NFL Gamepass blackouts. Will you be signing up?

Itssoeasy · 17-06-2019 1:07pm

The_Honeybadger wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Last year it was 159.

Was it good / reliable? I’m thinking of ditching sky sports because I hardly watch the soccer any more and would only be keeping it for NFL. Is Gamepass a better option?

Are the UK prime time game geo locked on Gamepass can anybody tell me?

Last year it was excellent. I had one issue where the countdown went to zero and couldn't watch the game for the first five minutes. geo Locked ? Do you mean blackout ? . Some of us including myself have had no blackout of any games the last two years but some have. I've no idea why that is though.

The_Honeybadger · 17-06-2019 1:22pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Last year it was excellent. I had one issue where the countdown went to zero and couldn't watch the game for the first five minutes. geo Locked ? Do you mean blackout ? . Some of us including myself have had no blackout of any games the last two years but some have. I've no idea why that is though.

Yes blackout it what I meant. I want it mainly to watch Steelers games but they are on prime time for five games so if those five games are going to be blacked out that’s a big consideration.

BaronVon · 17-06-2019 1:25pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use streams

No, the blackouts don't seem to be enforced the last few years, and they're easy to work around even if they were.

I think it's fantastic value, and it really improved last year after the initial start up problems the year before. I found it faultless last year.

alchemist33 · 17-06-2019 1:26pm

Last year was.my first time and it worked well 99% of the time. I'll definitely renew this year

jack presley · 17-06-2019 1:26pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use sky

The_Honeybadger wrote: »

Yes blackout it what I meant. I want it mainly to watch Steelers games but they are on prime time for five games so if those five games are going to be blacked out that’s a big consideration.

Even if you are blacked out, the prime time games aren’t. However it is likely that Pittsburgh will be shown a few times in the 6pm and 9pm slots

The_Honeybadger · 17-06-2019 1:34pm

infacteh wrote: »

No, the blackouts don't seem to be enforced the last few years, and they're easy to work around even if they were.

I think it's fantastic value, and it really improved last year after the initial start up problems the year before. I found it faultless last year.

It does sound good. I will probably go with it

When you say easy to get around do you need a static IP?

BaronVon · 17-06-2019 3:10pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use streams

No, just go for a weekend away outside the UK & Ireland

Now that's going back to a worldwide format, will this bring back variable pricing? I bought the Brazilian package a few years ago at a substantial discount.

Itssoeasy · 17-06-2019 3:12pm

infacteh wrote: »

No, the blackouts don't seem to be enforced the last few years, and they're easy to work around even if they were.

I think it's fantastic value, and it really improved last year after the initial start up problems the year before. I found it faultless last year.

The trick now is to keep it like it was last season and build slightly but what worked last season should work this year. My point is the people behind it need to not overthink things. Also did anyone see the thing they tried over the draft which on the desktop version it gave an option to watch games with up to four friends using webcams that the people have. It seemed an interesting idea I have to say.

BaronVon · 17-06-2019 3:14pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use streams

Yeah, I saw that, but none of my mates had stayed up! Seems like a good concept, and a way to entice more customers over!

The_Honeybadger · 17-06-2019 3:16pm

infacteh wrote: »

No, just go for a weekend away outside the UK & Ireland

Now that's going back to a worldwide format, will this bring back variable pricing? I bought the Brazilian package a few years ago at a substantial discount.

There was a bargain alert here last year that got the Indian package NBA Gamepass for a tenner. Never used it but I just couldn’t leave it after me

BKWDR · 18-06-2019 9:03am

Yeah i saw the app update last week and saw that it was now changed from Europe to Worldwide

Hopefully the variable pricing comes in. Saying that, i got good use out of it for the 160e so im not too worked up about it

Itssoeasy · 18-06-2019 12:24pm

BKWDR wrote: »

Yeah i saw the app update last week and saw that it was now changed from Europe to Worldwide

Hopefully the variable pricing comes in. Saying that, i got good use out of it for the 160e so im not too worked up about it

