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Discussion in 'Liverpool' started by DayDoDoeDontDayDoe, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. DayDoDoeDontDayDoe

    DayDoDoeDontDayDoe Well-Known Member

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    Anyone know whats the best option to watch ALL LFC games next, either on line or via the TV legally and cheaply

    Sky are overpriced to**ers, the only reason people use them is cos there no other options if you wanna watch footy
     
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  2. danilo.

    danilo. Well-Known Member

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    Legally? Not sure but if you haven't already download the free program called SopCast.

    That's all you have to do, and then whenever you click a SopCast link it will automatically open it for you.

    What it is is usually a near perfect, lag free HD stream for most matches.


    Next you favourite rojadirecta.com, which is the most reliable site for me. Most (95% unless we are playing untelevised) matches will have a Sopcast option.


    This is how I avoided Sky, Setanta and every small broadcaster in between for free, for the past few years.
     
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  3. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    honestly i think "legal" is an interpretation. I think you can do what that pub owner did and get a satellite dish and point it at a certain satellite and get footy out of greece or some such but you need a card.

    I agree on the sopcast thing... if you can hook up a pc to a tv cos football on a 19" monitor is muck.

    My favoured option is to use sky go with someones multi room password and user name which gives perfect pciture.

    Myself i told sky i was leaving and the let me keep SS1 where the matches "usually" are for £5. not its not great cos you miss out on stuff but its good enough for sundays.... no espn though but have lfc tv

    if you want all lfc the only option is delay replay on lfc tv or internet
     
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  4. Online: It varies game to game so it is quite difficult to say but daniloelnino's shout for SopCast is seconded here. There is a game called Bloodzeed who feeds a channel and it is usually the actual Sky Sports channel, commentry/pundits and all <ok> Unfortunately, it is not always available, especially when other games are on (I think he is a Man Utd fan <whistle>) so you have to take it game by game. I've never missed a match over the last four or five years though pal <ok> (unfortunately, I'm not in a position to be able to attend games)

    Legally, if you're on Virgin you can watch ESPN games if you have the large TV deal. Other than that, it's in the pub which is a great excuse <ok> Of course, not all our games are on TV though.
     
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  5. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    one thing i just thought of is this;

    we will be playing europa league this year which means either we follow city's example and not bother about tv revenue or we play on a thursday which pushes half our games to sunday.... likely 3pm with zero coverage... we'll get some more monday games i expect too.

    With this theres zero tv coverage on a sunday so i'd say the internet stream is the way to go.... I will be looking for a long hdmi cable to hook my pc to the tv to watch game i think.
     
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  6. The last time we was in Europa League, most of our Sunday/Monday games were on TV <ok>
     
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  7. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    you do need a good connection (fast) and you do have to sometimes accept the lower bitrate so that you don't get lots of freezing but when a games on it does work.

    Alternatively get someone who's got multi room sky to register (free) for internet viewing and use their password to watch your football online (will have sky and espn that way)
     
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  8. Sanj

    Sanj Well-Known Member

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    Download Sopcast. Problem solved. <ok>
     
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  9. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    call me mad... but i can live without garry neville telling me about football.... again the sky multiroom thing allows all of this.

    the small screen v big screen thing is one issue yes but the problem is odnw to what bit rate you get from those sites.
     
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  10. saintanton

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    Plenty of pubs have foreign satellite feeds. Every Prem game is available on them so if you find an LFC landlord you're sorted. They've been available for a few years now, but as the legality is a grey area they don't always advertise openly. You need to ask around, or go on a pub crawl to find one.
    They're usually the official feed, coming through somewhere like Greece or Albania and you sometimes have to put up with a foreign commentary ( no great loss, imo).
    The only problem can be with minor games like the early rounds of the CC that don't interest foreigners much.
    Failing all of that, I agree with the SopCast option above.
     
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  11. BringBackfootie

    BringBackfootie New Member

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    I canned em years ago.

    Stream Stream Stream and if that eventually fails they can fk off I will go watch Shamrock Rovers before I will pay for another sports package jersey or anything else.

    I find it seriously hard to feel sorry for people earning 200k a week, football has long since lost its way. Hence BringBackFootie, sick of this flight ball nancy diving play acting cheating whinging game we call football today. This Euros has been flat for me, not sure why, even Irelands first game before it all went pear shaped, not even my usual anticipation of watching England to hope they get beat.

    Football is beginning to suck balls tbh, too much panto not enough skill
     
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  12. Red Hadron Collider

    Red Hadron Collider The Hammerhead

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    This ^ <ok>
     
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  13. You can still watch the build up and the post match stuff through SopCast <ok>

    Just plus your PC/Laptop into your plasma...<ok>
     
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  14. I actually prefer the foreign commentators, the English guys just piss me off, especially Craig ****ing Burley. He even pisses me off when he slates Man Utd during games, he as 100% tunnel thought <grr>
     
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  15. Same here. I used to go to the pub to watch games but once the kids came along (the mrs always insists on going to watch the games too) it got expensive because we had to order food and that also means sitting in **** seats. I opted to pay for sky for a season but being the cheap skate that I am, I got it taken off during in the summer and never put it back on because I found MyP2P and, despite that site no longer being available, never looked <ok>
     
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    Page_Moss_Kopite Well-Known Member

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    Pats are a better option and Richmond Park is friendlier.<whistle>
     
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  17. suarezlfc

    suarezlfc Active Member

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    Surely it's precisely the opposite? Saturday games are rarely televised (on mainstream British TV) live, because they have that Soccer Saturday business on Sky. There's usually one on espn, but it's a bit pot luck as to which it is. If it's a 'big' game, Sky Sports might put it on a Saturday at 12.45pm, but that's maybe once or twice a season. Playing exclusively on Sunday and Monday gives us the best chance of being televised by them. Their 'Super Sunday' usually includes two games, while there is only ever the one on 'Monday Night Football.'

    But yes, Sopcast is your best bet. Or, if a mate has Sky, see if he'll let you have his details for Sky Go. It wouldn't actually cost him anything, as it'd be your own internet connection you'd be using.
     
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  18. luvgonzo

    luvgonzo Pisshead

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    I have Sky Sports 1 only it's about £9 more, when a lot of Liverpool games were on Sky Sports 2 last season I got pissed off and said I wanted to cancel. I played on the "I don't want to cancel" thing for a bit and got put through to a retention team.

    I explained that I don't watch anything else other than Liverpool and that I'm pissed off that I have missed so many games.

    They allowed me to switch between Sky Sports 1 & 2 when Liverpool were playing. They are robbing bastards but I couldn't fault that.
     
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  19. DayDoDoeDontDayDoe

    DayDoDoeDontDayDoe Well-Known Member

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    I watch about 2 matches per season NOT involvin LFC, I NEVER miss an LFC game,so the current TV contract is sh*te for people like me, who only care about there team

    Like people have said internet including sopcast is very unreliable, sometimes it works sometimes it dosnt, you get freezing screen,pop ups,and end up missin half the s**din game.If there was someone who was reliable where you could watch every LFC game I would pay no probs

    Been lookin at these people may speak to them next week ask a few questions

    http://www.satellitecyprus.com/
     
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  20. Enricky.

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    Football (or any sport for that matter ) has to be watched in HD it's. The only way to do it anything else is s***e. yes sky are expensive but they do cover games brilliantly and their cricket commentary team are just the best.
    Have watched Liverpool matches on Internet but the picture is small and fuzzy and get lots of lagging. Just about to get BT infinity so that might help.
     
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