Leibowitz, Flo

The iphone app doesn't work on a Blackberry. Does anyone know of a Tour app with video that does?

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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of john [jmsobr@bikeeng.com]
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 12:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Tour De France watching

The Tour de what? The "Tour" (aka as the Giro d italia) is already over...
since Universal sports started broadcasting the Giro for FREE, that is all i watch,
who cares about the tour de france, its just a waste of time :)

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM, David Cowperthwaite > wrote:
The Vs. Tour de France iPhone app is spendy at $15 but the video (live, highlights and replays) has been great.

Dave Cow.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Michael Mann > wrote:

I was able to get a good stream yesterday and today from this site:
http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage

The site gives you several streams to choose from, and I had to switch once today due to a slow server.

justintv.com has also been a good source in the past, but seems to be increasingly full of pop-ups and scams.

Mike

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM, david baker <dirtsurf@ykwc.net> wrote:
So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the end?
Or a site with better picture quality?
I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
Wishing I still had Dish Network:(

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john

The Tour de what? The "Tour" (aka as the Giro d italia) is already over...

since Universal sports started broadcasting the Giro for FREE, that is all i
watch,
who cares about the tour de france, its just a waste of time :)

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:55 PM, David Cowperthwaite <
d.cowperthwaite@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Vs. Tour de France iPhone app is spendy at $15 but the video (live,
> highlights and replays) has been great.
>
> Dave Cow.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Michael Mann wrote:
>
> I was able to get a good stream yesterday and today from this site:
> http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage
>
> The site gives you several streams to choose from, and I had to switch once
> today due to a slow server.
>
> justintv.com has also been a good source in the past, but seems to be
> increasingly full of pop-ups and scams.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:
>
>> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It
>> video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked
>> sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the
>> end?
>> Or a site with better picture quality?
>> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has
>> anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two
>> broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause
>> it, right?
>> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
>>
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David Cowperthwaite

The Vs. Tour de France iPhone app is spendy at $15 but the video (live, highlights and replays) has been great.

Dave Cow.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Michael Mann wrote:

> I was able to get a good stream yesterday and today from this site:
> http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage
>
> The site gives you several streams to choose from, and I had to switch once today due to a slow server.
>
> justintv.com has also been a good source in the past, but seems to be increasingly full of pop-ups and scams.
>
> Mike
>
> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:
> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the end?
> Or a site with better picture quality?
> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
>
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Michael Mann

I was able to get a good stream yesterday and today from this site:
http://www.cyclingfans.com/live_race_coverage

The site gives you several streams to choose from, and I had to switch once
today due to a slow server.

justintv.com has also been a good source in the past, but seems to be
increasingly full of pop-ups and scams.

Mike

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:

> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It
> video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked
> sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the
> end?
> Or a site with better picture quality?
> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone
> done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a
> day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
>
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>

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James Ceccorulli

Watch the tour live at the Bike Gallery. 6:30 every morning at select locations. Plus, free pastries and coffee.

http://bikegallery.com/tour

Jerald M Powell

Versus via Comcast HD (channel 732) has great image quality but with
Versus' typically flakey scheduling (They notoriously broadcast one
thing when saying they're broadcasting another). Pause and replay
work, but are limited... I seemed unable to leave it for more than a
few minutes without the pause canceling and dropping the paused
interval.

Jerry

On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Brian Phipps wrote:

> Steephill.tv had a feed that worked well for me yesterday. Not great
> quality, but I don't really care due it being free.
>
>
> - Brian
>
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:32 AM, John Fricker
> wrote:
>
>> This year I coughed up the $30 for Versus and it's going great.
>> It's adaptive quality so if you can handle it you get HD. It's
>> slightly different commentary than the cable as far as I can tell,
>> still Phil Sherwin and Paul Leggitt though - but sometimes you can
>> here *other* commentary going on in the background quietly! Sounds
>> like they have Robbie Ventura on a different audio feed. I don't
>> have cable TV to compare.
>>
>> Yesterday I watched it in Firefox on a Mac and it worked great once
>> the video started (coverage was was blacked out by the World Cup
>> for the first couple hours.) Today I watched in Mobile Safari on an
>> iPad and it went well.
>>
>> I'd say it's easily worth the price of a couple movies to have the
>> live feed plus the archive of videos.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:
>>
>>> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com.
>>> It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed
>>> got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site
>>> that will play to the end?
>>> Or a site with better picture quality?
>>> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online.
>>> Has anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they
>>> have two broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand
>>> and you can't pause it, right?
>>> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
>>> _______________________________________________
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Erik Voldengen

