Mntboy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Some lekker news if you're into women's racing: The Healthy Aging Tour will be broadcast by GCN+. It will be available for all territories, which is fantastic and will give the women some much needed television coverage. Brandon P, shaper, Vetplant and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 8, 2021 Share Very satisfied with my GCN+ Subscription. Frosty and Brandon P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 9, 2021 Share Why I haven’t tried using my VPN connection to watch the Paris-Nice, only I will know. The replays are working, which don’t work when I’m logged in without the VPN. I will try the live stage tomorrow, and give feedback. Edited March 9, 2021 by Frosty Vetplant and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 11, 2021 Share Forgot to post yesterday.GCN+ works with my VPN so Paris Nice is now live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkals. Posted March 11, 2021 Share Forgot to post yesterday.mine worked the first time and not againworking now Edited March 11, 2021 by Jakkals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted March 11, 2021 Share big fan! I've been an avid follower of GCN from their early days. 70% of what I've learned of riding and taking care of my bike, right up to building up my bikes is from GCN. SO GCN+ is taking that quality to a new level. Enjoying the races and docs thoroughly mecheng89 and Jase619 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedal menace Posted March 16, 2021 Share Hi All - Been reading this with great interest. Especially since this weekend is Milan San Remo and seems no DSTV coverage (maybe we will see a few Marriott ads to compensate). As per GCN website - Milan San Remo will be covered by them in South Africa. So - I face the question - do I subscribe to GCN?? From my research it seems (please do correct me where I get it horribly wrong):1. GCN+ is mostly developed for a mobile phone only. You can download it to your tablet but they do not guarantee that it will work all that well;2. You do NOT need a VPN as South Africa is on their list - however not all countries get to see the same races. So, if you do want bigger variety get a VPN set up, and become a Europian. You are likely to get MUCH more content;3. Whenever DSTV broadcasts an event live (even if just the last hour or two), you are unlikely to get it on South Africa GCN as DSTV owns the broadcast rights;4. You can Chromecast your phone to your TV and as such then watch it on the big telly;5. You can watch GCN on a browser - not sure if the built in Smart TV browser will work though; Anyone knows? 6. Not sure if GCN will work on an Apple TV - then I can watch directly on big telly. Anyone knows?Anything important I am missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem76 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Re: 1 and 4 - my iPhone to chrome cast gives us a really good experience on our tv Re: 5 - they have some pretty frustrating bugs in the browser version e.g. if you’re not allowed to watch the main race but should be allowed the highlights it doesn’t work in browser, only in iPhone app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem76 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Sorry on 5 I’m talking about computer browser. You are correct on VPN and SuperSport points too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffsVintageBikes Posted March 16, 2021 Share I've downloaded the App on my Mi box and watch through that on my TV mecheng89, Gen, ADJ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted March 16, 2021 Share Hi All - Been reading this with great interest. Especially since this weekend is Milan San Remo and seems no DSTV coverage (maybe we will see a few Marriott ads to compensate). As per GCN website - Milan San Remo will be covered by them in South Africa. So - I face the question - do I subscribe to GCN?? From my research it seems (please do correct me where I get it horribly wrong):1. GCN+ is mostly developed for a mobile phone only. You can download it to your tablet but they do not guarantee that it will work all that well;2. You do NOT need a VPN as South Africa is on their list - however not all countries get to see the same races. So, if you do want bigger variety get a VPN set up, and become a Europian. You are likely to get MUCH more content;3. Whenever DSTV broadcasts an event live (even if just the last hour or two), you are unlikely to get it on South Africa GCN as DSTV owns the broadcast rights;4. You can Chromecast your phone to your TV and as such then watch it on the big telly;5. You can watch GCN on a browser - not sure if the built in Smart TV browser will work though; Anyone knows? 6. Not sure if GCN will work on an Apple TV - then I can watch directly on big telly. Anyone knows?Anything important I am missing? 6 - I airplay from phone to apple TV seamlessly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted March 16, 2021 Share FWIW, I cast direct from my Samsung phone to my Samsung TV using the Smart app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniax Posted March 16, 2021 Share Milan Sanremo and the Giro! all on GCN+. Biggest bargain this year so far. Vetplant and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedal menace Posted March 16, 2021 Share Ok - I made the jump - just subscribed to GCN (my luck missing the special - but 1-Year subscription still less than 1-Month of DSTV). On my tablet (iPad) (slight disappointment) it is just a mobile phone view, i.e. it is just a mobile app. You cannot get full screen video. On my phone - looks beautiful. Went to telly and via Airplay just played the live streaming on my telly - worked perfectly! And it is looking good! 1080P. So I am really satisfied. Just wish I could get tablet to go full screen. Wayne pudding Mol, Frosty, Mntboy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurs Posted March 16, 2021 Share Have had a really good streaming experience thus far with the app. Baffles me that a relatively new comer to the world of live sports streaming can produce a user experience far superior to that of DSTV, who have been doing so (trying) for years.  During Strade Bianche I only experienced one interruption, which was actually mentioned by the commentators, and thus was a feed issue and not an app issue. DSTV streams often drop and then when relaunching, usually end up a few minutes delayed from the actual live feed. Brandon P and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted March 16, 2021 Share Have had a really good streaming experience thus far with the app. Baffles me that a relatively new comer to the world of live sports streaming can produce a user experience far superior to that of DSTV, who have been doing so (trying) for years.  During Strade Bianche I only experienced one interruption, which was actually mentioned by the commentators, and thus was a feed issue and not an app issue. DSTV streams often drop and then when relaunching, usually end up a few minutes delayed from the actual live feed. I'm not taking anything away from their achievement and its a great service but GCN is owned by Eurosport who are in turn a subsidiary of Discovery, Inc.. So my guess is that they are probably piggybacking on some established streaming technology. Spurs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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