Rant: NBA League Pass

[jim]

I read an article recently (pretty sure it was on Grantland) about the NBA's online service being really bad.

Deadspin had one. It's all true, too. I still buy the online package because it's cheap.

Cheap? It's like $200/year. That's almost double of what mlb.tv is.

The league pass broadband I bought is $119. It's still a rip off, but I'm out of market for the Bulls, so...

Yeah but you only get to choose 5 teams. For mlb.tv, it's $119 and you get all teams, plus way more games. Given that I'm in market, the only reason I'd consider it is if I got all teams. I mean I could pick 5 - Lakers/Heat/Thunder etc... but guess what? Those guys are on TNT or ESPN all of the time. I watched Portland/Phoenix (archived) last night on the free pass, and those are the types of games I would want it for - teams I generally dont' get to see on TNT or ESPN.

As far as the overall product, it's worse than mlb.tv? Because I actually liked the interface and had no problems with the feed.

Yeah there's no DVR functionality and no archived games. You have to watch it live or not at all.

They must have added it this year then - because I watched the Phx/Portland game last night. I really liked the interface better than mlb.tv.

[thrill]

I'll have to check it out on my laptop. I usually use it via Apple TV or my iPad.

[Popeye_Card]

NHL's GameCenter is great*. Except for the part where there's NO [expletive] HOCKEY right now.


*Except on Apple products, where it is a struggle to watch past games.