I bought the versus feed, too. Not to shabby. There are free feeds at
steephill.tv but they go up and down, contain irritating ads, and are very
poor quality.

-Erik

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Brian Phipps wrote:

> Steephill.tv had a feed that worked well for me yesterday. Not great
> quality, but I don't really care due it being free.
>
>
> - Brian
>
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:32 AM, John Fricker wrote:
>
> This year I coughed up the $30 for Versus and it's going great. It's
> adaptive quality so if you can handle it you get HD. It's slightly different
> commentary than the cable as far as I can tell, still Phil Sherwin and Paul
> Leggitt though - but sometimes you can here *other* commentary going on in
> the background quietly! Sounds like they have Robbie Ventura on a different
> audio feed. I don't have cable TV to compare.
>
> Yesterday I watched it in Firefox on a Mac and it worked great once the
> video started (coverage was was blacked out by the World Cup for the first
> couple hours.) Today I watched in Mobile Safari on an iPad and it went well.
>
> I'd say it's easily worth the price of a couple movies to have the live
> feed plus the archive of videos.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:
>
> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called
> fromsport.com. It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the
> feed got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that
> will play to the end?
> Or a site with better picture quality?
> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone
> done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a
> day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
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Brian Phipps

Steephill.tv had a feed that worked well for me yesterday. Not great
quality, but I don't really care due it being free.

- Brian

On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:32 AM, John Fricker wrote:

This year I coughed up the $30 for Versus and it's going great. It's
adaptive quality so if you can handle it you get HD. It's slightly different
commentary than the cable as far as I can tell, still Phil Sherwin and Paul
Leggitt though - but sometimes you can here *other* commentary going on in
the background quietly! Sounds like they have Robbie Ventura on a different
audio feed. I don't have cable TV to compare.

Yesterday I watched it in Firefox on a Mac and it worked great once the
video started (coverage was was blacked out by the World Cup for the first
couple hours.) Today I watched in Mobile Safari on an iPad and it went well.

I'd say it's easily worth the price of a couple movies to have the live feed
plus the archive of videos.

Cheers,
John

On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:

So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It video
quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked sometime
around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the end?
Or a site with better picture quality?
I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone
done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a
day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
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John Fricker

This year I coughed up the $30 for Versus and it's going great. It's adaptive quality so if you can handle it you get HD. It's slightly different commentary than the cable as far as I can tell, still Phil Sherwin and Paul Leggitt though - but sometimes you can here *other* commentary going on in the background quietly! Sounds like they have Robbie Ventura on a different audio feed. I don't have cable TV to compare.

Yesterday I watched it in Firefox on a Mac and it worked great once the video started (coverage was was blacked out by the World Cup for the first couple hours.) Today I watched in Mobile Safari on an iPad and it went well.

I'd say it's easily worth the price of a couple movies to have the live feed plus the archive of videos.

Cheers,
John

On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:18 AM, david baker wrote:

> So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the end?
> Or a site with better picture quality?
> I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
> Wishing I still had Dish Network:(
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david baker

So I just tried to watch stage one on a site called fromsport.com. It video quality was poor, it was in english, but then the feed got blocked sometime around 5k to go. Does anyone know of a site that will play to the end?
Or a site with better picture quality?
I saw Versus has an option to pay $30 to watch the tour online. Has anyone done that? Is the picture quality any good? I saw they have two broadcasts a day, I guess that means it's not on demand and you can't pause it, right?
Wishing I still had Dish Network:(