Notice How to watch root sports without cable

Have a feeling I'll end up using league pass and a VPN. It's incredibly cheap in India.

 

I've had it for the past 3 years or so, and have never really had a problem with YT TV watching blazers.

 

ive explored this as well after having resisted in years prior, but have read that the league has now shut this loophole.

It's only $20 for the whole season with no blackouts through India. I'm gonna wait until a few weeks into the season before jumping into it to see if the league really got around to closing this option.

 

And cheaper! I hardly watch any channel that isn't live sports. I was paying ~$45/month the past year with the Sling team pass and it worked fine for the most part as I was out of market.

Having moved in state this year, I'm shocked that my cheapest option is ~$70/month for the same. Can't justify that for essentially JUST the Blazers.

I wish they would just do a standalone stream from the team alone. I know the Clippers had explored this option in the past.

 

This was my experience as well. YT TV worked incredibly well.

 

I think the league/streaming sites/etc monitor VPN's and shuts down access to those IP address so maybe it would work at first, but then one day you can't connect. Seems they could also ban the account as I'd think its a violation of terms.

I am out of market but have a VPN on my personal network so I can use league pass/streaming sites anywhere in the world.

 

Bingo. I'd happily pay $10 per month to following my teams.

 

They do monitor them, but VPN sites can also change their IP address frequently to get around that.

I haven't tried it as my default yet, but I may have to figure it out this season.

 

Seeing the cord cutting options delve into the same wormholes that cable/satellite companies did is extremely disappointing. Sling is the only one that still remains cheaper but even they started to package networks and keep increasing prices frequently.

The whole point of these options (Hulu/YTTV/Fubo/etc) was to allow an a la carte situation where you can pay for the channels you want. I think they realized that no one would pay for 90% of the channels if this was offered, so they too went back to the original model and now charge $70-100 a month, which is essentially the same price as conventional cable.

I would happily pay $25 a month for just Blazers/ESPN/TNT/NBATV if there were no blackouts. Unfortunately, corporate America and greed ruined this for the consumers.

 

Eff 'em. If they don't offer what I want at a reasonable price I'll watch via other means and they'll get nothing.

 

They could probably charge more for only the Blazers, possibly $30 a month. I agree that $70+ is too much, many people don't want to watch any of the other TV channels they include. Many of us already have Prime video, Neflix, Hulu, HBO, Disney, etc streaming.

My understanding is FUBO doesn't have TNT, so the only way to subscribe to one service in Portland and get all 82 games (with Root, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV) is Direct TV stream $85 a month plan.

 

You Tube, Hulu, Stream setups and links. They all glitch. Yes it's maddening for sure.

 

Direct tv streaming app. Allows month to month payments until the dust settles and we see who all has root sports. At that time we will not renew the dtv app and just find root in one of the expanded streaming options.

Not gonna miss games though. That would be like @ABM missing church!

speaking of…. How do you watch Blazers games in Tenn.?

 

Looking to get LeaguePass this season.

 

ive never messed with league pass can you record and watch later?

 

Whe we get to our new house, we're probably going to subscribe to YouTube, as opposed to Hulu. Checking out that option, as well.

https://tv.youtube.com/browse/nba-UC-P1BaIxsaUGXhRmkSRLtAg

Unlimited dvr.

 

you watch league bass through youtube tv?

whats the combined cost?

 

You can start viewing it at any time, so no need to record. The only issue is national games (TNT ESPN NBATV) aren't available to watch until 3 hours after the game is finished. Also whatever local team you are close to, so for me here when the Blazers play the Spurs its blacked out on league pass for a couple days.

 

League pass has a few different levels(premium no ads, ads, only 1 team with ads). You can subscribe monthly or annually.

 

Thanks! Im gonna look into it further!