How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

Long time Pats fan that just moved to the wilds of NJ. Due to trees in my neighborhood, I can't get DirecTV.

Does anyone have a good method of watching live Pats games without the Sunday Ticket? I'm pumped for the 2012 season and don't want to be stuck listeneing on the radio.

Thanks a lot, guys. GO PATS!!!

Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

I'm assuming you have friends or relatives that are Pats fans living in New England (i.e., where Pats games are broadcast each week)? If so, then a Slingbox is probably your best option.

Basically it works like this: at your friend's home the main unit of the slingbox will be attached between their cable box and television; where you are you can now watch what is being broadcast there (i.e., the Pats game) on your laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. Depending on what you have for a television you can probably watch the game on your own tv as well.

Prices start at $180 ($90 for a refurb). One great benefit of the product is that you only pay once: no recurring monthly fees.

A second option would be to go with the NFL Game Rewind, either alone or in addition to the Slingbox. With this you do not get to see games live, but you do get to watch them on demand later on at your convience. There are three options: for $35 you can watch one team (the Pats); for $40 you can watch all 32 teams as well as classic Super Bowl games; and for $70 you get all that plus the coaches film (the overhead 'all-22' angle), the playoffs, and the subscription runs through July rather than ending in January.


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Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

Ps3 has Sunday ticket now if you can't get directv

Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

Does anyone with DishNetwork want to rent a poor Canadian boy an extra SD receiver? All I need is NESN, ESPN and the local Maine ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. :)

Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

According to @DIRECTVservice, online-only subscriptions are going to be available starting September 1st, and cost $250.

They're not going out of their way to publicize it just yet, as they're trying to use Sunday Ticket to get as many people to subscribe to DirecTV, satellite and all, first.

Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

I paid 299$ for the entire year subscription of NFL GamePass and this is my second year of subscribing to that service.

Now I dont really know how it compares to DirecTV, but I really like it. I can see all the games from 2010 to this date in HD quality, watch up to 4 games simultaneously and the pause and rewind functions work surprisingly well. NFL Network is a nice bonus as well. And the uplink is really stable and fast, at least for me in Finland, which is pretty much half way across the world. :)

Only downside for me is that watching 2-4 games simultaneosly and jumping between those games (using PiP etc) always resets the quality to the worst. And you cannot improve the quality while watching multiple games at once.

Re: How can I watch Pats games without DirecTV?
 

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There are a bunch of ads and pop-ups, but you can watch every game. You can mitigate some of the ads by using the chrome browser with the Ad Blocker Pro add in.