envirojeff Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugspirit Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff Completely agree. I was looking forward to seeing Phil Housley's induction which TSN didn't show (Not sure if MSG did anything for this though), but they did do a rather short interview with him. I watch the games on Center Ice via Comcast and usually if there's a night with over 10 games, they will fail to find channels for a few of the later games. I don't see why they can't routinely put those games on the channels where the 7pm games were on, like they have done occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smith Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 my biggest complaint for Comcast's CI, is that AS SOON as the buzzer goes off, they IMMEDIATELY shut down their feed. sometimes, they'll even shut down the feed for the commercials (i've only seen this during the Habs french feed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurlyBurly51 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff My one friend gets CI through the DISH network and that's exactly what he gets - he is able to choose between both team feeds for each game. I'm sure bandwidth is the issue for DirecTV. Once they upgrade, I'm also hoping all games will be in HD next year as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 my biggest complaint for Comcast's CI, is that AS SOON as the buzzer goes off, they IMMEDIATELY shut down their feed. sometimes, they'll even shut down the feed for the commercials (i've only seen this during the Habs french feed). The ones where they cut off during commercials are usually games that are airing in canada on ppv. I don't know what the canadians see during those breaks though. Lumping TSN in with Jack Edwards? That may be one of the worst things I've ever seen. Sure, they're usually biased towards the canadian teams, but at least they actually know what they're talking about. Any Buffalo fan should enjoy the Tie Domi segments they run since he's so pro Buffalo at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcongkorab Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff I also hate never knowing whchi feed your going to get either. Usually it's the home teams feed, so I was really upset we had to deal with TSN numbskulls last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit151 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 you know what really blows about CI? Here in Canada, if our local station CBC, Sportsnet or TSN are showing a regional game, you can't get the regional game for another Canadian team they have the rights for. For example, in my area, it's the Oilers usually, sometimes the Flames that are the local team, even though I live 7 or 8 hours away from both places. So if my local channel is playing the Oilers and Sharks, while the Sabres are playing the Canucks, Flames, Sens, Habs or Leafs, I can't see the game. On Saturday, the Pens play the Leafs and I'm sure that will be the nationally televised game on CBC. CBC is also showing the Sabres/Flames. If CBC shows the Leafs nationally, and decides not to show the Flames in my region, I can't get it at all, not even on CI. Now I just signed up for CI last week finally. Perhaps this policy has changed, we'll see. But it really pisses me off that I pay money to see NHL games and for no good reason CBC, TSN or Sportsnet block me from seeing the Canadian team I want to see (even though I only want to see them because they play the Sabres). I wish Gary Buttman would step in and fix that little flaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 For 20 out of the last 23 years, I haven't lived in Buffalo. I'm happy to actually SEE the Sabres play. Would it be great to only get RJ's call? Sure it would. DTV just doesn't have the bandwidth to do it. I'll take what I can get, even if it means listening to jackasses, retards, and numbskulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Along The Watchtower Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I'll take what I can get, even if it means listening to jackasses, retards, and numbskulls. Does that pertain to Sabres message boards as well? :lol: Well, what DirecTV can do is this: not blackout the channels showing hockey if you have the CI package. For example, if the Sabres are playing the Caps, just don't blackout those stations (MSG and CSN) on the Sports Tier package. That way you have your pick of who you want to watch/listen to (local blackout rules would apply, however). I don't think it's bandwith with DTV...they show programs on those regional sports networks anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit151 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 [, even if it means listening to jackasses, retards, and numbskulls. Don't you mean mentally-challenged people? I think Domi qualifies as mentally challenged doesn't he? I mean you can't convince me for one second the world of academics comes easy for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Does that pertain to Sabres message boards as well? :lol: Well, what DirecTV can do is this: not blackout the channels showing hockey if you have the CI package. For example, if the Sabres are playing the Caps, just don't blackout those stations (MSG and CSN) on the Sports Tier package. That way you have your pick of who you want to watch/listen to (local blackout rules would apply, however). I don't think it's bandwith with DTV...they show programs on those regional sports networks anyways... I hadn't thought about that. You're right! Dammit!! Not you; Center Ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 My one friend gets CI through the DISH