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You should get all the games that are not on NBA TV or nationally televised.
I live in Fort Worth and am wondering how watching Spurs games on league pass will work as far as blackouts are concerned. Any Spurs fans in the Dallas/North Texas area have experience with this? Thanks in advance.
You should get all the games that are not on NBA TV or nationally televised.
With one slight wrinkle...
Since you are probably within the "local" broadcast area of the Mavericks....Spurs/Mavericks games which are locally broadcast will likely be blacked out...but you should be able to watch the local broadcast.
I don't have much experience with League Pass, but that's my understanding. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, SpursTalk massif.
Had it 3 years ago. Web broadcast was very choppy.
I'm curious about this too. So even games where there is a local feed in addition to the national coverage, are blacked out? That blows. My Internet provider in bumble f* Michigan doesn't stream espn games online (only espn 3), and I haven't had luck with TNT online. I would imagine that if your game is on nbtv that you would get that with league pass no?
I stream everythig, and i really have no desire to get cable so I want to make sure i cann get what I need with league pass. Unfortunely local bars don't carry most of the games I care about.
I've had LP for 2 years and am getting it again. I'm near the Houston market, so Spurs/Rockets games get blacked out, but they tend to show up on Fox Sports SW. Those are the only games that get blacked out for me.
Also, be advised that games on a national network (TNT, ESPN, ABC) don't show up on LP (TV or online), so if you don't have a TV and are relying solely on the internet to watch LP, you'll have to find another way to watch nationally televised games. Those other ways don't have the DVR-like functionality either, so it's kind of annoying. I sure wish that the NBA would put video archives of nationally televised games on LP, say, the next day; that way they wouldn't compete with the networks. As it is, they only do audio for those games.
The online feed has been fine for me fwiw. You can even skip around like a DVR, though with such a long game, it's easy to skip to 1:05:12 when you really wanted 0:58:31 or something.
Had it last season, getting it again this season - streams at 3000kb/second and works like magic, looks so good and runs so smooth I'd rather watch on my laptop than on HDTV tbh.
I'm on international league pass, which shouldn't make a difference to how it runs, and I only watch games on demand a few hours after they've happened which does make a noticable improvement in quality, plus I can skip through timeouts / half time / Splitter's free throws etc
I ditched my cable and had regular league pass last year and living in Austin, had a ton of games blacked out since we are in that market and I got no playoff coverage. This year, I used a proxy and got international league pass so no blackouts and I get the playoffs.
I live here in Oklahoma City and have gotten League Pass for the last 7-8 years....The only blackouts I get are from OKC Thunder games which we get here for free anyways...All the other games you will get unless they are on TNT, NBATV,ESPN or ABC...The only thing that sucks is that only a few games are available in HD, hopefully that will be a new feature this year, but I wouldn't hold my breathe on it?...Oh and one other thing that sucks is if you like SPURS don't look forward to too many games being nationally televised...That is why League Pass is a must for me during an NBA season!!...Good Luck and if you love your SPURS like me League Pass is well worth the $...
Thanks for the help guys. Looks like it's worth my $$$.
cable league pass with just your provider is , LP broadband with just 5 teams is amazing (HD everything).
I agree, I buy the LP Internet pick 5 teams package. The Internet quality is much better than the cable version. I'm on the east coast so I like being able to watch the west coast games in the morning instead staying up late at night.
They are blacked out to the "local" audience only. So, if you live in bumble f* Michigan, they may black out Pistons games that are aired locally and all the national games. If you want to see the Spurs, then that should still be pretty good.
Well with purchase of Cable League Pass you get th Broadband for free and you are not limited to just a 5 team package...
Another vote for the broadband pass here.
My favorite part of it is that the games are cached instantly, so if you catch the game late you can just watch from tip-off and by the time the commercials set in you'll catch up to live ball. Plus you can go back and watch the games at any point.
Well worth the $170.
I've had both, and I glady pay the $179 now for every game on my tv, honestly I just feel closer to the game. You can still skip commercials if you start late, just DVR or pause at the beginning to do other things then start 15 minutes later. If you don't want to pay the cost for the tv option though and only care about Spurs games, one thing I did when I had broadband was buy a cable to hook my laptop into the tv and an audio wire doing the same, there's your work around for the cheaper option but still having it on your television. Again, I just prefer the tv option for better clarity (that could be my laptop and connection tho), better audio, and more games.
And as spursnatic said, you still get broadband for free to watch from somewhere else.
fkn 1st world countries with 3rd world problems...fkn pathetic, even down here also...
When I lived in Dallas, I got the League Pass and they didn't black out Spurs games (they blacked out Mav games). But that wasn't a big deal because (1) I hated the Mavs, and (2) I could get the Mav games on the local channels. I thought the internet viewing sucked though. Maybe they've improved it, but when I had it, it was nearly worthless.
I ive in Dallas an ive had League pass for the last r4yrs. Last yr was like no other. Man it was a guessing game with time warner tryna see if i would be able to see a Spurs game or if it was blacked out. They couldnt give me a reason or anything so they wont get to me again this yr. Imma just try to stream gms or something. TIME WARNER
Thanks all. I think I'm sold too.
I've had League Pass Broadband for a few years - nothing like sitting in an airplane seat while the door is open and watching on Verizon 4G. While it's not perfect, it has improved every year to the point where I can count on it 95% of the time. Surprisingly, the Spurs-Hawks preseason game was on a very crisp HD feed that I watched on wifi. That game wasn't on TV and I didn't think I had a chance to see it.
hey guys... i too live near ft. worth in granbury.... got charter cable so no nba channel or league pass available... bought the ROKU XS and it works fine with steaming content from netflix and vudu as my internet connection is fast and i have a super fast wireless router... does anybody here know if the league pass using the ROKU is any good... also, will subscribing to league pass also give me the actual NBA channel... really need to get the spurs games... wife and i were season ticket holders for the past few years and although we have moved we must see our spurs... any help would be appreciated... also, should we get the 5 team package or the whole league package as we are huge nba fans too... just wondering if 5 teams is enough or all is too much... the diff in price is of no concern.... thanks and GO SPURS
Have any of you seen a promo to just get "your team" games on international league pass like last season? 140 is the only package i've seen available TBH...
I have Direct Tv, And I Live in San diego.... I have Had The league Pass for 5 years now. I have never had a issue with it.
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