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rage2 · 10-06-2022, 11:13 AM

I'm probably the exception, but I've definitely warmed up to SN Now. I'm using an AppleTV 4K so the quality is pretty much identical compared to NHL TV which I had last year. Did back to back comparisons over the summer when they gave SN Now Premium for free for NHL TV subscribers. There were some weird image glitching issues when I first started using it, but it seems to have went away and image quality is top notch now.

There are some good, and some bad switching to the service. The good, the interface is actually much more responsive than NHL TV, scrubbing through timeline, +/- 10 seconds is instant. If you start an event using Live, you won't get access to rewind/fast forward/scrubbing. The trick is to use the restart event option, which lets you fast forward back to live to restore those functions.

The bad, the interface sucks for looking up historic games. Single row, and just scroll away, and ends with the March 2022 games. Really miss the NHL app calendar view. My kids oddly enough remember very specific games high scoring games that they like to rewatch before going to school in the morning, so that'll take some adjustment for them. It'll be interesting to see if NHL app still carries the condensed games, on tight schedule mornings, they watch that instead so that'll still work. It doesn't have them for the pre-season games, but all of last years games is available in the ~9 min condensed version.

Additional content wise, the SN Now Premium preview over the summer gave us access to MLB games, and I started watching baseball to test the streaming service. What do you know, I'm actually enjoying watching baseball and turning into a fan, so that's a bonus. I know you guys make fun of WWE, but my kids love it, and I subscribe via Peacock previously because it was cheaper. So this consolidates my costs. WWE archived shows are even more of a gong show than NHL unfortunately. Only 10% of the entire WWE/WWF library is available, and they've been promising fixing that for years now.

For even more "savings" I've been able to watch on 3 TV's at once in the house without issues (the 4th one gives an error). Their terms of services says only 1 device, while their FAQ says 2 devices.

https://www.snnow.ca/support/watchin...ce-at-a-time-2

Overall, it worked out for me. Saved me some money, got me into baseball, so we'll see how it goes throughout the year.

10-06-2022, 11:13 AM	#103
rage2 Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Feb 2007 Exp:	I'm probably the exception, but I've definitely warmed up to SN Now. I'm using an AppleTV 4K so the quality is pretty much identical compared to NHL TV which I had last year. Did back to back comparisons over the summer when they gave SN Now Premium for free for NHL TV subscribers. There were some weird image glitching issues when I first started using it, but it seems to have went away and image quality is top notch now. There are some good, and some bad switching to the service. The good, the interface is actually much more responsive than NHL TV, scrubbing through timeline, +/- 10 seconds is instant. If you start an event using Live, you won't get access to rewind/fast forward/scrubbing. The trick is to use the restart event option, which lets you fast forward back to live to restore those functions. The bad, the interface sucks for looking up historic games. Single row, and just scroll away, and ends with the March 2022 games. Really miss the NHL app calendar view. My kids oddly enough remember very specific games high scoring games that they like to rewatch before going to school in the morning, so that'll take some adjustment for them. It'll be interesting to see if NHL app still carries the condensed games, on tight schedule mornings, they watch that instead so that'll still work. It doesn't have them for the pre-season games, but all of last years games is available in the ~9 min condensed version. Additional content wise, the SN Now Premium preview over the summer gave us access to MLB games, and I started watching baseball to test the streaming service. What do you know, I'm actually enjoying watching baseball and turning into a fan, so that's a bonus. I know you guys make fun of WWE, but my kids love it, and I subscribe via Peacock previously because it was cheaper. So this consolidates my costs. WWE archived shows are even more of a gong show than NHL unfortunately. Only 10% of the entire WWE/WWF library is available, and they've been promising fixing that for years now. For even more "savings" I've been able to watch on 3 TV's at once in the house without issues (the 4th one gives an error). Their terms of services says only 1 device, while their FAQ says 2 devices. https://www.snnow.ca/support/watchin...ce-at-a-time-2 Overall, it worked out for me. Saved me some money, got me into baseball, so we'll see how it goes throughout the year. Last edited by rage2; 10-06-2022 at 11:17 AM.