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They have a discount at the beginning of the season, and at the all-star break. You could possibly convince you carrier to add it for cheaper if you threaten to go somewhere else, but I doubt it.
when do they have the discount?
They have a discount at the beginning of the season, and at the all-star break. You could possibly convince you carrier to add it for cheaper if you threaten to go somewhere else, but I doubt it.
If it's less than 199USD it's a good deal...
Also, can I watch Spurs games on league pass in HD? Does league pass give you the FSN HD signal?
No, League Pass has no effect on other stations like FSN, ESPN, or TNT. When you purchase League Pass, you will gain access to a group of about 10 channels (usually way up around the 500-600s) that are dedicated to broadcasting the League Pass games.
If I remember correctly, they are not available in HD, but I've never actually bought the product, just seen the Free Previews, so someone might be able to confirm or disconfirm.
Most seasons, League Pass is free for the first couple of weeks, during which there's a discount ($20 off?). Then at the ASB it's offered for about half-price (that's not a discount, since you've missed over half the season).
LP doesn't have HD channels (at least not in Chicago), and doesn't offer games that are carried nationally (ESPN, TNT, NBATV, etc). For all other regular-season games, it offers the feed from one of the teams' local broadcaster (usually the home team, but not always). So not only do you get to watch any NBA game you want, you get to experience other teams' announcers, so you can hear how great George Blaha is, what a festering ass Tommy Heinsohn is, how feeble the Utah guys are, etc. Pretty cool stuff.
The downside is, the feed ends the minute they cut away from the court, so just when you're geared up to hear the post-game, you get a "thank you!" slide and some ty music instead.
Matter of fact, I wonder if I can get mp3s of the LP music (they've had maybe a half-dozen tracks, from a ty Jan Hammer-style thing that sounds like the Miami Vice intro to a fairly tolerable slow funk groove). It would be a good way to clear the house when the party's over...
mmm interesting. Wonder if League Pass Broadband is a better choice. would the video quality be better than cable quality? maybe could be even close to HD??
plus with broadband pass, you can watch up 2 3 games at the same time.
There are HD broadcasts - don't let people fool you. They're just not always common, I'd say last year about 30% of the LP games I watched (pretty much only the Spurs) were in HD.
If I had to do it again, I'd consider possibly just getting it at the ASB - I felt really committed to watching all 82 games since we paid for it. Also, listening to other announcers gets tiresome, only about 20% of the games last year were the Spurs announcers - d228 can confirm that one.
I have to use the ty International League Pass -_-
Oh well, better than nothing.
People aren't fooling each other, it just depends on your carrier and if they support the League Pass HD. For example here in Houston, Comcast has not supported League Pass with HD feeds yet (hopefully this changes in the 09-10 season).
Regarding pricing, at the beginning of the year its $149 and at the end of the 2009 year I believe it's half off.
If you are in San Antonio, no, Spurs' games are blacked-out, if you are not in San Antonio, then you can watch then but I don't remember league pass being in HD, maybe this will change this year.
I'm moving to LA in a month for work and would like to have as many HD feeds as possible if I purchase league pass...
True, we only got a handful of Spurs call last season.
I've had LP since it came out, and as an out-of-state fan (Southern California) I couldn't do without it. I watch every Spurs game, so it's worth it to me.
The 'early bird' discount is $20 off. They cut it again at the All-Star break. Free previews at the beginning of the season and the break. I do get some games in HD. Halftime has varied for me, sometimes I get whatever halftime show goes with the call, sometimes I get NBA TV stuff, sometimes I get a 'stats central' screen. No pre or post game shows. It starts with the first night of the regular season and ends with the last. No preseason, no post season. Blackouts for all games on ABC, TNT, ESPN, and NBA TV. You get broadband with it.
Every provider I've had (in 3 states) has broken the payments up over three or four months. Be sure to ask, it makes it a little easier to pay for.
I hope Dish doesn't screw around this year like they did last year. That was very irritating.
When do they start selling it for the early bird special?
the beauty of living in south texas is getting every spurs game on tv. no need for league pass when you live down here. i mean occasionally we might miss a spurs vs bobcats game or somesing but thats bout it
Info not out for this season yet, main page here. I assume they'll let us know.
http://www.nba.com/leaguepass/index.html
discounts after allstar break. Ive never seen a spurs game in HD, its only blocked out if they're on nbatv or fsn! Ive seen every game for the last three yrs, an by the end of the first qtr you can tell hoe they're going to play the rest of the game!
I Live here in the Washington D.C. area and have Verizon fios with 15 mb up and 15 mb down and I got the NBA Broadband last year for 99 dollars I think but it was not worth it a lot of the Spurs games were Blacked out. And no HD did I receive.
I had LP Broadband last year and loved it. There were several occasions where games were blacked out for no reason and some other glitches, but I really enjoyed having the live box score and being able to watch 3 games at once. Plus, it made it easy to watch games when I was traveling. I think I'm going to get it again vs. regular league pass but haven't decided. It was only $85 iirc.
If you get Dish Network and order the league pass you are in for a real treat. Dish network will give you your own team's FSN HD channel in the sports tier section, and additionally will provide about 80% per day for priority games in HD in addition to the daily NBA TV HD, TNT HD, or ESPN HD games per week.
Ive seen every gm of the Spurs in the last 3yrs an I cant recall any in HD. Its $99 after the allstar break, gms are only blocked out when they're on FSN or NBAtv, and you can tell how their gms are going to go by the end of the 1st qtr of every gm! I need Dish network if they give all that with it.
When you're watching the games on a computer, how good is the video quality?
Usually if you have had it for a while they renew your contract for $159...That is what I always get it for....I think the early bird special is usually $169?..And then it goes up to $179 after that goes away...
Anyone knows if the broadband International version has anything different or if it lacks something?
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