Yeah the games live and the on demand stuff and documentaries and of course Kay Adams. if they give the option of four payments instead of one I'll take it this time. I did it last season because I told myself if it goes tits up again I won't feel as bad as giving one lump sum. Now, I'll do it for convenience.

baby and crumble · 18-06-2019 2:01pm

I have to admit I love my Gamepass and would hate to give it up. The odd time there's a blacked out clash I just watch Redzone - and I don't care quite enough to stay up late and watch the Primetime games so I can just watch them on 40 mins onthe way in to work the next day. The documentaries and all the extras are well watchable throughout the offseason too. I'll often have one of the Timelines or something in the background when I'm doing stuff around the house.

The 4 payments would make it easier to budget for me though, so I do hope they bring that back.

BKWDR · 18-06-2019 7:23pm

Just got the email

With the countdown to the 2019 NFL season underway, we wanted to share details regarding your current NFL Game Pass subscription.

For the 2019 NFL season, the price of Season Pro in your market is increasing by 2.9%. This will take the price to GBP 143.99, which equates to an increase of less than 20p per week from NFL Kickoff to Super Bowl LIV. If you paid by instalments in 2018, your 2019 subscription fee will be split across 4 equal monthly payments. If you would like to update your payment preference to instalments, this can be done by following the steps we’ll provide by email on July 1, 2019.

Itssoeasy · 18-06-2019 7:47pm

My number is 163.99 which €4 more.

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-06-2019 7:49pm

I don't mind the increase that much but when they've went to the bother to do Samsung and LG TV apps and not bothered with Android TV then they can keep it. They've had long enough.
There really shouldn't be an increase after how unreliable it's been anyway.

Itssoeasy · 18-06-2019 7:51pm

Which decided by four is € 40.99 which I assume will be rounded up to €41 I mean I had installlments set up from last year and I think I'll be staying that way. There seemed like some new features including scheduled downloads which sounds a nice addition.

Itssoeasy · 18-06-2019 7:51pm

Which decided by four is € 40.99 which I assume will be rounded up to €41 I mean I had installlments set up from last year and I think I'll be staying that way. There seemed like some new features including scheduled downloads which sounds a nice addition.

Brian017 · 18-06-2019 8:26pm

Good to see Smart TVs getting support. PIP on the apps would be a neat feature

Itssoeasy · 18-06-2019 8:47pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

I don't mind the increase that much but when they've went to the bother to do Samsung and LG TV apps and not bothered with Android TV then they can keep it. They've had long enough.
There really shouldn't be an increase after how unreliable it's been anyway.

It's not unreliable anymore.

alchemist33 · 18-06-2019 8:58pm

Will the Smart TV app mean I cast from phone to TV or get it straight to TV? Both devices are Samsung here

OldMrBrennan83 · 18-06-2019 9:00pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

It's not unreliable anymore.

It had it's moments but yeah nowhere near as bad as 2017, though that's minor for me anyway. Surely they could do an app for the TV Play Store if they can do one for LG and Samsung.

Buttros · 18-06-2019 9:09pm

Scheduled Downloads (New)

Know you’re going to miss the game live? This season, you’ll be able to wake up to your team’s highlights automatically downloaded directly to your mobile or tablet, making it easier to catch up than ever before.

This will be great for my Morning commute.

Brian017 · 18-06-2019 9:49pm

alchemist33 wrote: »

Will the Smart TV app mean I cast from phone to TV or get it straight to TV? Both devices are Samsung here

It'll be an app you'll download from your TVs app storre

hots · 19-06-2019 9:57am

Buttros wrote: »

Scheduled Downloads (New)

Know you’re going to miss the game live? This season, you’ll be able to wake up to your team’s highlights automatically downloaded directly to your mobile or tablet, making it easier to catch up than ever before.

This will be great for my Morning commute.

Only new feature for me really (Philips Smart TV so no app there), but will be great to have, that's the Monday commute sorted for the next year!

bruschi · 19-06-2019 5:30pm

I found gamepass a nightmare last year. It worked on my android device perfectly the season before, but this season then wasnt supported and was crap. i ended up using other streams more often than not. When I contacted gamepass they more or less said tough sh!t, that it wasnt a supported device.

