Yup.... it auto-adjusts. I sent an angry email to support@motogp because it thinks my internet can only handle SD but I've always watched in HD.
You can only watch interviews and the extra bits with the old player. Races are all with the new player.. that "upgrade" Is so you can watch more screens at the same time, which is dumb.
No more bookmarks either.
Yeah, basically they made the new player, and unless you upgrade with the extra fees, we're actually downgraded now. That's exactly why I was switching to the regular player---to change resolution to HD, because it was detecting my connection too slow and I couldn't even read anything on the screen with the low resolution, so I was manually switching to HD and enjoying perfect quality....goddamn