Handle Decline Continues...

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You want to know whats wrong with this game? The product distributed on TV is not only morbid but the companies in charge of showing the races (TVG/HRTV) do a terrible job of simply showing the races. Today you have 4 TB tracks running currently. TVG shows the 1st 4 from Parx which is the only track running early. So they send a lot of time covering those races. However at 2 pm they stop showing Parx races altogether and cover Will Rogers Downs and Fairmont Park with Hawthorne coming at 2:30. So now they can't cover 4 tracks despite Parx's post being in between the other 3 tracks which are now going off within 3 minutes of each other.

Would it be that hard to get these 4 sad sack tracks to coordinate posts by adding a few minutes here and there and show ALL the races live?

To make it worse, it's the WAY some of these networks try to cover races. Old Phonebet TV in the Philly area would show four or five tracks at a time, giving you three slates of odds and exactas at the same time, set up the race, price every one out. It was hardcore and without a ton of chatter. No real studio, no personalities per se, just racing, info, and some guidance from the host going from track to track. Still haven't seen any others measure up to them.

And if they were more than ten minutes behind with tape delays, that was a bad day...

Of course, I am biased, as I used to work there...

[3kings]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

To make it worse, it's the WAY some of these networks try to cover races. Old Phonebet TV in the Philly area would show four or five tracks at a time, giving you three slates of odds and exactas at the same time, set up the race, price every one out. It was hardcore and without a ton of chatter. No real studio, no personalities per se, just racing, info, and some guidance from the host going from track to track. Still haven't seen any others measure up to them.

And if they were more than ten minutes behind with tape delays, that was a bad day...

Of course, I am biased, as I used to work there...

I remember this. It had track info from up to four tracks when needed, but when the race ran it was shown across the whole screen. No filler and no bad opinions. The background music was awful.

[Port Conway Lane]

I don't get it. What is the difference between Phonebet and any other ADW showing streaming video?

This past Sunday HRTV neglected a number of early races at SA so my only option was to watch it online. No big deal. Once GP ended back to normal.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

I don't get it. What is the difference between Phonebet and any other ADW showing streaming video?

This past Sunday HRTV neglected a number of early races at SA so my only option was to watch it online. No big deal. Once GP ended back to normal.

It was available on television?

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

It was available on television?

I never saw it. Where is it now if it was so great? I get the premise that they were straight forward and no bs. I can pay $75 a month to the dish to get every track feed in the country if I choose but why would I? I have four ADW'S to choose from and every one of them show free streaming video.