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Trailer Fire · 12-09-2014, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by robaur

There have been no blackouts on Gamecentre this year. Even the national games are available.

Love Rogers!! They've really been awesome so far this year...have the full year gamcentre subscription for free as I am a business share plan rogers customer.

Is that going to be a common theme? I'd hate to pick it up after moving and be blacked out. Or was it a promotion of sorts?

Cheese · 12-10-2014, 01:49 AM

I bought Gamecenter and its fine...works like a charm!

bubbsy · 12-10-2014, 05:07 AM

After being a CI subscriber for years I jumped ship to gcl 2years ago and would never go back. Especially if u share the family room tv with the wife.

CKPThunder · 12-10-2014, 02:01 PM

Sounds like if you use Rogers Gamecenter and the in-market game is also owned by Rogers, then the blackout will be lifted. Since Rogers Sportsnet owns the rights to the regional Flames broadcast, then all Flames games will be shown without any blackout restrictions. I guess there is a benefit of having Sportsnet broadcasting the Flames games.

https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/blackouts

Vulcan · 12-10-2014, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CKPThunder

Sounds like if you use Rogers Gamecenter and the in-market game is also owned by Rogers, then the blackout will be lifted. Since Rogers Sportsnet owns the rights to the regional Flames broadcast, then all Flames games will be shown without any blackout restrictions. I guess there is a benefit of having Sportsnet broadcasting the Flames games.

https://gamecentrelive.rogers.com/blackouts

So if you were a Jets fan in Manitoba and since TSN owns their regional rights, you could be blacked out of Jets games.

CKPThunder · 12-10-2014, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Vulcan

So if you were a Jets fan in Manitoba and since TSN owns their regional rights, you could be blacked out of Jets games.

Yes that is correct. It says that the games that are co-broadcasted (2 with Calgary and 2 against Edmonton) will not be blacked out. Sounds like Jets fans would have around 56 games blacked out.

Trailer Fire · 12-13-2014, 12:07 PM

Ft macs regional rights are oilers, no?

Street Pharmacist · 12-13-2014, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire

Ft macs regional rights are oilers, no?

Yes, but there's zero blackouts for either Flames or Oilers on CI or GCL, so it's irrelevant. The only relevance I suppose is you'd get SN Oilers as part of your came package and not SN Flames. The only time that's relevant is when there's conflicting Flames/Oilers games

Trailer Fire · 12-13-2014, 05:06 PM

I'm planning on getting rid cable/satalite all together. I'm hoping my Roku will get me through.

EldrickOnIce · 12-15-2014, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire

I'm planning on getting rid cable/satalite all together. I'm hoping my Roku will get me through.

They are excellent on-demand (and even live streaming) IPTV options, if you don't have issues with the legality of such.

CroFlames · 02-24-2015, 10:57 PM

I have been a longtime CI subscriber, but I've found that less and less Flames games are being broadcast in HD (at least in California). I would say for the 2014-15 season, 10% of the games have been in HD so far so I'm pissed off at CI. I had CI while I lived in BC and almost all games were in HD. I've decided to trim some of the fat in the family budget this year though, and cut cable altogether. CI being piss poor has contributed to that decision. (Most of my HD channels are Spanish anyway)

Can anyone who has basically used both CI & GC speak to the picture quality of GC? I assume its not the traditional hi def, but its gotta be better than SD on cable right?

Call me spoiled or entitled or whatever, but I can't stand SD hockey, it just looks atrocious.

Vulcan · 02-24-2015, 11:33 PM

GC is better than SD for sure. I find the motion flow isn't quite as good as CI HD but it's pretty good. The only problem is that you need a good high speed internet connection. For me it doesn't always work so good as my speed at peak times of day often drops from 25Mbps to 2.5Mbps.

EldrickOnIce · 02-25-2015, 05:34 AM

The beautiful part, or sometimes not I guess, of Game Centre is it scales to your Internet connection speed. If you have a fast Internet connection, the picture is superb.
But if you are always at home, CI is the answer - but last I had it a year ago almost all games were in HD.

nfotiu · 02-25-2015, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CroFlames

I have been a longtime CI subscriber, but I've found that less and less Flames games are being broadcast in HD (at least in California). I would say for the 2014-15 season, 10% of the games have been in HD so far so I'm pissed off at CI. I had CI while I lived in BC and almost all games were in HD. I've decided to trim some of the fat in the family budget this year though, and cut cable altogether. CI being piss poor has contributed to that decision. (Most of my HD channels are Spanish anyway)

Can anyone who has basically used both CI & GC speak to the picture quality of GC? I assume its not the traditional hi def, but its gotta be better than SD on cable right?

Call me spoiled or entitled or whatever, but I can't stand SD hockey, it just looks atrocious.

If Directv is an option, all games are in HD, and about 80% of the games offer the Flames broadcast.

Like said above for game center, PQ is HD, the motion is often not very smooth and drives me crazy.

HalifaxDrunk · 02-25-2015, 07:33 AM

Edited - I was/am not aware they are considered illegal.

nfotiu · 02-25-2015, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by HalifaxDrunk

It has been mentioned a couple times already in the thread but seems to instantly get lost.

Well, they are illegal, you are supporting criminals profiting off the NHL, it is against the board's policy to discuss them, and if you do pay, you risk having them shut down at any time.

EldrickOnIce · 02-25-2015, 08:11 AM

However, we can talk about getting US Netflix in Canada, which is not legal either.
I guess that line is grey, while there is no question services like mentioned above are indeed very black and white.

Galakanokis · 02-25-2015, 09:12 AM

Game Centre is tolerable, I received it free this year so I'm not complaining but I doubt I will get it again. Hope Shaw gets the Center Ice package.

It's fine on a laptop or computer at work but on a bigger screen it's almost seizure inducing with its lag and stuttering. Streaming from the Xbox is better but the controls suck, like really suck. I don't understand how a bunch of teen hacks can get great quality streams out of HD movies and shows and even archived hockey games but professional organizations that rely on their brand can bungle it up so badly.

CorsiHockeyLeague · 02-25-2015, 09:32 AM

I find the app on PS4 to be pretty okay, and the iPad app works really well.

I would say Gamecentre because I watch at least half my games on either my iPad or a laptop. When I want to watch on TV, I still can.

One of the added perks of gamecentre is the ability to choose your feed (home or away), and thus choose your broadcast team. Listening to Jack Edwards call a Bruins game is magical.

CroFlames · 02-25-2015, 01:48 PM

I wish I wasn't so GD indecisive haha. I'm on the road quite a bit, so GC sounds like the better option, but at the same time when I'm at home I want to watch it on crisp HD on my TV. Given that CI (again, at least in California) broadcasts most Flames games in SD, I am an unhappy camper.

My wife tries to remind me I am overreacting though when I claim watching hockey in SD is akin to being a serf in Europe in the middle-ages, and I'm just waiting around for the black plague to strike. My reply is that HD hockey is a human right.

She just doesn't understand my suffering.