, but having let both my ES player and GCN subs lapse, have not used it for a little while.
I think I will take out a GCN+ sub again though in the New Year - it is pretty good at the end of the day, and if you are a cycle racing fan, it does actually work out at pretty good value imho, especially with the option of advert free racing which is a major win imho.
Of course if the race you want to watch is 'enhanced' by kirby, you could argue they should be paying you to watch and listed, but that's a whole nother topic
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
Scott Foil 18
Ours is coming up soon and is still showing as £40 for the year as opposed to the 60 it's currently priced at. Just wondering if they are honouring the currently listed price or will expect the full price.
Mine renewal still shows at £39.99 FWIW.