network and that's exactly what he gets - he is able to choose between both team feeds for each game. I'm sure bandwidth is the issue for DirecTV. Once they upgrade, I'm also hoping all games will be in HD next year as well! Word on the street is that DTV will be expanding the HD lineup significantly before the end of 2007 to include HD broadcasts of regional sports networks -- which CI uses to show the hockey games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff AGREE or at least have sirius offer me the option of what feed I want like they do for NFL than will just use my DVR to pause the game till sirius catches up. alot of time I use internet to listen and view whomever the center ice game is on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 I also hate never knowing whchi feed your going to get either. Usually it's the home teams feed, so I was really upset we had to deal with TSN numbskulls last night. You can go HERE to get the February CI feed schedule, and can also sing up to get the schedules emailed to you each month. As to how they choose - I don't think there is any rhyme or reason as to which feed we get. Looking at this month's schedule, I don't see any pattern to the feeds. Maybe I am missing something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Playfair Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I'd pay extra to get all games were in HD. Hockey in HD is unreal. It is a treat though just to be able to catch every sabes game from the left coast. Go Sabres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJeff215 Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 I absolutely LOVE the Center Ice package, but I see one major improvement that needs to be looked at by powers that be. Make a choice available for home and away "Local" feeds. It shouldn't be that difficult? I would even pay more to hear RJ and JL's play-by-play. I was so GD pissed last night when I saw that TSN was doing the game! They're right up there with VS's and the bozos that do the Boston games. This issue really gets under my skin and I feel that it can be resolved fairly easy. Jeff The Turner South feeds bug me, they make it sound like the South is the center of all that is sports related. Blah. I agree, I'd pay more to get RJ all the time. The free 'net feed is too out of sync to use that as the audio, as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcongkorab Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 You can go HERE to get the February CI feed schedule, and can also sing up to get the schedules emailed to you each month. As to how they choose - I don't think there is any rhyme or reason as to which feed we get. Looking at this month's schedule, I don't see any pattern to the feeds. Maybe I am missing something... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envirojeff Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 You can go HERE to get the February CI feed schedule, and can also sing up to get the schedules emailed to you each month. As to how they choose - I don't think there is any rhyme or reason as to which feed we get. Looking at this month's schedule, I don't see any pattern to the feeds. Maybe I am missing something... Great, that helps alot. As far as how they pick feeds, it's most likely the cheapest! ;) Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Word on the street is that DTV will be expanding the HD lineup significantly before the end of 2007 to include HD broadcasts of regional sports networks -- which CI uses to show the hockey games. Source? Got a link? That would be great (although I don't think MSG shows the Sabres in HD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickshaw Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Gotta agree. TSN are far better than any Versus network or other hometown squads, aside from a few. For a Canadian outfit they call the game quite evenly. They very much enjoy the Sabres and give them their kudos when warranted. Why do you think they have so many Sabres game on this year? Everyone enjoys RJ of course if you are the hometown team. But guess what guys? People outside of Buffalo can't stand RJ. That's the way it is. Personally, if I was able to watch the games I'd be happy, no matter who was calling it. Take it from a fan who only sees the team play 10 times tops this year. Which is up about 7 games from any other year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Personally, if I was able to watch the games I'd be happy, no matter who was calling it. Take it from a fan who only sees the team play 10 times tops this year. Which is up about 7 games from any other year. boo yah. same here. i've only seen the bruins games on nesn and the two road games vs. the habs and blues during the thanksgiving and xmas weekends when i was home (both OT losses). the biggest suckage about not living in northern ny with my family is the fact that i don't get to watch don cherry every saturday night. :cry: thanks to whoever mentioned his segments being up on yoube now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 boo yah. same here. i've only seen the bruins games on nesn and the two road games vs. the habs and blues during the thanksgiving and xmas weekends when i was home (both OT losses). the biggest suckage about not living in northern ny with my family is the fact that i don't get to watch don cherry every saturday night. :cry: thanks to whoever mentioned his segments being up on yoube now. Grape's Coaches Corner has been on CBC's website forever. They also put Satellite Hot Stove and Kelly Hrudey's bits on as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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