My brother kept on begging me for a week to set up PLDT WatchPad on the laptop so we can hook it up on the LCD TV for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight today.
Being on a 2Mbps Plan 1995, I thought the PLDT WatchPad might be a bearable option to watch the big fight. PLDT was also promoting WatchPad a lot and promised subscribers can watch the Pacquiao-Cotto fight for free.
I was scheduled to fly back from out of town around that time so I shrugged off the possibility of seeing the fight live.
Fortunately, our Cebu Pacific flight from Legazpi came in early (a rarity) so I got home just in time for the first round. But alas, we settled for radio commentators as the PLDT WatchPad set up didn’t work. It was slow, choppy and completely unbearable to watch. More angry comments from WatchPad users here.
I was hoping PLDT would shine this time around by bringing the Pacquiao fight for free to hundreds of thousands of its subscribers. This would have also set a precedent and would prove that PLDT is ready to do some sort of an IPTV service. Now, if they are planning to charge subscribers in the future (and that’s the whole idea here) for the live streams, they might as well re-think it first.
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says:
ala na.. wala na mag subscribe sa service nila na yan.. hehehe.. di nila kaya.. plan 1995 ako pero.. di pa nila ma enable yung hq.. ayun tiis nalang ako sa sopcast at p2p4u.. wala naren kasi kwenta sa justin.. sobrang bagal din
PLDT Should fire the team one who make and market this its really a failure …
well, PLDT wanted to know how their WatchPad performs under heavy load.
And they found out last Sunday. It performs like CRAP under heavy load.
Try harder, PLDT.
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i totally agree with that shit buti na lng i got to see some streaming link PLDT lol i am paying to much for them for plan 1995 and still i got 550kbps? and they sed it’s normal daw lol as soon as contract is over putolin na.. watchpad from machine call here and sed i can watch on the stupid pag lol in the end i fail.. low quality of service
heavy load di kinaya…
naglaro nlng ako ng flashgames para di uminit ulo
buti naka connect ako just in time roun 3…
pasalamat kayo me palipas oras kayo….
pldt watchpad shoutout fix it,
“heavy load di kinaya…
naglaro nlng ako ng flashgames para di uminit ulo
buti naka connect ako just in time roun 3…
pasalamat kayo me palipas oras kayo….
pldt watchpad shoutout fix it,”
@andy ako round 2 nakakonek. it’s hard to connect at first maybe kse sabay sabay nag-log-in. but it’s ok kse once i connected diretso na ung feed. i run at 1.5Mbps. sana madevelop pa further tong watchpad na to kse sayang. wala ko cable dito lng ako nakakanuod ng cable shows.
@marvs
me too, late round na din nga makaconnect! ilang times ako nagtry lalo na ng morning grabe, ayaw talaga… but thank goodness naka panood din ako,at least di pa na aanounce kung sino ang panalo.
Sana naman by next time ayusin nyo na ang watchpad, this is the start of new technology here in the Philippines, we subscribers are expecting alot so next time kung me ganyan sana ready na talga.(^^,)
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I still believe na nag overload load lang yan sa server nila, of course di nila yan gusto no! pero un lang many users are not satisfied with the result,like me buti nalang me sandbox, galing galing, watchpad? sana yes next time ausin naman mga pips. hirap umasa pero pwede pa naman bumawi di ba guys? next time kung meron. everybody deserves a second chance.
I am one of the MyDSL subscribers, ever since PLDT has a promo I never stopped patronizing it, of course I used Watchpad for Pacman-Cotto fight, as an individual I am voicing out my gratitude to PLDT, I have watched the fight with not smooth (with buffering most of the time) but at least it gave them a lesson that they would never forget, most of the users have different complaints, as well as me, I AM HOPING THAT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU STREAMED AGAIN A BIG EVENT IN WATCHPAD, PLEASE BY THAT TIME BE PREPARED ENOUGH EXPECT THE WORST NO. OF SUBSCRIBERS, I KNOW AS AN AVID SUBSCRIBER OF PLDT, YOU WILL NOT LET US DOWN AGAIN. MORE POWER! Thanks. I am still looking forward with those future events guys.
naka11 rounds kami! hahaha pero grabe kasi nung simula kala ko hindi ko mapapanood dahil tagal ng buffer sa undercard..tapos derederecho na nung fight ni pacman. problema lang, bago magstart ang round 12, pinutol na ng pldt! amf dun pa naman tumaob si cotto! dapat nga ayusin nila to
PLDT subscriber ako, plan 999 pero ok na naman ngayon ang watchpad. pero nung una plng download, wala tlga every 5 sec tigil tapos hintay matagal. tapos ngayon biglang bumilis ang net ko, nakaka nood na aq ng mabuti, 1 click lang watch na agad
woooooooooooot pldt is just like this website
thats the sad part of PLDT… they wanted to be the first, they wanted to be innovative but some products are horribly poor and inferior.
Mga lintik kyo kuha kaya kyo ng ibang isp!!
how to download ba the watchpad?