Ongoing "who gets the Eagles game" thread

BigEd76 · September 24, 2006, 12:22:13 PM

That TVU thing doesn't specify which feed is being picked up for the major stations. Is it San Francisco or Los Angeles or something else on the west coast?

QB Eagles · September 24, 2006, 12:27:24 PM

I hope it's one of the markets getting the Birds. This thing looks pretty damn good.

By the way, I don't see how it could possibly be legal. It's rebroadcasting premium content like HBO and CNN Pipeline.

Magical_Retard · September 24, 2006, 12:30:05 PM

yeah i dont know which feed we are going to get. when i checked the fox station they have thier...some christian show was on.

QB Eagles · September 24, 2006, 01:23:10 PM

Anyone have an update about which early game they are showing?

EJ72 · September 24, 2006, 01:37:24 PM

Hard to tell from the early game because that's CHI/MN, and most of the country is getting that. When I checked that forum where they list the schedules, it included "KTVU Channel 2 News At 6", and KTVU is the SF Fox affiliate.

http://www.ktvu.com/index.html

When I made that last post early yesterday morning I didn't see/hear them say it was KTVU Fox, but I saw the station logo in the lower right corner and it matched the one at the SF affiliate's website.

It will lock up sometimes while playing, and I had to use the program's menu bar to get the audio to kick in. Usually, hitting the refresh button at the bottom will get it back on track. I felt like I had my old TV and I have to keep on getting off the couch to mess with rabbit ears, holding onto them to keep the picture locked in.

QB Eagle, I hadn't thought of the HBO/premium channel aspect, when I was watching that game I just had pigskins dancing before my eyes. This will probably be one of those programs that goes the way of that Napster thing eventually.

QB Eagles · September 24, 2006, 01:47:58 PM

EJ, the site appears to be based out of Shanghai. They have little if any respect for American intellectual property over there. My best friend used to sell pirated DVDs in Shanghai and made a killing. I suspect the site'll be around for a while.

MDS · September 24, 2006, 02:07:34 PM

People sell pirated DVDs here all the time and make a profit. Whats the difference?

QB Eagles · September 24, 2006, 03:21:57 PM

The scale is a bit different. I haven't seen any DVD superstores in the US without a single legal release on the shelves.

BigEd76 · September 24, 2006, 04:23:17 PM

I just checked and they're showing the Eagles game

Magical_Retard · September 24, 2006, 04:24:42 PM

and its pretty good quality.

BigEd76 · September 24, 2006, 04:28:05 PM

It's only a play behind, too...

QB Eagles · September 24, 2006, 04:31:25 PM

I'm watching it... this rules.

PhillyPhanInDC · September 24, 2006, 04:55:25 PM

I can't get the thing to work. Do you just click on the channel you want and wait a bit?

BigEd76 · September 24, 2006, 05:06:43 PM

yup. it's not recommended if you have lower than cable though. DSL might work but it'll be choppy...

EJ72 · September 24, 2006, 05:07:48 PM

Quote from: PhillyPhaninDC on September 24, 2006, 04:55:25 PM
I can't get the thing to work. Do you just click on the channel you want and wait a bit?

It takes a couple to get the connection, but yes. You'll probably get some green screen, then it starts to come in. If you don't have a broadband connection it probably won't work though, unfortunately.