NBA League Pass related questions

Indeed · Post #61 » by **Indeed** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:47 pm

cram wrote:
Mak wrote:NBA is stupid. If there were no black outs of any kind so many more people would get the broadband pass. Their way of thinking is just (Please Use More Appropriate Word). If you had a choice obviously you'd watch the game on TV but most of us can't. So we end up using "underground" links. At the end of the day they gain nothing by blacking games out.

Yeah but would be double dipping. Hard to charge networks for exclusive rights to televise your games when you're serving the same content in their region.

Its hard to change exclusive rights?
Its the leagues (NBA, MLB, NHL) who tries to hold on to the video contents.

They can also display advertisements from local TV stations, but on league pass, you see they never did that.

Mad Prophet · Post #62 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:15 pm

dacrusha wrote:
Mad Prophet wrote:If a Euro proxy allows me to watch Raptor games, then ILP is much better. No blackouts for TNT and ESPN games, and the option for playoff games.

What software are you using to get a euro proxy?

I'm still looking for one. If I can't find a free one, I'll try one with a free trial period and see if it works.

EH15 · Post #63 » by **EH15** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:57 pm

Paradokz wrote:did anyone else's subscription to nbalpbb get refunded??

mine did.. i am not quite sure why maybe they decided to force all canadians to international registration..

I got refunded too. That's good, now I don't have to contact them about it.

EH15 · Post #64 » by **EH15** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:01 pm

Mad Prophet wrote:
dacrusha wrote:
Mad Prophet wrote:If a Euro proxy allows me to watch Raptor games, then ILP is much better. No blackouts for TNT and ESPN games, and the option for playoff games.

What software are you using to get a euro proxy?

I'm still looking for one. If I can't find a free one, I'll try one with a free trial period and see if it works.

Free trial isn't blackout out any games. Last night's game was working.

Mad Prophet · Post #65 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:31 pm

The prices are now up at the site. $100 for the standard package with 24hr VOD.

A Space Cow · Post #66 » by **A Space Cow** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:45 pm

Time's like this that living in San Antonio is great.

Boring Spurs blacklisted, and awesome teams semi-close by. I need to invest in Thunder tickets/road trips this season.

Raptors, OKC, Lakers, Miami are gonna be my starting picks for the League Pass, gonna save three for wildcard teams. I just don't care about Boston/Orlando enough.

RedX · Post #67 » by **RedX** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:51 pm

Not to be a bummer, but u won't get to watch many Miami games, if any at all. They will be on nat tv all the time, guarantees..

RedX · Post #68 » by **RedX** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:54 pm

Where is the choice package? I can't see it anywhere...

Mad Prophet · Post #69 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:59 pm

The choice package is only for Americans. This package is better, all teams available.

I'm watching the Miami game right now on League Pass. TNT is the broadcaster.

Mak · Post #70 » by **Mak** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:07 am

Mad Prophet wrote:The choice package is only for Americans. This package is better, all teams available.

I'm watching the Miami game right now on League Pass. TNT is the broadcaster.

dont think that will be the case when regular season starts...

If all games were shown on it without black outs I'd buy it right away. Probably would even pay more. I don't get who these blackouts actually benefit? They think people like watching games on their computer versus a TV? I don't get it? If i could watch all games on TV i would.

knickerbocker2k2 · Post #71 » by **knickerbocker2k2** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:10 am

I was definitely going to get the package this year but I don't like how they separated Canada/USA. I think we will be unable to use hotshield to get around raps games. I'm assuming if you have american IP (which is what hotshield is) you won't be able to access league pass.

I wonder how their billing works. Does it only look at IP or it looks at your credit card to determine which package you can buy.

Mad Prophet · Post #72 » by **Mad Prophet** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:23 am

Mak wrote:
Mad Prophet wrote:The choice package is only for Americans. This package is better, all teams available.

I'm watching the Miami game right now on League Pass. TNT is the broadcaster.

dont think that will be the case when regular season starts...

If all games were shown on it without black outs I'd buy it right away. Probably would even pay more. I don't get who these blackouts actually benefit? They think people like watching games on their computer versus a TV? I don't get it? If i could watch all games on TV i would.

My guess is that we'll be able to watch TNT games if no Canadian channel is showing the game, and if they are, then a Euro proxy should work.

Is there a Euro Raptor fan out there that can confirm this?

Throwback24 · Post #73 » by **Throwback24** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:35 am

I'll hold out on buying it after this terrible news.

groentesoep · Post #74 » by **groentesoep** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:01 pm

Mad Prophet wrote:My guess is that we'll be able to watch TNT games if no Canadian channel is showing the game, and if they are, then a Euro proxy should work.

Is there a Euro Raptor fan out there that can confirm this?

I have not tried it, but i suppose it's possible. The League Pass website says that blackout's may only appear in Canada and Spain. So if you use another euro proxy it should be possible.

Indeed · Post #75 » by **Indeed** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:10 pm

knickerbocker2k2 wrote:I was definitely going to get the package this year but I don't like how they separated Canada/USA. I think we will be unable to use hotshield to get around raps games. I'm assuming if you have american IP (which is what hotshield is) you won't be able to access league pass.

I wonder how their billing works. Does it only look at IP or it looks at your credit card to determine which package you can buy.

I asked them your question last year, since I traveled back and forth.
They say it depends on the IP, and not your credit card.

You can ask them again, and maybe they separated Canada/USA to have better support in Canada, otherwise, it would be a poor decision.

Mak · Post #76 » by **Mak** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:37 pm

i had no luck with European proxies last year. I hate **** around with this when I actually pay for the product. Would probably have to pay for a reliable European proxy.

I'll try free preview anyways and decide if i want to keep it. Probably will get package that comes with app for the iphone.

dacrusha · Post #77 » by **dacrusha** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:21 pm

Indeed wrote:
knickerbocker2k2 wrote:I was definitely going to get the package this year but I don't like how they separated Canada/USA. I think we will be unable to use hotshield to get around raps games. I'm assuming if you have american IP (which is what hotshield is) you won't be able to access league pass.

I wonder how their billing works. Does it only look at IP or it looks at your credit card to determine which package you can buy.

I asked them your question last year, since I traveled back and forth.
They say it depends on the IP, and not your credit card.

You can ask them again, and maybe they separated Canada/USA to have better support in Canada, otherwise, it would be a poor decision.

So, if it works on an IP basis, then you should be able to activate hotspot shield, enter your credit card information etc on the American site and then also watch games using hotspot shield on the American league pass site.

Like others, I'm going to wait and see on this; I'm not paying $100+ dollars to sit through an entire year's worth of blacked-out Raptor games.

Post #78 » by **Duffman100** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:25 pm

For all of those who tried Choice...I just got an email telling me they made a mistake signing me up and issued a full refund.

If I want, I can do NBA Canada League Pass.

Mak · Post #79 » by **Mak** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:51 am

I like the new lay out and options. Like the way you can pick blocks/dunks and so on and it will show where each happened.

Don't like how there is only 3 options for screen size. I think single game view is too big sometimes, 1/4 view is too small. Need 1/2 option or resize option.

EH15 · Post #80 » by **EH15** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:13 am

Mak wrote:i had no luck with European proxies last year. I hate **** around with this when I actually pay for the product. Would probably have to pay for a reliable European proxy.

I'll try free preview anyways and decide if i want to keep it. Probably will get package that comes with app for the iphone.

Sh*t this is not good news...