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Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by slickvik69, Oct 10, 2005.

  1. slickvik69

    slickvik69 Member

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    Anybody heard anything about this site? Apparently you can watch all the NBA, NFL, NHL, and international soccer games for $3 a month. Not to mention boxing and wrestling PPV as well.

    StreamTVNow.com
     
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    If this thing works, it might be better than the invention of TIVO.

    When I went to register it gave me this message:

    "Sorry, we are not accepting any more members at this time. DO NOT paypal anyone from ppvtvonline or any other email address! These people are trying to scam you!"

    :(
     
  3. wakkoman

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    Yeah I've checked it out. Pretty neat and useful if you dont get FSN to watch the Rockets games
     
  4. slickvik69

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    Yea I think they shut down registration Saturday. Not the best quality, but for $3 you get what you pay for.
     
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    I take it that this is some kind of peer to peer streaming software, like pplive. It's only a matter of time until these programs explode in popularity.
     
  6. LegendZ3

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    I discover that site last year, for 3 bucks a month, it pretty damn good deal. The site administrator is a huge Rockets fan, you can find most of the rockets game there.
     
  7. LegendZ3

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    No, they use winamp, it's a server to client protocol.
     
  8. m_cable

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    Really. What's the quality like? And you could have tossed us Rocket fans a bone. :mad: :p

    Either way, these peer to peer streaming programs are the wave of the future. If the TV/Movie industry know what's good for them, they'll get front and center in developing this technology for their own purposes.
     
  9. Rockets34Legend

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    Or you could go here, slickvik69, and watch it for free:

    http://www.coolstreaming.it/ - It's in Italian, but you can connect to Chinese television and watch the Rockets.

    That's how some of us watched the Rockets/Mavs play on TNT while TNT here in Dallas was showing the other B.S. playoff games and wouldn't switch over.
     
  10. Smokey

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    How is this legal?
     
  11. m_cable

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    It's not. If a site like this ever breaks out, then they'll have legal action breathing down their necks. But by that time, you'll probably have dozens of similar sites/programs keeping one step ahead of the law. Like I said, Hollywood needs to harness this technology instead of supressing it. They can't win like that.
     
  12. slickvik69

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    Wi-FiTV.com is another cool site, it plays TV from all over the world. Broadband internet is a great thing.
     
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    255 kbps
     
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    Yo, slick, site doesn't work. Here it is:

    http://www.wi-fitv.com/
     
  15. wakkoman

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    I think somewhere in the agreement that you agree too before registering has a statement saying....I agree that I subscribe to cable TV service and have these channels paid for.......

    something along those lines

    pretty clever....

    With 31,000+ members paying $3 a month, they have a nice little cash crop there. Im surprised this hasn't been picked up by the cable companies.
     
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    This could be awesome for me in Dallas if it works out. I just want to watch rockets this year and League Pass isnt an option.
     
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    This is so badass!!! :eek:
     
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    Im a member of the site, and have been for the last 6 months. Some streams could go to as high as 500 kbps, but for the most part they keep it under 300. But its still a steal for 3 bones a month. I got it for all the fights.
     
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    Do you get ch. 51 in Houston? or NBA tv? That's all I'd use this for..
     
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    hmm sounds like a neat deal
     

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