Just went in to switch off the auto renew and to say they make it hard is an understatement. You can only do it through a web browser and you can only switch it off within 4 weeks of the month in July. I would imagine there are thousands who auto renew that dont intend to but get locked in for forgetting to turn it off and rather than complain just keep it going anyway. Its sneaky underhanded stuff from them, as well as constant price increases. I dont know why they need to increase the price anyway. Is it worth such a measly increase to once more have a negative start to another season.

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-06-2019 5:35pm

bruschi wrote: »

I found gamepass a nightmare last year. It worked on my android device perfectly the season before, but this season then wasnt supported and was crap. i ended up using other streams more often than not. When I contacted gamepass they more or less said tough sh!t, that it wasnt a supported device.

Just went in to switch off the auto renew and to say they make it hard is an understatement. You can only do it through a web browser and you can only switch it off within 4 weeks of the month in July. I would imagine there are thousands who auto renew that dont intend to but get locked in for forgetting to turn it off and rather than complain just keep it going anyway. Its sneaky underhanded stuff from them, as well as constant price increases. I dont know why they need to increase the price anyway. Is it worth such a measly increase to once more have a negative start to another season.

Can you actually do it now? I thought it was July 1st so hadn't looked.

bruschi · 20-06-2019 8:30am

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Can you actually do it now? I thought it was July 1st so hadn't looked.

no, cant do it now. Have to wait until July to stop the auto renew. Its some scam of a set up in fairness.

hots · 01-07-2019 3:50pm

Got my one-month gamepass warning there, looks like anyone who wants to not auto-renew can now do so.

Dave_The_Sheep · 01-07-2019 3:51pm

Had to change my auto renew status there, not going to bother this year. I was fully sure I had already set it to not auto renew, but there you go.

BKWDR · 01-07-2019 4:51pm

I will go ahead with the service but turned off auto renew on he hopes there is a different pricing structure for other countries.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero · 02-07-2019 1:27am

Feck it I still think it's fairly good value. Have had it for the past 2 years and unlike most have had barely any issues (chrome cast from laptop). I don't have Sky so not really a big decision for me.
If they were to actually black out the 9pm Sky games I would reconsider my subscription, but that hasn't happened as of yet.

Only issue I have is the highlights are a bit crap. They're also redundant seeing as YouTube have similar length highlights up very quickly.
I wish they'd do a 20-25 minute highlight video, we have the 10 minute ones on YouTube and I'm not going to watch the game in 40 for every team so it'd be nice to have something in the middle.

BKWDR · 02-07-2019 9:28am

Big Pussy Bonpensiero wrote: »

Feck it I still think it's fairly good value. Have had it for the past 2 years and unlike most have had barely any issues (chrome cast from laptop). I don't have Sky so not really a big decision for me.
If they were to actually black out the 9pm Sky games I would reconsider my subscription, but that hasn't happened as of yet.

Only issue I have is the highlights are a bit crap. They're also redundant seeing as YouTube have similar length highlights up very quickly.
I wish they'd do a 20-25 minute highlight video, we have the 10 minute ones on YouTube and I'm not going to watch the game in 40 for every team so it'd be nice to have something in the middle.

Sometimes i will watch the game in 40 and just fast forward to half time (20 mins) and watch from that point. That's on teams i dont exactly follow or would just like to catch etc.

ScrubsfanChris · 03-07-2019 9:08pm

Was there an option last year to just buy Redzone + NFL Docs or am I misremembering?

I found myself last year mostly watching Redzone and just 1 or 2 live games a week.

mooreman09 · 16-07-2019 1:09pm

With recent IPTV developments I'll be looking for a new way to view possibly and not sure I can stomach going back to Sky.

Can someone give me the detail on the blackouts?Is it the 4 sky games every week? If so, that's a bit on the irritating side and do they have highlights available the following mornings?

