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I tried very hard to pay the NBA to stream its games online. I bought NBA League Pass Broadband two years running and found: 1. Many games I wanted to see were
by erichsu 16y ago
I tried very hard to pay the NBA to stream its games online. I bought NBA League Pass Broadband two years running and found:
1. Many games I wanted to see were under local blackout
2. Many games I wanted to see were blacked out because they were the Tuesday NBA TV game.
3. I tried time shift games and found that whenever the game ends, the stream ends and snaps you to the final score. No matter where you are in the stream.
4. I found replay was flaky.
For all these reasons, I found myself often watching games on atdhe despite having paid to watch them. I also found myself really enjoying watching random TV commercials in Polish or Czech or Arabic, depending on atdhe source. I also really was impressed with the quality of the Veetle software.
Anyway, issues 3 & 4 could be solved by competent programming. Issues 1 & 2 (blackout) are likely to be with us for a long time due to the idiotic history of profit divvying in the industry.
I would still love to pay the NBA to watch the games, as long as all the games are viewable!
- jamesbkel 16y agoCould not agree more. I'm glad to pay the NBA to watch the games, but they make it next to impossible. From what I understand, MLB is better, but I can't speak from experience... curious if anyone has any comments...
- kgermino 16y agoMLB.tv isn't terrible. Their interface is actually quite nice, except that it only works properly in Firefox. The blackout restrictions are so-so, all local market games are blocked, as well as Saturday afternoon (FOX) games and Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN). Basically its not a bad deal if you don't live in your team's local market, especially if you are like me and can easily spend an afternoon watching every NL game.
- marknutter 16y agoDitto. I have NBA League Pass Broadband as well and I have to use a proxy just to watch freaking Timberwolves games. TIMBERWOLVES GAMES, I mean come on! So I've had to come up with a mish-mash of atdhe, sporttorrent, NBA League Pass, and going to bars. I get the feeling the NBA doesn't want me watching their games..