shoe 165 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 The other night when ATDHE wasnt showing any hockey games I started thinking about trying the NHL stream it was $30 a month. I dont think I would pay $30 a month for a full season but I started thinking how to make that cheaper. The $30 a month covers all teams but i just want to watch wings games so I started to think they should do something like pay per game viewing that would be nice, then I wouldnt get pissed off when games were blacked out either. So I thought wouldnt an apple / NHL partnership be interesting. Apple right now sells movies TV shows and songs on itunes so why not a sporting event? Id pay a couple of bucks for games Id really like to see if it was done right. Oh and if anyone wants to try and say they dont have a mac... itunes works on windows machines as well but this isnt ment as an apple sales picth yahoo google who ever could do it as long as its done right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spyder 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 I wouldn't pay anything for a crappy little youtube quality stream. Now if it was in 720p at 30fps using X264 and a decent bitrate I'd pay for it. However the bandwith required would be logistically impossible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SweWings 45 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 I would pay for a few games a season if the quality was ok. Don't really have the time to stay up late for every game anymore like the last few seasons. All I want is some of the bigger games + early week-end games and the playoffs so getting a season package is too expensive and unnecessary. So in short, yes I would probably pay for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDavis35 140 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 I wouldn't pay anything for a crappy little youtube quality stream. Now if it was in 720p at 30fps using X264 and a decent bitrate I'd pay for it. However the bandwith required would be logistically impossible. I would assume that i-tunes (or WMP for that matter) would give you the best quality of a stream. For the most part, I don't want to pay 30$ a month either, because I don't have any reason to say I'll be there to watch every game. If it were pay-per-game, even at 3$ a game, I'd probably go for it due to the "lower" price. The ideal pricing (aside from free) would be about $1.50/game. Think that would make around 15-20$ a month to watch games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
