Why dont you buy a UBOX if you have reliable Wi-Fi - I get 700 channels and it cost around two hundred US Dollars.
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Koronin said:Carols said:Koronin said:I wish BEin still had it. Their streaming service is included with cable/satellite prices.
Yeah but their stream wasn't even HD . But the Giro was on tv daily in full HD and I recorded it and edited it down to about 6-8 hours. I dropped the package that had bEIN when they dropped cycling!
Watching cycling in the USA becomes more difficult every year!
It wasn't. Would have been nice, but it was free if you had their channel on your cable/satellite package and that's worth something. Yes all but 1 stage was on TV. I still have two of the 2016 Giro stages on my DVR actually. Bad thing is when I upgrade to an HD receiver I'll loose those along with last year's Fleche Wallone and LBL.
Yeah no kidding. It does keep getting harder and harder. I have a bunch of friends over in Spain that keep telling me I just need to move there then I can watch all the cycling I want. Only problem is that would require we (husband and I) can get jobs oh and neither of us speak much Spanish.
Tonton, yeah I use both of those and a Eurosport streaming only link a friend of mine gave me although YouTube.
yaco said:Why dont you buy a UBOX if you have reliable Wi-Fi - I get 700 channels and it cost around two hundred US Dollars.
Carols said:Koronin said:Carols said:Koronin said:I wish BEin still had it. Their streaming service is included with cable/satellite prices.
Yeah but their stream wasn't even HD . But the Giro was on tv daily in full HD and I recorded it and edited it down to about 6-8 hours. I dropped the package that had bEIN when they dropped cycling!
Watching cycling in the USA becomes more difficult every year!
It wasn't. Would have been nice, but it was free if you had their channel on your cable/satellite package and that's worth something. Yes all but 1 stage was on TV. I still have two of the 2016 Giro stages on my DVR actually. Bad thing is when I upgrade to an HD receiver I'll loose those along with last year's Fleche Wallone and LBL.
Yeah no kidding. It does keep getting harder and harder. I have a bunch of friends over in Spain that keep telling me I just need to move there then I can watch all the cycling I want. Only problem is that would require we (husband and I) can get jobs oh and neither of us speak much Spanish.
Tonton, yeah I use both of those and a Eurosport streaming only link a friend of mine gave me although YouTube.
Which satellite do you have? I have DISH and when you switch receivers you can download anything you want to keep onto the new receiver! Also with DISH you can play youtube right on the TV.
I Love France, have visited 8 times and am going back again later this year. All the cycling you could wish for live and on tv. I've tried to learn French, but I'm older than dirt and just can't apply myself enough to accomplish it. Languages was never my forte
Carols said:yaco said:Why dont you buy a UBOX if you have reliable Wi-Fi - I get 700 channels and it cost around two hundred US Dollars.
No option to record, it's just plain streaming. I record 99% of programs. There are 200 unwatched shows on my dvr right now . The only thing I watch live, if I'm available, is sporting events. It's going back to the early 80s to watch tv live, before the vcr was invented!
Carols said:yaco said:Why dont you buy a UBOX if you have reliable Wi-Fi - I get 700 channels and it cost around two hundred US Dollars.
No option to record, it's just plain streaming. I record 99% of programs. There are 200 unwatched shows on my dvr right now . The only thing I watch live, if I'm available, is sporting events. It's going back to the early 80s to watch tv live, before the vcr was invented!
Koronin said:Carols said:Koronin said:Carols said:Koronin said:I wish BEin still had it. Their streaming service is included with cable/satellite prices.
Yeah but their stream wasn't even HD . But the Giro was on tv daily in full HD and I recorded it and edited it down to about 6-8 hours. I dropped the package that had bEIN when they dropped cycling!
Watching cycling in the USA becomes more difficult every year!
It wasn't. Would have been nice, but it was free if you had their channel on your cable/satellite package and that's worth something. Yes all but 1 stage was on TV. I still have two of the 2016 Giro stages on my DVR actually. Bad thing is when I upgrade to an HD receiver I'll loose those along with last year's Fleche Wallone and LBL.
Yeah no kidding. It does keep getting harder and harder. I have a bunch of friends over in Spain that keep telling me I just need to move there then I can watch all the cycling I want. Only problem is that would require we (husband and I) can get jobs oh and neither of us speak much Spanish.
Tonton, yeah I use both of those and a Eurosport streaming only link a friend of mine gave me although YouTube.
Which satellite do you have? I have DISH and when you switch receivers you can download anything you want to keep onto the new receiver! Also with DISH you can play youtube right on the TV.
I Love France, have visited 8 times and am going back again later this year. All the cycling you could wish for live and on tv. I've tried to learn French, but I'm older than dirt and just can't apply myself enough to accomplish it. Languages was never my forte
I have Dish. I have an old receiver. I didn't know you could download what's currently on the DVR to a new one. I need to upgrade to the Hopper at some point.
My Spanish friends are trying to teach me a few words at a time although they keep telling me it will be easier if I move there. However, I'm with you that learning other languages is not exactly easy. 2 years of Spanish in high school and 1 year of French in college and I don't remember any of it. I've learned more Spanish from my friends on social media over the past 3 years. Granted it's almost exclusively cycling related and basically just words and phrases with virtually no verbs. LOL Enjoy your trip over there again. Right now we can't afford a trip over there. Still trying to get out of debt, but working on it. Hopefully in the next coupe of years we can go over there. I really want to spend an April going to all the classics.
Carols said:Koronin said:Koronin said:Carols said:Koronin said:I wish BEin still had it. Their streaming service is included with cable/satellite prices.
