Has anyone had luck getting a better price from Comcast for Center Ice?
DirecTV is good about these things, just curious if Comcast is the same.
DirecTV is good about these things, just curious if Comcast is the same.
NHL Center Ice
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HuskerTornado
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what is a "better" price?
Sounds like it is $175 for Comcast. Yikes, I remember it being $140.
Does anyone know how much NHL GameCenter Live costs? (the online service)
I got it for $159 last season.Sharp3500 said:
Right now the price isn't listed. Should come up soon closer to the season.
HuskerTornado said:
"less expensive than the advertised price"
HuskerTornado
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My letter from Cox has it at $171.80, swear is was less last year.KeepOnRollingBaby said:
Same here, $171.80 on DirecTv. I thought it was higher but I checked last years' bills and it was the same.
Edit: Two years ago it was 163.80.
Edit: Two years ago it was 163.80.
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?! Things are more expensive now than they were in the past !? Someone get the Avengers on this!
It's $210.92 (earlybird price) on BellTV / ExpressVu this year, up from $199.00 last year, and I believe its price has gone up more years than not. This doesn't surprise me.
This is the first (non-lockout) year since ~2002 or so that I won't be getting it. Not so much as a matter of cost, so much as time availability. I probably actually watched less than 20 Devils games last year (in part because the team was especially unwatchable, but moreso because my night-owl toddler requires interactive attention in the evenings - not enough couch time to sit for sports as often as I could when he was an infant/fetus/concept).
It's $210.92 (earlybird price) on BellTV / ExpressVu this year, up from $199.00 last year, and I believe its price has gone up more years than not. This doesn't surprise me.
This is the first (non-lockout) year since ~2002 or so that I won't be getting it. Not so much as a matter of cost, so much as time availability. I probably actually watched less than 20 Devils games last year (in part because the team was especially unwatchable, but moreso because my night-owl toddler requires interactive attention in the evenings - not enough couch time to sit for sports as often as I could when he was an infant/fetus/concept).
Seems like the cost of it is pretty plainly following inflation. Nothing shocking there. As long as the quality keeps improving, as it has been, I won't complain too much.
I'm just happy it's affordable, unlike NFL Sunday Ticket, which is just unusable here (yeah, switch to a satellite provider living at the mouth of a place called 'Hellgate Canyon'...that's a good idea), to say nothing of it being double the price I'd be willing to pay (around $330 for the season, I forget the exact price).
I'm just happy it's affordable, unlike NFL Sunday Ticket, which is just unusable here (yeah, switch to a satellite provider living at the mouth of a place called 'Hellgate Canyon'...that's a good idea), to say nothing of it being double the price I'd be willing to pay (around $330 for the season, I forget the exact price).
tmg.exe said:
I'm not necessarily surprised by the increase, I find it to be worth it even if it costs more. It just makes my Satellite bill look sad for four months out of the year.
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I think GameCenter was around 160 for earlybird last season, I might get it again. Only thing that sucks for me and GC is being in Canada I have a 175GB bandwidth cap, so I have to take that into account when watching 1080p streams.
HuskerTornado
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Yeah, Center Ice is a bargain compared to the NFL Sunday Ticket, considering how many games you get. Plus, most of the games are on at the same time 1pm and 4pm eastern, so it's not like you can watch a ton of games live each week. Fortunately for me, I don't follow any specific NFL team so I don't care to see all the games.
With Center Ice, I get to see live games almost every night from October to April.
I need to call Cox this week and see if they'll actually put a few of the channels in HD this year.
With Center Ice, I get to see live games almost every night from October to April.
I need to call Cox this week and see if they'll actually put a few of the channels in HD this year.
I'm not well versed in NHL Centre ice. Does it allow you access to coverage both on your tv and your computer?
And in terms of data used for the streams, how much GB's of data does the streams use per game watched for streaming online? I'm interested, but I get 50GB/month so I'm curious if this will be too much added bandwidth.
