No, unless you live in the Boston area.skylox said:
The pro sporting events on NESN and all of the other channels will be blacked out.
You would need the baseball package for the Redsox games or the NHL package for the Bruins games.
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Yes you can after 4 monthsskylox said:
BTW :welcome_s
To get the pro games, you would need to get MLB Extra Innings, NHL Center Ice, NBA League Pass, or MLS Direct Kick. Sucks I know, but unfortunately thats the way it istftc22 said:
Directv wants you to buy the sports packages
The main benefit of the SPorts pack is the 'non-professional' games shown. Well I should say, MAJOR non-pro. You will get Arena Football, Indoor football, minor-league baseball, and a few others (how bout Womens Pro football? those games were showing on FSN Pittsburgh recently). The 4 majors, NBA, NHL, MLB & MLS will be blacked out since they are available for purchase w/ the individual sports subs. and then theres the signifcanltly viewed allowance that leftwing was discribing which affects only a small percentage of ppl, or areas rather. With D*, the entire game will be blacked out (meanwhile over on E*, only the blackout window is blacked out, once a game goes into extra innings, past the window, you can view it, or if a game is rain delayed, D*'s blackout will follow the rain delay whereas E* will not. You might even get lucky and see an entire game outside the blackout window on E* after a rain delay).
I RARELY, if EVER see any college football games blacked out on the RSN's. Which to me is an extraodinary benefit. BUT *I* have E*, not D*. I think D* is a lil more strict w/ blackouts, basically IF a college game is available for purchase (ie: ESPN Gameplan) then D* will black it out. BUT over on E*, the game MIGHT get blacked out on 1 channel but not on another. *SHRUG* And sometimes not even at all. I've noticed that the "Big east game of the week" gets blacked out on MSG but if its showing on another network, like Comcast sportsnet west just as an example, then you can watch it there.
NFL Preseason games........I have not found ANYONE who can explain why these are NOW blacked out. Several years ago, they were never blacked out. Now they are ALWAYS blacked out. The only blackout rule for NFL applies only to within a 100mile radius of the stadium and ONLY if the game doesnt sell out. ANd that is just for LIVE games. There should be no reason to blackout a tape-delayed game. The only thing I can figure, is that the RSN doesn't have "National rights" to the game. But I've never heard of a national rights rule for NFL. Usually national rights only comes into play if other networks are showing the game, which isn't the case for NFL. Just the 2 local broadcasters. ARGH! who can say. It could have something to do w/ NFL Network (where you CAN watch all the preseason games), but the blackouts started happening before NFL network came into existence.
those games were showing on FSN Pittsburgh recently). The 4 majors, NBA, NHL, MLB & MLS will be blacked out since they are available for purchase w/ the individual sports subs. and then theres the signifcanltly viewed allowance that leftwing was discribing which affects only a small percentage of ppl, or areas rather. With D*, the entire game will be blacked out (meanwhile over on E*, only the blackout window is blacked out, once a game goes into extra innings, past the window, you can view it, or if a game is rain delayed, D*'s blackout will follow the rain delay whereas E* will not. You might even get lucky and see an entire game outside the blackout window on E* after a rain delay).I RARELY, if EVER see any college football games blacked out on the RSN's. Which to me is an extraodinary benefit. BUT *I* have E*, not D*. I think D* is a lil more strict w/ blackouts, basically IF a college game is available for purchase (ie: ESPN Gameplan) then D* will black it out. BUT over on E*, the game MIGHT get blacked out on 1 channel but not on another. *SHRUG* And sometimes not even at all. I've noticed that the "Big east game of the week" gets blacked out on MSG but if its showing on another network, like Comcast sportsnet west just as an example, then you can watch it there.
NFL Preseason games........I have not found ANYONE who can explain why these are NOW blacked out. Several years ago, they were never blacked out. Now they are ALWAYS blacked out. The only blackout rule for NFL applies only to within a 100mile radius of the stadium and ONLY if the game doesnt sell out. ANd that is just for LIVE games. There should be no reason to blackout a tape-delayed game. The only thing I can figure, is that the RSN doesn't have "National rights" to the game. But I've never heard of a national rights rule for NFL. Usually national rights only comes into play if other networks are showing the game, which isn't the case for NFL. Just the 2 local broadcasters. ARGH! who can say. It could have something to do w/ NFL Network (where you CAN watch all the preseason games), but the blackouts started happening before NFL network came into existence.
Just a slight correction to your post:jazzyd971fm said:To get the pro games, you would need to get MLB Extra Innings, NHL Center Ice, NBA League Pass, or MLS Direct Kick. Sucks I know, but unfortunately thats the way it is
"[The various professional sports leagues] want you to buy the sports packages."
NFL, MLB, NBA, etc., make a lot of money by doing things this way.
The game only RSNs are HD and like they say, it is the game only. Blackout restrictions apply the same as the SD fulltime RSNs. BTW: The HD RSNs that are not fulltime at D* are "game only" RSNs.skylox said:
With D*, you might get some additional Minor-League and Regional sports from your area because of YES Network being carried. Sportspak is a bit more expensive with D*, though.
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