Yeah but their stream wasn't even HD . But the Giro was on tv daily in full HD and I recorded it and edited it down to about 6-8 hours. I dropped the package that had bEIN when they dropped cycling!
Watching cycling in the USA becomes more difficult every year!
It wasn't. Would have been nice, but it was free if you had their channel on your cable/satellite package and that's worth something. Yes all but 1 stage was on TV. I still have two of the 2016 Giro stages on my DVR actually. Bad thing is when I upgrade to an HD receiver I'll loose those along with last year's Fleche Wallone and LBL.
Yeah no kidding. It does keep getting harder and harder. I have a bunch of friends over in Spain that keep telling me I just need to move there then I can watch all the cycling I want. Only problem is that would require we (husband and I) can get jobs oh and neither of us speak much Spanish.
Tonton, yeah I use both of those and a Eurosport streaming only link a friend of mine gave me although YouTube.
Which satellite do you have? I have DISH and when you switch receivers you can download anything you want to keep onto the new receiver! Also with DISH you can play youtube right on the TV.
I Love France, have visited 8 times and am going back again later this year. All the cycling you could wish for live and on tv. I've tried to learn French, but I'm older than dirt and just can't apply myself enough to accomplish it. Languages was never my forte
I have Dish. I have an old receiver. I didn't know you could download what's currently on the DVR to a new one. I need to upgrade to the Hopper at some point.
My Spanish friends are trying to teach me a few words at a time although they keep telling me it will be easier if I move there. However, I'm with you that learning other languages is not exactly easy. 2 years of Spanish in high school and 1 year of French in college and I don't remember any of it. I've learned more Spanish from my friends on social media over the past 3 years. Granted it's almost exclusively cycling related and basically just words and phrases with virtually no verbs. LOL Enjoy your trip over there again. Right now we can't afford a trip over there. Still trying to get out of debt, but working on it. Hopefully in the next coupe of years we can go over there. I really want to spend an April going to all the classics.
Thanks. That would actually make the difference since the quality nowadays is the same and costs are very similar.Koronin said:I actually sent a message to FloBikes on Facebook more or less asking that question about how long the stages are up for and how long I have to watch them if I purchase through them. If/when I get a response I'll let you know what they said. Wish BEin sports still had the Italian races.
Carols said:I'm back from my vacation. Is anyone using Flobikes and is it worth the $30 to see the rest of the Giro? Good stream? Can you watch stages later, so I can go back and see yesterday?
Koronin said:Carols said:I'm back from my vacation. Is anyone using Flobikes and is it worth the $30 to see the rest of the Giro? Good stream? Can you watch stages later, so I can go back and see yesterday?
I'm not using them currently (no extra money right now), but I did ask about rather you can watch stages later and they said most cycling events are uploaded to the website after the stage is over and you can watch them at anytime there after.
Carols said:I'm using FloBikes today, all is working wonderfully. So much better than Tiz! One can view on demand any race shown this year. Worth the dollars if you have it!
Carols said:I'm using FloBikes today, all is working wonderfully. So much better than Tiz! One can view on demand any race shown this year. Worth the dollars if you have it!
muvonga said:Carols said:I'm using FloBikes today, all is working wonderfully. So much better than Tiz! One can view on demand any race shown this year. Worth the dollars if you have it!
Are you watching on a computer or a streaming device(Roku)? Do you know how it compares to NBC Gold or Fubo.TV?
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Nacho said:NBCSN TV Guide scheduling really sucks this year. 3 different TV guides I'm consulting show the Tour replays should be on and it's either Mekum car auctions or soccer, or sumpin else. They even have a hard time getting the time schedule of the first (daily) show right. I'd bet it is all a conspiracy to make us miss parts of the races, and then out of desperation sign up for their streaming services at extra $$. NO WAY! I pay enough in cable fees just to get NBCSN, and other channels.
They've also made other races hard to see on NBCSN. For instance, they used to show Flanders at race time, then they went to same day in the evening. Now they are on 1 day delay. Some of the other nice races, they don't show any more, or show a 1 hour recap days/week later at 1:00am.
I wish NBC would either get its crap together, or sell the rights off to someone to broadcast it that WILL give a crap. You can't even find an email address to send them an email of disapproval.
Koronin said:Nacho said:NBCSN TV Guide scheduling really sucks this year. 3 different TV guides I'm consulting show the Tour replays should be on and it's either Mekum car auctions or soccer, or sumpin else. They even have a hard time getting the time schedule of the first (daily) show right. I'd bet it is all a conspiracy to make us miss parts of the races, and then out of desperation sign up for their streaming services at extra $$. NO WAY! I pay enough in cable fees just to get NBCSN, and other channels.
They've also made other races hard to see on NBCSN. For instance, they used to show Flanders at race time, then they went to same day in the evening. Now they are on 1 day delay. Some of the other nice races, they don't show any more, or show a 1 hour recap days/week later at 1:00am.
I wish NBC would either get its crap together, or sell the rights off to someone to broadcast it that WILL give a crap. You can't even find an email address to send them an email of disapproval.
Yeah, I noticed that today as well. Although I did DVR the live showing. They aren't showing the replays they claim they are supposed to be showing. Tour and California are the only races the might show live. I've gone to watching California, Utah and Colorado from the local sports stations. (Dish Network those are up in the 400's). It's definitely continuing to get harder and harder to watching any cycling over here. I'm with you, I'm NOT paying for what should be on TV that I'm already paying for. If I actually have to pay for cycling, I was freedom to pick whose feed I'm buying and I'll take Eurosport over anything NBC has.