Thanks

jack presley · 16-07-2019 1:13pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use sky

Only the 6pm/9:30pm games on Sunday are blacked out and some last year experienced no blackouts at all.

mooreman09 · 16-07-2019 1:29pm

Cheers Jack

What about the playoffs? Are they all fully available on the Gamepass?

BaronVon · 16-07-2019 1:56pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use streams

Yeah, all playoff games.

mooreman09 · 16-07-2019 2:33pm

infacteh wrote: »

Yeah, all playoff games.

Sound, so if only losing the game or two on the Sunday and have full playoff access. Its not a bad deal.

I've a firestick too - so might be decent quality on that.

jack presley · 16-07-2019 4:07pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use sky

mooreman09 wrote: »

Sound, so if only losing the game or two on the Sunday and have full playoff access. Its not a bad deal.

I've a firestick too - so might be decent quality on that.

You probably know this already but just to be clear, you can watch the other games that are on at the same time as the blacked out ones. It’s just the specific games that Sky are showing that you can’t watch. And Redzone is available as well. So it’s not like you’ll have no live NFL to watch at 6/9 on a Sunday.

SameOleJay · 16-07-2019 8:46pm

If they doubled the price I'd have to bite my tongue and just go with it. The gap between the redzone experience and sky/streams is just too big and I really rely on it throughout the week in work.

Just need to hope the product keeps improving.

The_Honeybadger · 16-07-2019 8:55pm

SameOleJay wrote: »

If they doubled the price I'd have to bite my tongue and just go with it. The gap between the redzone experience and sky/streams is just too big and I really rely on it throughout the week in work.

Just need to hope the product keeps improving.

What’s the difference between Redzone on Gamepass and the Redzone that Sky show? Is there extra features?

BaronVon · 16-07-2019 9:43pm

No, had gamepass before but not buying it with blackouts, wil use streams

No, exactly the same. Except Redzone on Sky is slightly ahead of Gamepass, due to the internet streaming

akenno · 19-07-2019 10:52am

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Was there an option last year to just buy Redzone + NFL Docs or am I misremembering?

I found myself last year mostly watching Redzone and just 1 or 2 live games a week.

Yes there was an option to buy Redzone and NFL network live stream as a package. According to the FAQ on the gamepass site, it will be available at the start of the season

ScrubsfanChris · 20-07-2019 6:30pm

akenno wrote: »

Yes there was an option to buy Redzone and NFL network live stream as a package. According to the FAQ on the gamepass site, it will be available at the start of the season

Thanks, just found that page.
https://support.nflgamepass.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360025858893-Your-Essential-Plan-

I could only find a UK pricing for 2018 (£39.99)
If that stays the same think I'll save and go with the Essential subscription.(Then possibly upgrade for playoffs.)

I don't get why you have to wait until the start of the season to buy.

baby and crumble · 21-07-2019 2:37pm

For some unknown reason the iOS app is no longer supported because they’re “moving apps”. I don’t see the point in that if they’re making a new app for the season then just support the current one until the new one is available surely? It’s a pain.

Itssoeasy · 21-07-2019 6:34pm

baby and crumble wrote: »

For some unknown reason the iOS app is no longer supported because they’re “moving apps”. I don’t see the point in that if they’re making a new app for the season then just support the current one until the new one is available surely? It’s a pain.

What ? It's still working for me. Where did you see or hear this ?

SameOleJay · 21-07-2019 6:38pm

The_Honeybadger wrote: »

What’s the difference between Redzone on Gamepass and the Redzone that Sky show? Is there extra features?

My mistake, I meant the Gamepass experience.

baby and crumble · 21-07-2019 7:13pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

What ? It's still working for me. Where did you see or hear this ?

On my phone earlier today. I clicked in to watch some stuff, got an error message and the app auto shut down.

Weirdly, it's fine on my iPad now. I've no idea - sorry to alarm anyone!

gstack166 · 22-07-2019 7:42pm

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NFL Gamepass blackouts. Will you be signing up?

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