Sling box is fantastic for die hard sports fans... works great on my android... 
Go Pats, again!

Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote:

>I need to look into that. Seems I've been hearing more and more about
>Slingbox lately.
>
>Nat
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On Jan 30, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Tim Hickey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>You can always solve that problem with a slingbox and a family member (or
>friend). That's what I did. I pay my parents $15 for a DVR and hook it up
>to my slingbox.
>On Jan 30, 2012 11:26 AM, "Jason Green" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Now I'm thinking of relocating to the UK for 2 minutes, too...
>>
>> I went through a similar issue with the NBA.  I'm a Lakers fan.  But I
>> refuse to pay for cable.  I don't want to pay $1500 a year for a bunch of
>> TV channels that I don't care about.  I cut the cord on cable about 5 years
>> ago, and replaced it with Netflix and Hulu+ - now my total cost each year
>> is under $150.  But - no Lakers games.
>>
>> The nice thing is - the NBA has a "League Pass" subscription, where you
>> can pay (it's about $200) to watch up to 7 of your favorite teams.  That
>> seems reasonable to me (YMMV) as I love watching basketball.  So I paid my
>> $200 and got ready to watch some Lakers!  Everything is great, right?
>>
>> Nope.  Sadly, since I live in the Lakers broadcast area, their games are
>> blacked out locally.
>>
>> So, a product that I want, which I could easily obtain illegally (there
>> are dozens of streaming services out there) but which I prefer to pay for,
>> I can't get.  So, I cheated.  I paid for a VPN service, spoofed my IP
>> address so it looked like it was in San Francisco (outside of the Lakers
>> broadcast area), and got it that way.
>>
>> I hope Nat is right.  I would gladly pay to watch, and I don't like
>> illegal downloading.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I just wanted to highlight this point, because I think it bears
>>> repeating.  It takes a while for both laws and business models to catch up
>>> with technology.  Nothing moves as fast as technological innovation.  There
>>> are definitely some growing pains, but eventually everyone will catch up.
>>>
>>> Nat
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also keep in mind we're talking new technology and old business models.
>>>>  Makes things difficult for a while.
>>>>
>>>> Best, R.E.,F.
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> www.crydee.com
>>>>
>>>> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by
>>>> stupidity.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
>>>
>>>
>>

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