Comcast/Xfinity will not even let us purchase NBA league pass until the 26th apparently. ridiculous.
I'm now trying to get ahold of my cousin in Lynn, MA so he can give me his Comcast username and password because I think I might be able to stream the games on CSNNE.com if I have the Comcast info of a local. Unfortunately the kid isn't answering so I suspect he's in jail.
Yeah, CSNNE doesn't seem to care that your current connection isn't through them, just that you have an account with them somewhere (I've run into this problem with other streams/apps). My husband's dad lives in Maine and he already pays his bills so I can at least watch games online or on my phone.
I have had NBALP in years past, though, and it does seem to be easier. Guess I have a decision to make this year.
My dad watches league pass games via Comcast/Xfinity, but honestly it kind of sucks. They usually don't have HD broadcasts of every game. Whereas, if you pull it up online via broadband, they have high quality streams of every game.
I have a Roku. I highly recommend it for streaming content (Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime Video, Showtime Anytime, etc)... The NBA League Pass app for that works really well for me. I'm able to watch all the games in HD... and I'm actually able to start the games late and fast forward through commercials.
Unfortunately, gotta wait until later this month to buy league pass via comcast. A buddy of mine from the Boston area hooked me up with his Comcast info so I could stream the preseason game tonight via CSNNE. I was able to use the same login credentials to stream the game on my Roku via the NBC Sports app. Was working flawlessly, but it only allowed me to watch the game live (couldn't pause, rewind or fast-forward).
Really? I'll have to give that a try. One of the issues I have with FIOS League Pass is you're usually stuck with the home team's broadcast, and only occasionally do they give you the option for the away team's broadcast on tv. You can always do it through your computer/LP Broadband, but I much prefer to watch the games on my bigger tv, which also frees me up to post on CB.
You do get to pick the broadcast with the Roku app don't you?
Oh yeah... forgot to mention that. With the Roku League Pass app, you get to choose which broadcast you stream and it's always HD.
Definitely recommend the Roku. I have the Roku 3: https://www.amazon.com/Roku-Streaming-Player-4230R-Search/dp/B00UJ3IULO/ref=sr_1_2?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1475806147&sr=1-2&keywords=roku+3
It's solid. Also has a headphone jack which comes in handy late at night.
If you have a 4k television, you might want one of the newer ones (coming out this week). I'd avoid the streaming stick as I don't think it's as fast. Here's the new top of the line one: https://www.amazon.com/Roku-Ultra-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B01M05030B/ref=sr_1_1?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1475806520&sr=1-1&keywords=roku+ultra
larbrd you seem to know your stuff regarding these devices. whats the difference between the roku and the amazon stick thing? and chrome cast?
Here's an article breaking down the leading options:
https://www.cnet.com/news/chromecast-vs-apple-tv-vs-roku-3-which-media-streamer-should-you-buy/I think the main ones (Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Roku) offer similar functionality. When I was shopping for an option a couple years ago, it seemed Roku was the heavy favorite. I just like the interface and it just seems to work really well.
I have a Chromecast as well in our bedroom and it's really a more stripped down tool. It's a cheap device. I'm sure you can read more in depth about it, but here's my quick breakdown of Chromecast and Roku.
Chomecast: It's a little dongle that you can plug into your HDMI port. It's really small. My first introduction for Chromecast was actually for business purposes. If you have the Chrome Web browser on your computer/laptop, you can mirror the browser window to your television using Chromecast. This is called "casting". So we'd have board meetings where someone would have something on their computer and want to project/"cast" it to the large screen, so they'd just cast the tab to the television by clicking a little button on their Chrome browser window. Here's the important thing to note about Chromecast. It has no dedicated
interface/remote. In order to use it, you'll need some other device - whether that's your computer, laptop, ipad or iphone. So for instance, if I have Netflix app on my phone, I can browse netflix, find a movie/show I want to watch, and in the top right corner there will be a little icon that I can click to "cast" the show to my chromecast. In that sense, it can be a serviceable option, but it's a little more clunky. Fire up the netflix app on your phone, find the show you want to watch, click the icon and it will start playing on your TV via the Chromecast. Want to pause? Need to use the phone to do that. Want to now watch something on HBO Go or Hulu? You'll need to open up that app on your phone, find the content you want to watch and click the chromecast icon for it to start playing on your television. It can be a bit slow to start streaming and isn't the nicest experience in my opinion.
ROKU: There are a ridiculous amount of streaming channels you can add to the Roku. Some of them provide free content. I rarely use those channels though. I'm mostly using the ones everyone has heard of like Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime Video, Showtime Anytime, Hulu. I think the interface is simple and easy to use. The Roku 3 (and the new Roku Ultra with 4k support) both have a headphone jack, which seems gimmicky but I actually use a ton at night so I don't anyone up while watching movies. It's really quick to exit out of one streaming service to jump into another. Everything just works really quickly on it. There's also a pretty helpful search function. For example, you can search "Jim Carrey" and it will show you a list of all his movies. Then you can click into something like "Dumb and Dumber" and it will show you all the services it's available on. So if you're a netflix subscriber and the movie is on netflix, it will show you it's free to you - and you can click right on that and it will fire up netflix and start playing the movie. It will also show you if the movie is available to rent for a price on some other "on-demand" style service. I just find that very helpful if there's some show I want to watch and I don't want to dig through Hulu, Netflix, Amazon in order to find it. Just do the search on the Roku and it will tell you which streaming service the content is available on.
There's another layer to this which is the app called "Plex", which actually works on both Chromecast/Roku, but I primarily use on the Roku. It's a pretty awesome way to watch content on your TV that you have downloaded. But that's kinda off topic and hard to really describe without getting into a discussion about torrents.
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