OveFundinFan

Don’t hold your breathe hoping the BT deal will be anytime soon, they talking about end of the year if it comes to fruition. The technology is no problem to the younger generation, so it wouldn’t put of the attraction to youngsters if they so inclined to be interested. Is the model number on the back of the telly.

Like me you are on the old scheme, and because of %age increases the gap gets wider every year between the old and new scheme.

Maybe ask the question on Google or ask on YouTube…… “How do I add an app on my Sony (model) tv”

No, I just posted about it on another thread, so you should be able to follow that.

What make tv is it? I got my Disc+ then found out it’s not compatible with LG television. You may have to add the app to your tv, don’t know anything about PS4. if you get the app you will be able to have a week trial but then it’s pay for. Other ways to get it, still have to pay for it though………. If you got a smart phone or tablet you can get Discovery+ app, it will play but a bit small so you can cast it to the tv with Chromecast device that plugs into HDMI on your tv. Chromecast device is about £35. Plus you still need to pay for Disc+. Or buy a Roku box. I got one off eBay “unused but open box” for £32 instead of about £60. You can get the Disc+ app on that, but still need to pay. If you decide on Roku I can tell you which Roku box to get. Having Roku box gives you access to loads of apps which you may, or may not, find good. Not seen any free way, sorry

It is about £40 per week different. So when there is a 3.1% increase (instead of 8%) those on the lower pension get less a rise.

I know what you were saying Steve.

You say you are happy to pay £59.99 per year.......... do you mean you would pay that to get Discovery+ ???? You dont need Sky subscription to get DIscovery+, nor BT, nor Now

Of course new fans need to come through the gates, but not at the expense of charging older ones more, i reckon more older ones will leave then the new ones coming in.

The new pension is more, the old pension isnt.! I am another one stuck on the old system.

Mike, just because your dad is ok does not mean every senior is. Your saying a pensioner can afford an extra £4 or £5 per meeting so some family can get in cheaper….. I think you judging things wrongly. Seniors are stuck with rises just the same as a younger one, and seniors, mostly, are not in a position to go out and earn additional income. If seniors stop going to meetings speedway will be right in the dumps.

and I am not with Sky anyway. I joined BT because they put fast fibre to the house where I live. I went from 1.3mbps (max) to 150mbps. They had sole distribution for 12+months plus some I think. Contract expires end of Jan 2023. Of course last year BT did the Speedway gp’s.

Seeing that a typical speedway crowed looks as if it’s made up of 75% pensioners. Put their entry up to Normal price and you would loose a lot of the crowd. Don’t forgot that Sunday suspended the triple factor pension rise because 8% didn’t suit them, instead this year we get 3.1%, yet inflation at the time was 8% and is again. We get the same gas/electric increases, food price increases, council tax, what savings we may have we still get the same miserable interest as everyone else. My pension is half of the national average. For you to be saying we are well off I can tell you we are not.

You missed the Discovery+ half price offer….. £29.99 for 12 months.

I thought Woofy, Bewley, Fricke, Doyle, Lambert to name at least 5, will also be brought over for the PC Meeting.

When they qualify via the qualifying rounds….. then Yes we will. I am sure Greg tried his hardest to push them as far as they can go, so we are where we are.

Streaming would pick up people who do not normally go to the meeting live. Take my example, I live 35 miles from Belle Vue, so 70 mile return. Even in my Prius, which can easily do 70 mpg in summer, that is nearly £8, plus £20 to get in, there is £2. Since NSS has opened I have been just 3 times, non of them was a Premier league match. So, £10-£12 streaming would be attractive to me……… AND TO MANY OTHERS no doubt. Attendance in person may dro, not a lot I don’t think, but many more would be streaming. I too am with BT,now speedway gp has moved to discovery by is good for MotoGP/2/3. Must admit though, bt is very reliable.

I think Jack Holder and Dan Bewley will be steady in the GPs, maybe upset someone’s Apple cart on occasion, but for sure they not going to set the world on fire in their first year. It took Anderson Thomson until the last few rounds to get some consistency, and Robert Lambert too… and he has had some experience before last year. The cries go out “we want new riders in the series”, well you got them, two youngsters who are the future, albeit the future come a bit sooner due to some mad person on Moscow.

I am sure any one contemplating a foreign summer holiday are not going to cancel plans even if their local speedway reduces prices by £5. What speedway needs to do is stream, stream, stream. If someone feels they cannot afford getting to a stadium, plus pie and drink (though not really a necessity), as well entrance fee, but can afford £10-£12 for a stream. It’s got to be a way forward for speedway but how many tracks will do it.

I don’t think Freddie and Leon would agree with you. Freddie has struggled with the after-effects of Covid but now feeling better, and Leon reckons his injuries affecting him last year have subsided. Tai may wake up too.

It is showing a nasty aggressor who has declared war on a country that virtually the whole world is against their dispicable action. Whether this action is by restricting banking, stopping exports to that country, closing businesses, ……or banning their sportsmen on the world scene. It’s all sending a message to Putin…..his actions are depraved and deemed not acceptable. This war is not going to end this year, maybe Russia will win this current battle, but the people of Ukraine are not going to roll over and come under Russias control quietly, they going to continue gorilla warfare for a long time.

What you have to remember Mike, is that the rises you mention affect everyone. That includes the business of running the stadium, and the riders. They, like you and I, will be paying the increases. So why should admission charges be held back? No price increase, track closes, cant pay the bills.

It has gone a bit quite about Emil, how does he stand in comparison to Artem?

Call him up for the Polish army, they may need new recruits shortly, that will test where his heart lies.

Your still missing what is going on.