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No more poker via the set top box!

BONIOBONIO
edited October 2011 in Poker Chat

Very disappointed to read that set top box poker is ending next week. I am only a two-bit player who rarely wins anything but I have really enjoyed a couple of years of playing sky poker. Playing via the TV set top box was perfect for me as i don't often have access to a laptop. I also found using the TV a far more comfortable experience - why get hunched over a 15" laptop when you can stretch out and use a 42" flat screen TV ?

Being able to play on the TV was what made Sky Poker a bit different & special, without it you've just become another ten a penny poker website. I guess it all about money - after all people aren't playing multi-table or re-buys if they are playing on their TVs, I suppose they are the sort of higher spending players Sky wants.

As a result I'm sorry to say that I will be playing far less often and I don't think I will be the only one.

TIKAY - I reckon you are the sort of person who doesn't often miss a trick, but Sky Poker has missed one here - someone has made a bad decision, you are certain to lose players.

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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited October 2011
    wow I'd even forgotten that Sky offered this!
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  • BrownnDogBrownnDog
    edited October 2011
    Noooo dont remove this feature!!!!!!
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  • PiAnOpLaYaPiAnOpLaYa
    edited October 2011
    Hopefully this means there will be an update to the software
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2011
    In Response to No more poker via the set top box!:
    Very disappointed to read that set top box poker is ending next week. I am only a two-bit player who rarely wins anything but I have really enjoyed a couple of years of playing sky poker. Playing via the TV set top box was perfect for me as i don't often have access to a laptop. I also found using the TV a far more comfortable experience - why get hunched over a 15" laptop when you can stretch out and use a 42" flat screen TV ? Being able to play on the TV was what made Sky Poker a bit different & special, without it you've just become another ten a penny poker website. I guess it all about money - after all people aren't playing multi-table or re-buys if they are playing on their TVs, I suppose they are the sort of higher spending players Sky wants. As a result I'm sorry to say that I will be playing far less often and I don't think I will be the only one. TIKAY - I reckon you are the sort of person who doesn't often miss a trick, but Sky Poker has missed one here - someone has made a bad decision, you are certain to lose players.
    Posted by BONIO
    Afternoon to U2, Bono. (SWIDT?).

    Yes, I agree, it is a sad day.

    The business case is overwhelming though.

    Sky Poker is a business.

    They can - & do - measure EXACTLY, to one hundrdth of one per cent, how much of the business goes via Browser, Download Client, or "TV". (Set-Top boxes).  

    The amount of total revenues generated via Set Top Boxes has fallen to less than 1% of the total - largely because so many people prefer the Download, though the Browser remains very popular indeed, far more so than many might think.

    However, there are huge bandwidth costs for Sky Poker associated with playing via the Set Top boxes. In fact, it costs more to keep that faclity enabled, for under 1% of the total business, than it does for the 99% of the business which runs through the Download & Browser. View in that light, you can see the problem!

    I hope you stick around Bono. I'm sure, when you play, you must have an Edge.......
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  • PiAnOpLaYaPiAnOpLaYa
    edited October 2011
    In Response to Re: No more poker via the set top box!:
    In Response to No more poker via the set top box! : Afternoon to U2, Bono. (SWIDT?). Yes, I agree, it is a sad day. The business case is overwhelming though. Sky Poker is a business. They can - & do - measure EXACTLY, to one hundrdth of one per cent, how much of the business goes via Browser, Download Client, or "TV". (Set-Top boxes).   The amount of total revenues generated via Set Top Boxes has fallen to less than 1% of the total - largely because so many people prefer the Download, though the Browser remains very popular indeed, far more so than many might think. However, there are huge bandwidth costs for Sky Poker associated with playing via the Set Top boxes. In fact, it costs more to keep that faclity enabled, for under 1% of the total business, than it does for the 99% of the business which runs through the Download & Browser. View in that light, you can see the problem! I hope you stick around Bono. I'm sure, when you play, you must have an Edge.......
    Posted by Tikay10
    Bet u were pssing yourself when you wrote that!

    Hope you stick around but sky poker will go on 'with or without you'
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27
    edited October 2011
    With or without youuuuuuuu.

    Eurgh!!!! I feel dirty now singing that.


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  • DAVEYZZDAVEYZZ
    edited October 2011
    i always found it ran slow anyway...

    get a decent lappy(under £400)....connect to 42in tv....problem sorted.

    gl, dave
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  • PiAnOpLaYaPiAnOpLaYa
    edited October 2011
    In Response to Re: No more poker via the set top box!:
    With or without youuuuuuuu. Eurgh!!!! I feel dirty now singing that.
    Posted by AcidMan27
    clean your mouth out with salt!
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  • AcidMan27AcidMan27
    edited October 2011
    In Response to Re: No more poker via the set top box!:
    In Response to Re: No more poker via the set top box! : clean your mouth out with salt!
    Posted by PiAnOpLaYa
    One minute after writing that something on my graphics card blew up.

    Damn you Bono!!!!!!

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