hkrn44 wrote:I've read a few posts on this forum about how to watch ESPN but they all are older posts. I was wondering if there were any tips on how to watch NFL games? This would be the one thing keeping me from buying the ROKU playing and cutting the cord with cable. Can anyone give me some advice, or tricks of how to watch NFL games and/or ESPN? Thanks!
hkrn44 wrote:I've read a few posts on this forum about how to watch ESPN but they all are older posts. I was wondering if there were any tips on how to watch NFL games? This would be the one thing keeping me from buying the ROKU playing and cutting the cord with cable. Can anyone give me some advice, or tricks of how to watch NFL games and/or ESPN? Thanks!
FX4 wrote:Espn 3 is available depending on your ISP. First find out if your ISP subscribes. You need one of the transcoders like Plex to get it on Roku. ESPN, ESPN2, etc are not available on Roku or legally streaming at all.
vnzjunk wrote:FX4 wrote:Espn 3 is available depending on your ISP. First find out if your ISP subscribes. You need one of the transcoders like Plex to get it on Roku. ESPN, ESPN2, etc are not available on Roku or legally streaming at all.
ESPN3 generally doesn't have NFL football that I know of. At least I don't recall seeing it in the schedules for that channel. I think it is pretty much an ESPN1 program offering.
mikebdoss wrote:And for that $19/month, you'll get unreliable streams, questionable legality, and have to break the company's TOS to watch in the US.
JimMadsen wrote:I did a Xbox Live trial last night for a month. Looks pretty good so far, we shall see how the quality is when the college football games start this weekend
DBDukes wrote:JimMadsen wrote:I did a Xbox Live trial last night for a month. Looks pretty good so far, we shall see how the quality is when the college football games start this weekend
Used ESPN3 (or whatever its called now) via Xbox last season, and it worked great. The only issues I encountered were some games were blacked out. And, I couldn't determine where to find out ahead of time if it was blacked out. Using UGA for instance, some games were not blacked out at all. One or two were blacked about all across the state. Even one game was blacked across multiple states. I never saw a nationwide blackout, though; I expect those wouldn't even be on ESPN3.
MLB has a blackout coverage map that tells me where all I can't watch the Braves live, for example, but there's no such thing for NCAA games, at least, not that I could find.
Bottom line: ESPN via Xbox worked great, and occasional blackouts are a pain.
Buckeye911 wrote:hkrn44 wrote:I've read a few posts on this forum about how to watch ESPN but they all are older posts. I was wondering if there were any tips on how to watch NFL games? This would be the one thing keeping me from buying the ROKU playing and cutting the cord with cable. Can anyone give me some advice, or tricks of how to watch NFL games and/or ESPN? Thanks!
You can watch ESPN with the private channel USTVNow. It costs $19/month for the first three months and $29/month thereafter to subscribe. You get ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC, PBS, My9, A&E, Animal Planet, Bravo, Cartoon Network, CNBC, CNN, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, ESPN, Food Network, FX, Fox News, History, Lifetime, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Spike, Syfy, TBS, TNT, and USA. You can watch on your Roku, computer, and phone. When you sign up it will tell you it's only for those outside the United States but it does work here as well. I use it abroad and here at home as well. If you want to pay a little more you can get DVR service as well.