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Rockets Games on the Interent?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by FriendofEarth, Aug 20, 2004.

  1. FriendofEarth

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    I live in Abilene, Tx and sitting through last season only able to see a couple of games just isn't going to cut it again this year.

    I was wondering if any of you guys knew of a way to watch the games over the internet through some kind of subscription or something...
     
  2. Rockets34Legend

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    NBA League Pass for Directv. That's what I'm doing from Dallas. If you get in early, it will be about $200 and change w/ tax for the whole season.
     
  3. gucci888

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    Its that expensive for Directv? I got LP from Time Warner in Austin and it was like $170, I guess thats close enough to $200.

    But its worth it Friendo, its a lot of money, but you will find yourself watching a lot of basketball games.
     
  4. BMoney

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    I wish they had a broadband option for the NBA like they do with baseball.
     
  5. Rockets34Legend

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    I put in taxes plus you have to pay your monthly fee w/ Directv.
     
  6. rockHEAD

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    come to the chat room during game times, it's the next best thing to watching it. :cool:
     
  7. Uprising

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    Amen to that....
     
  8. m_cable

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    The Rox game chat is definitely the best. Seriously, is there another site in the world that does PBP of every single game during a season. Even if there was something equivalent in the world it'd probably be soccer. And just imagine those chats:

    to helmut

    to jacobs

    to diderickson

    to lerner

    stolen by 5

    to 13

    to 8

    to 56

    we get it back

    to helmut

    to tobin


    Well you get the idea. ;)
     
  9. toby

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    I am new to this posting thing . . . usually just read . . . but i just moved to paris . . . i know . . . france . . . is there anyway to hear or see rockets from abroad?

    thanks,
    toby
     
  10. GermanRoxFan

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    Yes, there is a french Pay-TV-station named Canal+ that shows NBA games live. It's basically the same as NBA TV.
     
  11. toby

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    cool, thanks Grox . . . i will look into that (hopefully not to expensive) . . .

    T
     
  12. LegendZ3

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    nWo34Life, I'm in UT Dallas, could the league pass work with comcast cable? And what would be a good places to catch a Rockets game in Dallas(Under 21)?
     
  13. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    What is an interent?

    DD
     
  14. T_Man

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    LegendZ3,

    To answer your question.. YES.. I did the comcast thing last year.

    Just call them and you can pick your payment type.

    1) In Full
    2) 2 Payments
    3) 4 Payments..


    Happy Watching
     
  15. Rockets34Legend

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    Umm, I think Comcast has it, but I don't know how much it is. You could try any of the sports bars since they will carry Directv. I use to do that, but then I thought to just pay the $200 + tax and get it myself. Well worth it.

    Humperdinks comes to mind. A while back, we had a Dallas get-together to watch a game, but I forgot what the restaurant/bar we went to. It was somewhere off of 75 North. RM95, desihooper, and there a few others there then, and they might know.
     
  16. CharlieChan

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    Direct TV or cable or satellite won't do you any good if you live within the radius of Houston that voids you from being able to view Rocket telecasts. I live in Beaumont about 100 miles from Houston and the Rocket games are not telecast; even some ESPN games have been blacked out - now that reaelly sucks! I am resigned to waiting for the new Rockets/Astros broadcasting system to come into play which I believe is 2005/2006. If they don't solve my problem I guess I will have to become a Lakers fan as long as Rudy is there.

    Jeff or Clutch or ? - do you have any additional info that would make my situation and others more positive for the future?

    ONe can get Radio Pass of the web for Rocket and Comet games; and I believe SOME telecasts are available but I don't know the details; although the cost would certainly not be $200 bucks.

    Thanks
     
  17. CharlieChan

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    P.S. to Clutch Find a way to solve the problem of getting fans radio and TV broadcasts easily from your website and THAT would be worth some serious donations to your site. By the way, I figured out that my count on messages submitted never changes - is that because I need to contribute?
     
  18. DarkHorse

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    That would also get the NBA in here to shut the site down.
     
  19. Rockets2K

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    there is a way......if you know how...the latter half of last season was made available via bittorrent....but you didnt hear that from here...:shhhh:
     
  20. Davidoff

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    I Have Direct TV and got to see everygame now for 2 years on TV51 or ESPN or NBAtv...I have NEVER been blacked out!!
     

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