Game streams - questions for anyone who watches

Have an issue paying to see the Giants game. I simply don’t want directv and dish either in my yard or attached to my home

If it's for work, your company should cover it. If it's for college, the prof's should be able to give free access for the term/year.

But I'll reply to your questionnaire:

- I just refresh if the stream goes down
- I'd pay whatever is cheapest to view NYGs games, be it in person or on TV

I watch streamseast and nflbite about every week from the college and NFL games. I have never encountered any messages during a stream.

Allowing users more options to purchase selective packages at reasonable prices would make me a paying customer. Some examples would be:

Follow one team - 100.00

Follow one Division - 175.00

down, I simply choose another.

In the middle of a game would drive me crazy. Say what you will about Direct TV at least you don’t miss a play.

Gladly pay to watch the Giants but being out of market is tough right now for me, so I opt for streaming. They've gotten better over the past few years too thankfully.

MLBTV for the Yankees. You get about 145/150 games with Fox and ESPN games blacked out.

I would probably pay about $100 for the Giants games. Direct TV got ludicrous...Last time I had it, it was $380 and a lot of the games were blacked out because of network broadcasts. Fucking scam.

I try another. Often it’s the 1 or 2nd try and I’m good

It’s pretty clear the NFL is allowing this to see what the gauge for the market is as they could easily shut it down and it’s a pretty well known workaround. I also think they could give a shit about DirecTVs rights at this point as I’ve done this the last two years.

My biggest gripe is it’s picture quality isn’t up to par with what it should be and noticeable on bigger TVs (it’s honestly pretty crap and marginally better than illegals). For me it’s worth it not to dick around with streams going down a bunch or need to refresh (which they always do for the most watched games).

In comment 15844669 Toth029 said:

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Gladly pay to watch the Giants but being out of market is tough right now for me, so I opt for streaming. They've gotten better over the past few years too thankfully.

I've been out of market for Giants games for 30+ years. First California, now Ohio. It wasn't bad in SoCal when the Giants were good and there were no local NFL teams.

Now, it's thank God for Red Zone and Sirius XM radio.

In comment 15844654 ChrisRick said:

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I watch streamseast and nflbite about every week from the college and NFL games. I have never encountered any messages during a stream. Allowing users more options to purchase selective packages at reasonable prices would make me a paying customer. Some examples would be: Follow one team - 100.00 Follow one Division - 175.00

You can watch the entire NFL for 150 a year with international game pass and VPN.

when interrupted I reload.

But the Radio broadcasts from Sirius (espec w/ Papa and Banks) are fine if I lose the video.

I grew up in NJ listening to Giants over WNEW and WHAM when I lived in Rochester. (Yup, WHAM carried every Giant game.)

In comment 15844761 Returning Video Tapes said:

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It’s pretty clear the NFL is allowing this to see what the gauge for the market is as they could easily shut it down and it’s a pretty well known workaround. I also think they could give a shit about DirecTVs rights at this point as I’ve done this the last two years.

Well, this relates to the research I'm doing, and it's not that simple. They aren't necessarily "allowing" it but they may not have figured out a way to consistently shut it down. You'd be surprised how difficult that can be.

And yes, some rights-holders either view content leakage as a promotion or as not worth the cost to shut it down.

I could pay for a yearly stream that guarantees Giants games when they are playing. Then I would expect no drops/freeze ups, no on going chats, etc.

Since I am retired I am far from being well-to-do.

Maybe its my internet, or my cheap laptop, but i run i to a lot of choppy streams that go in and out. Its very stressful.

Covid caused most local bars to get rid of Sunday ticket, plus I have a 2 yr old now, so that option is out

This year I'm using a FREE and LEGAL site (according to the website owners) and NFL+ Premium as a backup.

The free and legal site is https://ustvgo.tv/ (also linked below) which carries most of the NY channels including Fox-5 NY, ABC-7-NY (good for Monday night Giants games broadcast on ESPN) and YES for Yankees' games. (However you need a VPN to get CBS-2, NBC-4 and some other cable channels.)

NFL+ Premium is an awesome backup plan. You can't watch the games live, but you can watch Giants games shortly after they end. Which means you can see 1 PM games starting at 4:30 PM and 4:30 games just before 8 PM.

NFL+ Premium is only $9.99/mo. or $79 for the year. I wouldn't pay more than that just to have a backup service that was "live". (I can live with a 3 hour delay.)

If NFL+ Premium was not an option I would gladly pay whatever price DirecTV was charging. I just don't want to pay the monthly fee for their service (or for any other service) as we don't watch that much TV and have no trouble getting by on free services like "over-the-air" TV and free Roku channels.

NY TV - ( New Window )

In comment 15845401 Jim in Tampa said:

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This year I'm using a FREE and LEGAL site (according to the website owners) and NFL+ Premium as a backup. The free and legal site is https://ustvgo.tv/ (also linked below) which carries most of the NY channels including Fox-5 NY, ABC-7-NY (good for Monday night Giants games broadcast on ESPN) and YES for Yankees' games. (However you need a VPN to get CBS-2, NBC-4 and some other cable channels.) NFL+ Premium is an awesome backup plan. You can't watch the games live, but you can watch Giants games shortly after they end. Which means you can see 1 PM games starting at 4:30 PM and 4:30 games just before 8 PM. NFL+ Premium is only $9.99/mo. or $79 for the year. I wouldn't pay more than that just to have a backup service that was "live". (I can live with a 3 hour delay.) If NFL+ Premium was not an option I would gladly pay whatever price DirecTV was charging. I just don't want to pay the monthly fee for their service (or for any other service) as we don't watch that much TV and have no trouble getting by on free services like "over-the-air" TV and free Roku channels. NY TV - ( New Window )

I'm not familiar with that site but I bet it's not legal. This is a common strategy for pirate sites: Make it look legal, say it's legal, convince the consumer it's legal...

Apparently it's common for people to buy pirated content thinking they're buying from a legit distributor.

I'll find a free stream and refresh if it drops or has shit-quality.
If there was an option to pay PER GAME say, up to $10 on a legit site, I totally would.
I do not have a schedule that allows me to catch every game every week so buying a season-long subscription is not viable.