Sunday Ticket could be changing in a couple of years

With the advent of streaming, Sunday NFL Ticket is obsolete if you ask me.

If the Dolphins aren’t being broadcasted locally (freaking Orlando!!!!) I’m always able to pick up a stream of the game on nflbite or any of the other streaming venues out there.

"The_Dark_Knight wrote:

With the advent of streaming, Sunday NFL Ticket is obsolete if you ask me.

If the Dolphins aren’t being broadcasted locally (freaking Orlando!!!!) I’m always able to pick up a stream of the game on nflbite or any of the other streaming venues out there.

I had my laptop get fried and my credit card compromised due to using those sites a few years ago, and the quality sucked as well. I'm happy to pay for legal streaming through Youtube for now, but I'd love if it were cheaper and we had an option to pay for ALL of the NFL games though the Ticket, including the ones on ESPN, NBC and whatever other third tier spots that they stick them.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I had my laptop get fried and my credit card compromised due to using those sites a few years ago, and the quality sucked as well. I'm happy to pay for legal streaming through Youtube for now, but I'd love if it were cheaper and we had an option to pay for ALL of the NFL games though the Ticket, including the ones on ESPN, NBC and whatever other third tier spots that they stick them.

They stream in 1080.

"resnor wrote:

They stream in 1080.

My connection was always poor despite having great internet. Who knows. I'm forever done with them regardless.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

My connection was always poor despite having great internet. Who knows. I'm forever done with them regardless.

I used to spend the 1st quarter every Sunday looking for a good link and that would usually start buffering constantly. I waited until they added the student pricing before eventually buying it. My son started trade school last year and they took it as a student discount. $109 was totally worth it but $400 for the full price was too much for me especially because the Dolphins are on so much anyway. I only needed the ticket for 7 games last year. All the rest were on TV.

Ever since my wife dragged me from FL to the frozen tundra known as the Midwest I’ve had Sunday Ticket. I’ve rarely paid full price, however. Between using college emails and threatening DirecTV with cancellation and them giving me it for free I’ve been lucky. My nephew is about to go off to college this year so I’m hoping I can use his, but I have a feeling my BiL will use it first. I may have to actually buy it at full price this year. An extra $100/ month is worth it to me. YMMV

"Tuanon4Life wrote:

I used to spend the 1st quarter every Sunday looking for a good link and that would usually start buffering constantly. I waited until they added the student pricing before eventually buying it. My son started trade school last year and they took it as a student discount. $109 was totally worth it but $400 for the full price was too much for me especially because the Dolphins are on so much anyway. I only needed the ticket for 7 games last year. All the rest were on TV.

Unfortunately for me, I almost never get to see the Fins on Sunday afternoon without it.

There have been so many times when I watched a game through a stream and during an exciting part of the game the stream would just go out.

I love Sunday Ticket. I wouldn't mind it being cheaper of course, but to me it is worth the price. I love watching so many games.

I love football.

That being said, $450 for a 5-month "streaming service" that doesn't even get you ALL of your team games is a bad value proposition. I'm having trouble justifying it vs. just dealing with inconsistent black market NFL streams. I might be mulling it over until opening day.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

There have been so many times when I watched a game through a stream and during an exciting part of the game the stream would just go out.

I love Sunday Ticket. I wouldn't mind it being cheaper of course, but to me it is worth the price. I love watching so many games.

Other than general mandatory life expenses and things like my house and car, there aren't many things more important on my spending list than Sunday Ticket. Certainly nothing as far as entertainment.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

My connection was always poor despite having great internet. Who knows. I'm forever done with them regardless.

who is the them you speak of?

I use the NFL access and just watch a replay. Totally frees up my Sunday to live life and I can sit down and watch at night without 100 commercials.

2026 or 2027? I'm hoping to be alive by then.

"dolphin25 wrote:

who is the them you speak of?

The hacked streams the other guys are talking about.

"dolphin25 wrote:

I use the NFL access and just watch a replay. Totally frees up my Sunday to live life and I can sit down and watch at night without 100 commercials.

If I can't watch live, its like it happened 20 years ago. I just can't find any passion otherwise.

"dolphin25 wrote:

I use the NFL access and just watch a replay. Totally frees up my Sunday to live life and I can sit down and watch at night without 100 commercials.

This is the one advantage that Youtube brought to the party. When DirectTV had SNFLT you couldn't record the streaming service (only could do it if you had a dish) but now with Youtube you can record the game and watch later.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

If I can't watch live, its like it happened 20 years ago. I just can't find any passion otherwise.

I don't know the score nor the outcome so it is like it is live to me.

"dolphin25 wrote:

I don't know the score nor the outcome so it is like it is live to me.

I tried that when I was working Sundays. Still hated it.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

If I can't watch live, its like it happened 20 years ago. I just can't find any passion otherwise.

I am the same way.

My dad can watch a game not live. I just can't.

It is also why I can't just read the draft results the next day. I just get a thrill out of it being live

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

I am the same way.

My dad can watch a game not live. I just can't.

It is also why I can't just read the draft results the next day. I just get a thrill out of it being live

I've missed watching one draft since I started in 1992 because I had to work, and that year the Dolphins happened not to have a first round pick. I'm the same way.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I've missed watching one draft since I started in 1992 because I had to work, and that year the Dolphins happened not to have a first round pick. I'm the same way.

I used to be that way. Perhaps it is an age thing.

As for recording games, I’ll set the DVR to record (if the Dolphins are being broadcasted locally) and then start watching the game about an hour or so after it starts. The wife hates commercials.

Which is usually why you guys don’t hear anything from me on game day threads. Don’t want ya’ll spoiling anything for me! :lol: