Nothing more infuriating than discovering the scenario of a match and a goal before seeing it on your TV, the fault of euphoric neighbors and ahead of you. Which channel is better to watch to have as little delay as possible?
On Wednesday, the France team is competing in Morocco for a place in the World Cup final. If audience records are still expected, many will also complain about hearing a possible goal… before seeing it on their TV. What is the reason for this staggered diffusion, sometimes only a few meters away? With the profusion of the modes of diffusion. Today, it is possible to receive television in multiple ways: TNT, satellite, internet box, streaming on a computer or tablet, video on demand service… The options abound. Which offers a broadcast closest to “reality”, knowing that a latency of a few seconds is technically inevitable, the time required to pass the signal and send it to the four corners of the world. Spectators in the stadium will always be a few moments ahead of you… like those who prefer radio, the medium that offers less latency than television.
Don’t want to guess the action just by the sound of the radio commentator? We understand you! In September 2022, the site Digital had carried out a test during a match made on TF1. That’s good, it’s precisely the free channel that will broadcast the Morocco-France match from 8 p.m. this Wednesday. The verdict ? The ideal would be to simply watch the match via TNT. This is the signal that would arrive the fastest and allow you to get ahead of your neighbors!
Here is the top made at the time by the site:
- TF1 via TNT
- TF1 via Freebox Mini 4K (fiber optic): 2 seconds delay
- TF1 via Liveboc Orange (ADSL): 2 seconds delay
- TF1 via SFR Box 7 (fiber): 3 seconds delay
- TF1 4K via Bbox: 10 seconds late, 11 seconds for the version without 4K
- TF1 streaming via MyTF1 on computer: 23 seconds late
- TF1 streaming via MyTF1 on smartphone: 26 seconds late
- TF1 via the Molotov application: 44 seconds late
- TF1 via Salto: 49 seconds late
The real winner during this World Cup? TF1 4K through Orange
During this World Cup, TF1 is offering a specific broadcasting channel reserved for fiber subscribers who receive television via the Internet. This is the 4K channel offering better image quality to subscribers, who can access it via a special channel (996 on Orange). This channel is only active during matches broadcast on TF1 and broadcasts promotional spots for the event the rest of the time. But then, if the image quality is undeniably there as Linternaute.com was able to observe during this World Cup, is there a higher latency time? Well no, since TF1 4K is even often ahead, or even ahead of DTT, which upsets the situation. The reason is simple, the 4K channel benefits from the latest advances. Attention, this is not valid for all suppliers, as noted during the last France-England. If TF1 4K was 2 to 3 seconds ahead of the HD version (channel 1) via Orange fiber, this was not the case on Free, even with a delay. In short, everything is not homogeneous and everything will depend on your installation and your Internet service provider. If you want to test during France-Morocco, here is the channel to remember:
- Orange: channel 996
- Bouygues Telecom: channel 37
- Free: channel 101
- SFR: channel 77
Between TF1 and BeIn Sports, which to choose?
You are a subscriber to BeIN Sports, so you can follow all the World Cup matches, including those of the France team co-broadcast on TF1. But then, who is ahead or behind? Again, everything will depend on your reception mode (satellite or internet), but overall, Internet users have noticed a small delay in BeIN Sports on TF1.
Are you streaming? Here is the MyCanal option to check to avoid having too much delay on the TV
If you watch streaming television via the Canal + MyCanal application, be aware that there is a check option to benefit from reduced latency. Without this option, the delay can reach 45 seconds on the television, or even more if your reception is poor (4G in a means of transport for example). To do this, just enter your account options, as shared by several Internet users in recent days.