Capcha Posted May 10, 2010 Share Not sure if someone else has posted anything on this topic?? I was watching the highlights to this years Giro and was horrified at how Sh*t the commentary was. Its some plonker Yank that calls the riders by the wrong names and says alot of aaahhh this and aaah that. A rider will come up to the support car and he will say"rider is at the support car" Hello, unless I am blind, I can see that he is there. He really sucks. It does not come naturally to him. He pauses to think what he wants to say. While I am ranting, what happened to the cycling icon on supersport active on DSTV? Seems cycling is not that important to DSTV anymore!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted May 10, 2010 Share Saturday night 22:30 channel 205 said "Giro Highlights" but there was a triathlon program on WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capcha Posted May 10, 2010 Share Yip saw that too!!exclusive2010-05-10 05:33:26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASTANA Posted May 10, 2010 Share watch Ria Italia - on DSTV specialist. Enjoy the racing. If you want commentating - use laptop internet to stream live audio. its sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blockhouse Posted May 10, 2010 Share Thanks Astana, here I was sitting like an idiot waiting for the highlights package on DSTV that never appeared... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giannip Posted May 10, 2010 Share I suspect that's Paddy Agnew. Irish reported based in Italy. he sucks... Try get Eurosport channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison Posted May 11, 2010 Share I suspect that's Paddy Agnew. Irish reported based in Italy. he sucks...Try get Eurosport channel. Paddy Agnew is actually briliant compared to the new guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuy Posted May 11, 2010 Share I thought that the commentator was Dutch until I heard him say that "Wetlands" won the stage. Maybe he is confusing the "Y" with the "T", those fonts are so bad. It looks as if the video is out of focus, probably an HD broadcast converted to SD. Grrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted May 11, 2010 Share I watched highlights again this morning at 6:00 on SS2. But geez, the commentator is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riaanb Posted May 11, 2010 Share OMG - Paddy Agnew is a cycling commentating god compared to this plonker. What a joke and it completely spoils the whole experience. He doesn't know any of the cyclists, he hesitates and stutters and he can't read what's in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giannip Posted May 11, 2010 Share I suspect that's Paddy Agnew. Irish reported based in Italy. he sucks... Try get Eurosport channel. Paddy Agnew is actually briliant compared to the new guy. Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. G Posted May 11, 2010 Share That Yank is a propper ps, I think that he is actually a baseball commentator-where nothing happens to quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nochain Posted May 11, 2010 Share You guy's are looking at it the wrong way.....you get to watch a great race and at the same time laugh at the sh#t this guy comes up with.....we canned ouselves last night!! nochain2010-05-11 04:44:44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnydabutcher Posted May 11, 2010 Share I think Ford Fairlane said it best : Listening to this guys is kind of like mastrubating with a cheese grator ........... Slightly amusing but mostly painfull!!!! Picture is really bad too ......... why did they change it all around. A few years ago you could watch it live with constant highlights! Back to commentators - watched the CPT duathlon last night - the comentator - local lad - quoted " Dancing on the pedals" 3 times in a span of 2 min. Be creative - how about a quote like " punishing the cranks' or 'bringing the noise" or "could make the earth turn with those pedal strokes". Why is is that all cycling/du & triathlon programs have to have horrid presenters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reteid Posted May 11, 2010 Share I was also suffering through the commentary last night.In the end I just used the mute as the commentator was spoiling everything.Very bad but still beats SABC which reminds me of the Pink Floyd words"I've got 60 channels of sh*t on the TV to choose from" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretorim Posted May 11, 2010 Share Thank Goodness, I thought it was just me. Pay Phil what he wants, he's the best. Also noted the changes at DSTV's interactive do we complain? Where?, or just leave it? By the way, Argus images and fonts were just as bad, I was dissapointed in this day & age of tech & HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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