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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Look at his user profile. You'll see the site he's referring to.
And I think yes. LOL!
Be careful who/where you buy it from. Some people don't offer warranty/support. I believe the seller from Amazon is the distributor and will offer after-sales support/warranty if you choose to buy the TVPad.
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Apparently there are several TVPad authorized dealers in Richmond, BC. I went to check it out, and the quality on the live stream and VOD is OK. It's watchable, but it's nowhere near HD. Even when it says it's HD, it's 480P Youtube quality at best. Also, I was checking out one of the apps that was streaming a live soccer game from CCTV Sports, the volume was turned up highest on the TV, but I can barely hear anything. Is that common?
I'm kind of 50/50 at the moment. Personally if it was for me, I'd just download all my content in HD and stream it within my network, but since this is for my folks, I might give it a shot and see what they think of it.
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Originally Posted by sonick
I've gone off cable for about a year and a half now, for NHL there aren't any reliable HD live streams. I stumbled upon one source that had direct feeds to NHL GameCenter during the playoffs last year, but I don't know if they will be available this coming season. However, if you sign up for paid GameCenter, you won't get Canucks games due to regional blackouts (ridiculous, I know).
Though I still watch HNIC for free through OTA HDTV.
For NBA, is there anything like NHL GameCenter? I doubt there would be blackouts then since there is no local NBA team.
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I was actually considering of subscribing to NHL Gamecentre ice for $150/season. But if they aren't gonna broadcast local games (which I think is fucked up), then I'm not gonna consider it.
There is a NBA League Pass for $150 per season as well. I was thinking of getting that for my pop's.
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Originally Posted by ForbiddenX
I use unblock-us to get around the local black out.
I think GameCentre/GameTime is a good alternative to watching live sports.
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I have a US VPN. I wonder if I can get that to work with it.