by Brett Edwards
Once the NBA season begins, I know what I'll be doing at the office after 4pm here on the west coast. I'll be watching the east coast games live from my computer! That's right, the NBA has announced that purchasing the NBA League Pass from DirecTV (or other cable or satellite provider) not only gives you the opportunity to see every game at home, but now you can see them wherever you have broadband internet access.
The way this will work is that once you have purchased the package from your cable or satellite provider, you login to this page and enter your (in my case) DirecTV account number, and then you'll be watching the game of your choice live from your computer.
The only downside with this is that local blackout rules still apply. So for instance, when they (moronically) tape delay a Lakers road game, I still won't be able to watch it live, even though I've dropped $179 for the League Pass. On top of that, even if I was out of state and wanted to watch a tape delayed L.A. broadcast, I still would be blocked because they go by the zip code attached to your satellite account.
While this isn't a deal breaker, it's definitely annoying. But considering they've added this internet feature without increasing the package price from last year, I'll get over it. Especially now that the last hour of the day at the office just became a whole lot easier.
So...what would it take to "borrow" the account..? :)
Posted by: Hype | October 14, 2006 at 03:07 PM
Now are the games stored or are they live view only/tape delay? This could be the deal-sealer for me as this season is looking like my first for League Pass.
evan
Posted by: Mr. Senor Evan | October 16, 2006 at 09:02 AM
It looks like it's going to be live viewing at this point (not stored on your local machine), but we'll have to wait until the season starts to find out for sure.
If you're interested in recording the games while they are streaming, there are many ways to do this, email me and I can help you out with that.
Posted by: Brett | October 16, 2006 at 10:53 AM
your company shd. only pay you 7 hrs. of work . even less, dude !
Posted by: nike | October 16, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Bottom line: if it doesn't add to the cost, it's a sweet deal.
I can't wait to watch Morrison play and see how the rook does this year.
Posted by: basketball drills | October 17, 2006 at 02:47 PM
this is true
but i think the morrison is going to win this time
Posted by: basketball drills | March 30, 2010 at 03:07 PM
not i don't think i think the rook are the best one here
Posted by: basketball drill | March 30, 2010 at 03:09 PM
well both is great for me
Posted by: basketball rule | March 30, 2010 at 03:15 PM
i going for the rook
yes go go go go
Posted by: coaches basketball | March 30, 2010 at 03:16 PM
well i guess is better to get small pc to take in the car you can watch this is cool way cause you don't have pay any more thing
Posted by: basketball drill | June 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM