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Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:51 pm
by warksclaret
I read this game was being covered by SKY but PNE v WBA seems to be the game on
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:52 pm
by Cubanforever
Might be on red button ?
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:54 pm
by WestMidsClaret
It's on the red button.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:56 pm
by warksclaret
Cubanforever wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:52 pm
Might be on red button ?
Cheers Cuban
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:57 pm
by warksclaret
Thats great news -thanks WMC
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:57 pm
by Tricky Trevor
Last night red button was 403 only, not 401.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:04 pm
by warksclaret
Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 5:57 pm
Last night red button was 403 only, not 401.
Appreciated TT-have noted
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:23 pm
by Quickenthetempo
Is the red button available on Virgin media?
I don't think I've ever used it.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:33 am
by Hipper
I have Virgin and a TIVO box.
I couldn't use the red button last night. On channel 503, where apparently it was available, I got a screen saying 'Sky Sports Football. Please Wait'. I waited and a new screen was generated which said 'Unable to tune to the Channel. Please try again later'. I tried the red button numerous times from 1945 to 2030 all with the same response.
(Other Sky channels, such as 501, just had the 'no interactive ...' page but I believe that is correct as only 503 has the active red button)
I tried to get some joy from Virgin by phoning them but the people I spoke to didn't seem to understand the problem. I've just posted on the Virgin Media Community Forum. They get numerous complaints on this subject, occasionally ending with 'problem resolved', the last being three weeks ago, but with no saying what the solution was.
It seems to be temperamental at the very least.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:19 am
by distortiondave
I've never watched a red button game, and it was a bit rubbish with no replays and just a single camera angle. The commentator sounded like he was in the radio gantry bit but I don't know who he was.
Are all red button games like that?
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:03 am
by durhamclaret
distortiondave wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:19 am
I've never watched a red button game, and it was a bit rubbish with no replays and just a single camera angle. The commentator sounded like he was in the radio gantry bit but I don't know who he was.
Are all red button games like that?
Commentator was Guy Havord, who reports from games on soccer Saturday on Sky.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:07 am
by dermotdermot
I spent hours trying to access a red button on a computer but had to settle for a hesgoal stream with the most annoying radio Stoke commentary. Two old geezers who just wouldn’t stop talking. I had to turn the sound down.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:51 am
by alf_resco
Hipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:33 am
I have Virgin and a TIVO box.
I couldn't use the red button last night. On channel 503, where apparently it was available, I got a screen saying 'Sky Sports Football. Please Wait'. I waited and a new screen was generated which said 'Unable to tune to the Channel. Please try again later'. I tried the red button numerous times from 1945 to 2030 all with the same response.
(Other Sky channels, such as 501, just had the 'no interactive ...' page but I believe that is correct as only 503 has the active red button)
I tried to get some joy from Virgin by phoning them but the people I spoke to didn't seem to understand the problem. I've just posted on the Virgin Media Community Forum. They get numerous complaints on this subject, occasionally ending with 'problem resolved', the last being three weeks ago, but with no saying what the solution was.
It seems to be temperamental at the very least.
Yes, you can get it via Virgin & Tivo box. I did last night.
You have to scroll down the various Sky sports channels on the channel menu until you get to a football one which is NOT in HD.
When you press the red button on that, wait a few seconds and a lower case "i" for info pops up bottom left.
Press the "i" button on your remote and hey presto, all the red button games are displayed to choose from.
Just be aware it's not HD obvs, there's only one camera angle (main stand), no replays of any sort inc goals and whilst only one commentator might be a blessing these days, he sounds like he's coming from a garden shed in Hounslow. Probably is.
Good luck and hope this helps.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:01 pm
by claretspice
durhamclaret wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:03 am
Commentator was Guy Havord, who reports from games on soccer Saturday on Sky.
Was Radio Lancs main commentator in the Mullen years. Famously produced the "Jimmy Mullen's Claret and Blue Armada" line at Plymouth, feigning delight at Burnley's progress - whilst being a Plymouth fan himself.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:57 pm
by Hipper
alf_resco wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:51 am
Yes, you can get it via Virgin & Tivo box. I did last night.
You have to scroll down the various Sky sports channels on the channel menu until you get to a football one which is NOT in HD.
When you press the red button on that, wait a few seconds and a lower case "i" for info pops up bottom left.
Press the "i" button on your remote and hey presto, all the red button games are displayed to choose from.
Just be aware it's not HD obvs, there's only one camera angle (main stand), no replays of any sort inc goals and whilst only one commentator might be a blessing these days, he sounds like he's coming from a garden shed in Hounslow. Probably is.
Good luck and hope this helps.
Many thanks for this. I'll try it next time.
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 5:12 pm
by alf_resco
alf_resco wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:51 am
Yes, you can get it via Virgin & Tivo box. I did last night.
You have to scroll down the various Sky sports channels on the channel menu until you get to a football one which is NOT in HD.
When you press the red button on that, wait a few seconds and a lower case "i" for info pops up bottom left.
Press the "i" button on your remote and hey presto, all the red button games are displayed to choose from.
Just be aware it's not HD obvs, there's only one camera angle (main stand), no replays of any sort inc goals and whilst only one commentator might be a blessing these days, he sounds like he's coming from a garden shed in Hounslow. Probably is.
Good luck and hope this helps.
Posted by me for the Stoke game
Re: Is Tonights Game v Stoke on SKY
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 5:17 pm
by alf_resco
Sorry ! Trying to help others get game on Virgin.
Please ignore/delete.
Alf.