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To those Rockets fan who are stuck in Europe and dying to watch Game 7

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tdle6671, May 7, 2005.

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  1. tdle6671

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    Hey, you all.

    I am a Rocket fan currently livng in Leeds, England and I am sure that there are plenty of rocket fans living in Europe who are having difficulties wathcing the game live but have to rely on other means to get their fix such as using this wonderful website. No doubt someone before me has posted with regards to how to watch our beloved team play and here is my advice.

    As you would be aware of, Sky (UK) Television shows a live game about twice a week. Unfortunately, they are not showing Game 7. For those fans in the UK or who can get sky, I'd strongly recommend that you go on to nba's official wesbite, and uk page(under Global) as it tell you which UK channels (including NASN and Channel 5) are gonna show which games live. There is a slight problem that it is not very quickly updated especailly for play offs so you may have to check it quite frequently.

    NASN is another Channel who may show Rockets game live (they won't show Game 7 though, www. nasn.com) . But you have to have Sky or NTL subscription to have it. And you also have to pay extra (about �10 more per month), which can be done by contacting either Sky, NTL or NASN.

    If none of the above options is available to you, then you can still watch the game live on Coolstreaming, which is a very small software downloadable from Google amd works similarly as Bittorrent. CCTV5 is the Chinese sports channel which will definitely show every Rockets game) For it to work, you'd need fast broadband (>1mbps). If you internet connection is slow, then forget about it as its a waste of time.

    If you don't have have cable or fast broadband, then there is always the old-fashioned radio you could rely on. However, this may cost you a little bit. I've already paid a $14.00 one-off subscription fee (playoff only) to nba.com to listen to the games live. Once you've paid with your credit card, access is instant and its not too bad.

    I hope this post has helped.

    Go, Rockets.
     
    #1 tdle6671, May 7, 2005
  2. torque

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    Channel 5 shows nba games?
     
    #2 torque, May 7, 2005
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    I don't have sky at the moment... I only have a 512 kb/s broadband... I can't be asked to spend money on something like internet radio simply for 1 game...

    :(
     
    #3 DaDa, May 7, 2005
  4. tdle6671

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    Channel indeed shows a NBA game live every Tuesday night after midnight.

    Dada - the nba radio subscription is for the entire playoff not just houston vs Dallas series.
     
    #4 tdle6671, May 7, 2005
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    Tips:

    1. Wait for about 10 minutes for kick in time.

    2. After kick in time, close windows media player/real player, double click on same channel from list to restart windows media player/real player.
     
    #5 bob718, May 7, 2005
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    Here's another group often screwed. Usually in round 2 lots of students graduate during game 7's. It's evil.
     
    #6 PhiSlammaJamma, May 7, 2005
  7. SwoLy-D

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    WUSS. :D

    jk. Maybe ask the Mary Jane employee to sell his stash for money for the cable costs? ;)
     
    #7 SwoLy-D, May 7, 2005
  8. Uprising

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    Excuse me?! Just one game?! Rockets are headed to the finals baby!
     
    #8 Uprising, May 7, 2005
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    judgin by some of the IP addresses I see in the torrent swarms....there are tons of ppl in Europe hitting the torrent links.

    Ive seen some in ITaly, Poland, UK, Australia, Taiwan, Japan and a couple of other contries I havent been able to identify yet...but they are overseas cause I dont recognize the country codes.
     
    #9 Rockets2K, May 7, 2005
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    Man just installed this and it is truly awesome. Great quality video of a chinese soccer game. I've been so pissed at missing two 1st quarters in this series, its nice to know I shouldn't miss anything today.

    Thanks for the instructions!
     
    #10 RocketManJosh, May 7, 2005
  11. CompaqC

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    I live in the United Arab Emirates and i always download your torrents, You saved my ass this season, thanks alot :D
     
    #11 CompaqC, May 7, 2005
  12. CompaqC

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    Could someone tell me where i could find this COOLSTREAMING software?? i tried download.com but couldn't find it.

    Thanks
     
    #12 CompaqC, May 7, 2005
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    yep, thanks greatly 2K from the UK. :)
     
    #13 torque, May 7, 2005
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    is a 5 Mbit connection enough or do I need to be on a faster line?
     
    #14 WizzyWig, May 7, 2005
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    www.coolstreaming.org

    Btw, you need to have good upload speed to use it.
     
    #15 zzhou, May 7, 2005
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    If you guys want to watch the game on TNT on the internet then here's the website :

    www.streamtvnow.com

    you only need to pay 3 dollars through paypal! can't believe my eyes as i'm watching the CelticsVS Pacers game on TNT. Can't wait to see the Rockets live !

    R2K :

    Here's someone from Scotland downloading your torrents ! you are the man mate ;) aye !
     
    #16 T-Mac1, May 7, 2005
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