Okay I bet this has been posted and asked about a million times but is league pass worth it for the C’s. I’m located near Boston so blackout rules do apply for me. What’s the deal with that? And does is deplete the value of getting league pass?
Posted Oct 16, 2017, 6:21 PM UTC
NBA streams on reddit will give you access to every game in 1080p for free.
It doesn’t work great on my iPad though. Maybe I’ll have to give it another go
You should! I have no problems with them. Just look for the streams that indicate iOS or mobile support. There are probably 7 or 8 good options a post.
Pick up an apple tv and steam it to your tv. I have a Galaxy so I use Chromecast and it's great.
720p*
league pass probably wont stream celtics games for you unless you get a vpn
Will it black me out in Chicago? I'd enjoy not chancing illegal streams for once.
Nope. It'll black out any games airing nationally (which unfortunately includes games on NBA TV), but not Celtics games generally.
Chicago should be fine. I used League Pass while I lived in Miami and only had to defer to TV to watch national games (TNT or ESPN)
I live in VA and got league pass for the first time last season. Probably the best purchase I made all year. Certainly worth it for out of market folks.
Seems like it's catered more for people in your boat. In market cord cutters are a bit more limited it seems
I split League Pass with a friend most years (no idea if they limit the amount of streams, but we've never had an issue). Celtics games will be blacked out for you, so that will be annoying, but if you're a big NBA fan it can still be useful.
One of my favorite things is League Pass Audio (every team's radio broadcast) is included for every game, including local or nationally broadcast games that are otherwise blacked out. Love listening to this while I'm driving or on public transportation. I sometimes even put this on while watching games on television... it's especially fun to listen to the broadcasters from opposing teams to get their takes on our players.
I got League Pass last year for the C's, and they didn't have too many national games then, so it was great...I just used a free VPN during a blackout. This year, half of the C's games will be blacked out here in Toronto, so I decided not to get LP and I'll pay for cable instead. I agree with the r/nbastreams suggestions...look for those with iOS support and donate every once in a while..
As a couple people have mentioned, look to get a VPN. You can get league pass cheaper and you can just set your location somewhere else to avoid blackouts.
If you're in a cable market that can get NBC Sports Boston (nee Comcast SportsNet New England, nee some other dumb name, nee SportsChannel), then League Pass will black out all C's games. So I dunno what the coverage area exactly is but it's got to be most of New England. If you're a cord cutter I recommend r/nbastreams on game day, usually get a good link ahead of tip-off that won't fire off a bajillion pop-up ads when you click it. I'm sure some other posters here have their go-to sites for "alternative" viewing methods.
That’s my current method but it’s not great on my iPad. NBC is available in my area so yeah, that’ll blackout all the games. That’s terrible man
I hear you on the iPad issue...one other thing, are you familiar with VPNs? I've used them in the past...you can usually grab an IP from somewhere else and trick League Pass into thinking you're elsewhere so you can watch the C's. I've used services like NordVPN on iPad and it works well enough.
You sure about this? Coz last time I heard, they use your billing address ZIP/postal code to know where your blackout should be.. at least that was the case when I used to have LP a few years ago
You might be right, they might still...I've never tried it personally with LP, I've just successfully used VPN with my iPad before and the location displayed on speedtests and whatnot corresponding with the IP address. I could have been a lot more clear about that. I don't understand why they would do it by address, what if I live in MA but want to use LP because I frequently travel for work?