Too much split screen

vdrsnk04
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1/24/2024 7:27pm
Brad460 wrote:

What if the split screen had one following Jett and the other following Jason?  The whole time..

You are repetitively posting the same topic in every thread regardless what it’s about. Can you move on maybe.

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1/24/2024 7:38pm
vdrsnk04 wrote:

You are repetitively posting the same topic in every thread regardless what it’s about. Can you move on maybe.

Sorry- I’ll make sure to stick to the several other ridiculous threads with hundreds of responses on the same topic..my bad..

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vdrsnk04 wrote:

You are repetitively posting the same topic in every thread regardless what it’s about. Can you move on maybe.

Brad460 wrote:

Sorry- I’ll make sure to stick to the several other ridiculous threads with hundreds of responses on the same topic..my bad..

lol perfect response, 🤣. Thumbs up on that one.

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1/25/2024 7:30am

Agree %1000

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1/25/2024 8:10am Edited Date/Time 1/25/2024 12:48pm
ryancaffey wrote:
I don't like the split screen either.  Especially because they make it sooo small.  If they are gonna use it at least make it wayy bigger...

I don't like the split screen either.  Especially because they make it sooo small.  If they are gonna use it at least make it wayy bigger.  And please dont take the camera off the race leader battle to show a replay of the start 😒

This is what I’m saying. Split screen in of itself is not inherently bad (they should use it much less though imo), but the amount of unused space there is on the screen when they use split screen really messes up the viewing experience. If theyre going to make the images so small then they should only ever use it in cant miss situations. It seems like now a days they use it half the race.
 

People buy large tvs so they can see all the action, then that screen space gets wasted with the split screen with 2 tiny screens and a bunch of blue background. There has to be a better way. 
 

Look at how much wasted space!

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Compared to the normal shot.

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Maybe if the aspect ratio doesnt work right and thats why they have to make em so small they could put the images side by side instead instead of one over the other. It seems like it would fit a lot better onto the screen since screens these days are much wider than they are tall. Idk just kicking around ideas. If they do that they could make the rider box transparent or even just run it as a scrolling feed across the top or bottom like weve seen plenty of times in mx. 

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just watched moto 2 450's and it was bad.  I'm trying to watch Jett come through the pack and they have a battle for third split screened😖

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7/6/2025 8:26am Edited Date/Time 7/6/2025 8:27am

I wish they would stick to unwritten rule #1. No split screen when someone is passing for the lead. 

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Real bad tonight, come on guys this is insane. 

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Pop Shmoke wrote:

Real bad tonight, come on guys this is insane. 

Man, if you're gonna do it atleast cener the object. They didn't even have Tomac in frame.

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Bondo has not grasped even the rudimentaries of live sport coverage.

At any rate, I'm watching the races on mute - much better experience... 

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1/24/2026 7:26pm

The split screen is great but there is so much wasted space it’s unbelievable 

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1/24/2026 7:28pm

Hey there’s a battle for the lead but let’s do a split screen and focus on these 3 riders battling for 6th. 

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Bondo has not grasped even the rudimentaries of live sport coverage.

At any rate, I'm watching the races on mute - much better experience... 

You just don’t understand how hard it is and how hard he works!!

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1/24/2026 7:50pm

the split screen is horrible.  the talking head boxes during a heat or race are horrible.  WillC droning on and on and on is horrible.  RC is horrible.

Please Peacock give us the option of muting the commentary and just hear the bikes.

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1/24/2026 9:58pm

Why everyone complain about everything. If they never did split screen you guys would complain when they don’t capture something important. Split screen could be adjusted to cover more of the screen but it’s obviously a great thing for multiple battles. Obviously wouldn’t want it for the whole race but when there is a bunch going on it’s nice to have multiple different battles to watch! 

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1/24/2026 10:15pm Edited Date/Time 1/24/2026 10:18pm
Pop Shmoke wrote:
Does anyone else feel like theyre using too much split screen? It makes it so instead of really focusing on one battle going on youre trying...

Does anyone else feel like theyre using too much split screen? It makes it so instead of really focusing on one battle going on youre trying to watch two things at once on two tiny screens and its not as easy to see. They also make the boxes too small with a bunch of unused screen space around them. If they have to use split screen why not make both take up the whole screen and then overlay the rider position box over that on the side like they do on single screen?
 

They should save the split screen only for moments when two cant miss things are happening at once and when they use it make the screens bigger. Use it less but make it count when you do, I think that would help a lot towards making it better to watch. We were able to watch racing for years with 1 screen and catch most of the action. Innovation is good, but I think this one is being used too much, tone it back a bit and itll be good. 

I agree 100%. 72" tv is great with full screen racing action. When you cut that down to two13" screens, one with a close battle for first and one with an uninteresting battle for seventh, it really makes me wonder what the hell they're doing in the production booth. At least they didn't cut way from the action this week to show a rider playing piano while the main event is going on....

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1/24/2026 10:28pm

Anyone notice how Ricky C. can't pronounce DiFrancesco.  He says Di Fran"cisco'....instead of "sess co"  Also...he calls Moisman  "Mosy" man........Other announcer was saying them correctly.  😒😒😒

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Last night (A2) was horrible. 

 And worst of all, they STARTED the split-screen right when the battle for the lead heated up. Multiple times. 

Unbelievable.

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1/25/2026 3:43am

The spilt screen is really shit especially when you watch on a laptop.

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1/25/2026 5:16am
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Just a few examples, only from the highlight reel.  

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1/25/2026 5:35am

Agree, very annoying.

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1/25/2026 5:51am

Agreed, keep one battle in the whole frame and put the other in a box in the corner. Should never be wasted screen with that blue nonsense. 

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1/25/2026 5:54am

I have a 65” tv and they make me squint to see who im watching because they have split it into two 18 inch screens. How can the production team not see how bad that is?
as always, the announcing was way better without diffey. 

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1/25/2026 7:09am

In live TV when you are in the "split screen", you can never have two shots up at the same time, and still utilize the entire real estate of the TV screens at home (that's the reason for the graphics).   In order to pull that off, the camera operators would have to alter their framing (live mind you) specifically for "split screen".

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1/25/2026 7:11am

It fuckin sucks...there's a battle for the lead and dumbfucks do split screen...

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1/25/2026 7:22am

I bitched about it all night, horrible! 

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Woodsguy wrote:
In live TV when you are in the "split screen", you can never have two shots up at the same time, and still utilize the entire...

In live TV when you are in the "split screen", you can never have two shots up at the same time, and still utilize the entire real estate of the TV screens at home (that's the reason for the graphics).   In order to pull that off, the camera operators would have to alter their framing (live mind you) specifically for "split screen".

Just noticed this at the Rolex 24.

Guess that means they should do it less often. 

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1/25/2026 7:25am

Bondo sucks. He's been at it for 20+ years and we're still getting this kind of stupidity. 

I said it before and I'll say it again, it's time to hand the production over to a different company. New eyes, fresh perspective. 

It can't be any worse than what it is now. 

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