And in terms of data used for the streams, how much GB's of data does the streams use per game watched for streaming online? I'm interested, but I get 50GB/month so I'm curious if this will be too much added bandwidth.
isnt centre ice useless for canadians since the games on tsn cbc and rds arent shown?bryan09992002 said:
oh game centre might be different idk
HuskerTornado
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Center Ice is through your Cable/Satellite provider.thegreatone18 said:
The computer/mobile service is called NHL GameCenter Live.
They are separate entities that require separate subscriptions.
I can't answer the second question.
Oh Canada...GB limits...that's just an absurd policy.
Anyway, they are sperate policies, in the sense that you buy one and the other comes at a big discount...but they don't go together. You go cable or internet, basically.
I've been watching through GameCenter for all but one of the past 4 years and it's been great to me. By far the best of the sports options.
Mind you I don't have any caps on my internet.
Anyway, they are sperate policies, in the sense that you buy one and the other comes at a big discount...but they don't go together. You go cable or internet, basically.
I've been watching through GameCenter for all but one of the past 4 years and it's been great to me. By far the best of the sports options.
Mind you I don't have any caps on my internet.
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phantompenguin. said:
The year gamecenter launched, they offered a 50% discount to Center Ice subscribers (thru Bell, at least). The second year, the Bell package offered it as a free bonus, so if you had Center Ice you were entitled to Gamecenter. I never even bothered to sign up.
I haven't heard anything about if they're doing anything of the sort this year.
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I've had Center Ice for the past 3 years now, and the price increase this year seems pretty typical. Still a solid deal. Even if you only watch your own team, it comes to like $2 per game. And I generally flip between 2-3 games per night. Here's hoping they further expand the HD offerings this year. They finally added a second HD channel for 2010-2011 but used it very sparingly. It went unused most nights and was just there taunting me as I suffered through blurry TSN or CBC feeds.
Game Center on NHL.com seemed pretty slick when I gave the free trial a whirl, but I have no desire to spend all my hockey watching time sitting in front of my computer.
Game Center on NHL.com seemed pretty slick when I gave the free trial a whirl, but I have no desire to spend all my hockey watching time sitting in front of my computer.
That is another reason I don't want to pay upwards of 200 for it.
HD feeds should be standard workings for these things.
HD feeds should be standard workings for these things.
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Not if your an avs fan.BigRandal_ps3 said:
well i meant if you're a fan of a canadian teambillybobjoe1881 said:
l there be any free preview this year?
whoa whoa whoa
direcTV NHL center ice package only has TWO HD channels?
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direcTV NHL center ice package only has TWO HD channels?
please tell me i read something wrong
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ilikemusicmore said:
Free preview's already on on BellTV. Already seen (pieces of) a few preseason tilts.
BellTV has 7 HD channels this year. I think they only had 4 last year. Of course, last year there were frequently nights where there were idle HD channels while games that I know were broadcast in HD in their local markets were only available on Center Ice in SD, so I'm not sure what the benefit of more channels is if they don't fix their problem of not getting available HD feeds in the first place.
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BigRandal_ps3 said:
As a Sens fan living in the Toronto region and outside the Sens region, all regional Sens games are blacked out.
Damn, it's the same price on the iPad too. I thought there might be a little discount...
I bought subscription on ScreenVariety for a few dollars. I can highly recommend it for you guys if you are in work or just don't have around you.
I think there was a $20 discount if you purchased earlier, but that's about it. I buy it every year to watch on my desktop at work. I can't feasibly stream on my phone while I'm commuting due to data limits, but I try to at least catch the highlights or watch the goals. At home I'll boot up the PS4 to watch through that on TV. 50 GB/Month is definitely not enough if you watch regularly, but you can also decrease the quality of the stream to reduce data usage.
Don't pretty much every Rogers customer in Canada get Center Ice free included with their package? I know I have it because of my phone plan.
Edit- Ahh super old bumped thread explains all the weird information I read lolol
Edit- Ahh super old bumped thread explains all the weird information I read lolol
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