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Postby iamjs » Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:37 pm

I don’t know, but I guess I have to look into this now. I don’t even know if ESPN+ is included in my package.
From what I remember, ESPN+ is also supposed to be part of the Disney+ package.

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Postby mikey » Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:50 pm

Anyone else have Center Ice? Just got my renewal notice with Verizon, and it looks like the price dropped to $99. I believe it was more expensive in the past.
I think it used to be in the $120 to $150 range usually...$90ish was the Euro cost IIRC...

I haven't needed it in years because of other things available to me, but I feel pretty confident about my recollection of it as it stayed pretty consistent for a while...

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Postby nocera » Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:53 pm

I don’t know, but I guess I have to look into this now. I don’t even know if ESPN+ is included in my package.
From what I remember, ESPN+ is also supposed to be part of the Disney+ package.
You can bundle but it's not part of the typical Disney+ sub.

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:01 pm

It’s a no brained for $99, IMO. I know I can stream it, but I’ve had better success with the quality on CI.

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Postby mikey » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:09 pm

So...what does Center Ice offer US customers that ESPN+ doesn't...? If they're both subject to blackouts, isn't ESPN+ cheaper but with all the same amount of games...? I'm likely misunderstanding...

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:11 pm

That's NHL.tv, not Center Ice. NHL.tv is now exclusive to ESPN+.
Beginning with the 2021-22 season, access more than 1,000 out-of-market NHL games and 75 exclusive games per season—making ESPN+ a must-have for hockey fans.

https://plus.espn.com/nhl?ex_cid=ESPN-e ... 5_21-US-EN

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:13 pm

Good question. It’s definitely cheaper, but I’d need to see a comparison with CI to see if I’d be missing games with ESPN+.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:14 pm

So...what does Center Ice offer US customers that ESPN+ doesn't...? If they're both subject to blackouts, isn't ESPN+ cheaper but with all the same amount of games...? I'm likely misunderstanding...
Sound like they both include all the games but ESPN+ has some exclusives. ESPN+ also has other programming.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:15 pm

Center Ice: $99/season
ESPN+: $6.99/month

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:18 pm

Sounds like ESPN+ won’t get me all Pens games, so that’s gonna be a pass.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:19 pm

Sounds like ESPN+ won’t get me all Pens games, so that’s gonna be a pass.
They don't show every game?

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:20 pm

Nah, it said they will stream select games. Not gonna risk it.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:31 pm

Nah, it said they will stream select games. Not gonna risk it.
I don't blame you. Do you get just the Pens or all teams?

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:32 pm

With CI you get everything except for the local market games.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:34 pm

I thought you could get a single team package now.

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Postby dodint » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:39 pm

With CI you get everything except for the local market games.
It's like the NHL doesn't want fans to watch their product. I watched maybe 20 games last year on account of local blackouts because my cable system doesn't have Root or whatever it's called this year.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:45 pm

From 2015:

That new, single-team package will cost 20 percent off the price of the full version of NHL GameCenter Live, which will be 17.25 percent cheaper in 2015-16 than it was last year. So to do the math real fast ... GCL cost $159 last year. 17.25 percent off of that means it will cost $132 this year, and 20 percent off that means the single-team package will cost $105.

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Postby nocera » Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:38 pm

Nah, it said they will stream select games. Not gonna risk it.
As far as I know it’ll show everything that NHL.tv/Center Ice would show. ESPN+ would also include the ESPN exclusive games. That means NHL Network games (if that’s still a thing) and TNT games will not air on either ESPN+ or Center Ice. Actually I don’t know that for sure. That’s how exclusive NBC games worked.

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Postby mikey » Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:11 pm

Sounds like VPN and Center Ice is the way to go...because I'm in the Devils, Isles, and Rangers market now, so that means roughly 10 out of every 8 Pens games are going to be blacked out...

Can I just run a smart tv through a VPN or do I have run my whole internet through it...? I can look it up, but, meh...

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Postby NTP66 » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:18 am

Source of the post Can I just run a smart tv through a VPN or do I have run my whole internet through it...? I can look it up, but, meh...
Doubt you can run it through the TV, but some nicer routers will allow you to only pass traffic from specific clients (your TV) through the VPN tunnel. Here's an example of how to do it on an ASUS: https://www.vpnuniversity.com/routers/u ... wrt-merlin

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Postby meow » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:32 am

Sounds like VPN and Center Ice is the way to go...because I'm in the Devils, Isles, and Rangers market now, so that means roughly 10 out of every 8 Pens games are going to be blacked out...

Can I just run a smart tv through a VPN or do I have run my whole internet through it...? I can look it up, but, meh...
You can run the Unlocator VPN through a smart tv. You can also run it through a laptop. You can also run your entire internet through it.

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Postby NTP66 » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:48 am

Sounds like VPN and Center Ice is the way to go...because I'm in the Devils, Isles, and Rangers market now, so that means roughly 10 out of every 8 Pens games are going to be blacked out...

Can I just run a smart tv through a VPN or do I have run my whole internet through it...? I can look it up, but, meh...
You can run the Unlocator VPN through a smart tv. You can also run it through a laptop. You can also run your entire internet through it.
Ohh, neat, they basically just have you point your devices to their DNS servers. Nice and clean.

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Postby meow » Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:54 am

Sounds like VPN and Center Ice is the way to go...because I'm in the Devils, Isles, and Rangers market now, so that means roughly 10 out of every 8 Pens games are going to be blacked out...

Can I just run a smart tv through a VPN or do I have run my whole internet through it...? I can look it up, but, meh...
You can run the Unlocator VPN through a smart tv. You can also run it through a laptop. You can also run your entire internet through it.
Ohh, neat, they basically just have you point your devices to their DNS servers. Nice and clean.
It’s easy for a dumb dumb like me. Hopefully mikey can handle it.

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Postby mikey » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:01 am

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Postby Tomas » Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:29 pm

I got to the point in my life where I rarely watch any games other than play-offs - but doesn't http://onhockey.tv/ show pretty much any game ever played anywhere in the world in HD quality for free?

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