Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey

[Golden_Jet]

OT but going to ask here while I've got you. I have two TV's I watch on, one laptop. I run a Firestick on one TV and have no complaints. I've run a Roku on several TV's in the past and generally no complaints.

Right now I am running SN app directly through one of my TV's and it is painful, in fact the whole HiSense TV is painful, terrible WiFi even though my signal is strong down in the basement, slow to load everything at the best of times.

If I go through a Roku or buy another Firestick is this likely to be solved? Is Apple TV the gold standard? This is a general question about what the best plug in device to stream on a TV is (hockey in particular) but also if going direct through the TV is generally the worst option, or if HiSense TV's just suck.

Thanks.

I would say it’s the HiSense TV, I have no issues on my OLED, a friend had a similar issue as you on a lower end TV, told him to try a Roku or firestick. Never had another issue.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Any thought regarding the first day of Prime Monday Night Hockey?? I think production quality, sound quality blows Rogers Sportsnet out of the water. They have a much cleaner graphics, score bar and the panel seems pretty professional.

Sportsnet plus has been complete garbage in Canada for reliability due to glitches and constant errors.

Well despite having Amazon Prime I couldn't watch the game on Prime for some reason. I also have ESPN+, but it was blacked out there too. So I took to the high seas.

Honestly, I pay very little attention to the presentation of different studios. I really only watch the game on the ice. It was annoying how hard to access this game was, though.

 

[snag]

So Prime Monday Night Hockey is only for Canada and not US? I thought all Amazon subscribers would be able to watch it but I guess they dont have broadcast rights from ESPN.

That is about the only good thing about these new TelusTV+ boxes: being Android you can install a VPN right on your subscription box lol

 

[Golden_Jet]

Well despite having Amazon Prime I couldn't watch the game on Prime for some reason. I also have ESPN+, but it was blacked out there too. So I took to the high seas.

Honestly, I pay very little attention to the presentation of different studios. I really only watch the game on the ice. It was annoying how hard to access this game was, though.

Are you in Canada or US
Prime only available to Canadians.
I assume you’re in the states with ESPN+.
Everyone else in the states have said they watched in on ESPN+ with no issues.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Are you in Canada or US
Prime only available to Canadians.
I assume you’re in the states with ESPN+.
Everyone else in the states have said they watched in on ESPN+ with no issues.

USA... That was my assumption that it was Canadian Prime that could watch it, which I don't really understand but whatever. ESPN+ was blacked out since I'm in Pittsburgh and I don't have my SurfShark sub anymore.

Annoying how inaccessible these games are. Even if I could have figured it out, I'd rather just watch it through other means and not give them my viewership number just for making it a PITA to actually watch the game. If I have multiple services which the game is available I should be able to watch it.

 

[Golden_Jet]

USA... That was my assumption that it was Canadian Prime that could watch it, which I don't really understand but whatever.

Sportsnet sold its Monday games to Prime is the reason.

ESPN+ was blacked out since I'm in Pittsburgh and I don't have my SurfShark sub anymore.

ahh that explains it, regional rights since Pittsburgh game. Would have to watch on the local regional Pittsburgh channel.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Sportsnet sold its Monday games to Prime is the reason.


ahh that explains it, regional rights since Pittsburgh game. Would have to watch on the local regional Pittsburgh channel.

Yep, stupid and annoying. Anti-consumer crap. I cut cable years ago and will never go back. I wouldn't mind using the services I already have, but if that's not possible there are plenty of other ways to watch.

 

[jackjohnson]

Well despite having Amazon Prime I couldn't watch the game on Prime for some reason. I also have ESPN+, but it was blacked out there too. So I took to the high seas.

Honestly, I pay very little attention to the presentation of different studios. I really only watch the game on the ice. It was annoying how hard to access this game was, though.

You are probably located in US. Amazon geoblocked it.

People have tried to help several times. Including you and I, poster refuses help and won’t answer a single question posed.
Just wants to continue being stubborn,

It’s becoming funny now. Until poster answers some debugging questions, just leave it be now, you can’t help someone that doesn’t want it. All great suggestions btw.

Yeah, definitely cant help someone that is set in his own ways and doesnt want help. He is so adamant that Prime is the problem.

 

[jackjohnson]

USA... That was my assumption that it was Canadian Prime that could watch it, which I don't really understand but whatever. ESPN+ was blacked out since I'm in Pittsburgh and I don't have my SurfShark sub anymore.

Annoying how inaccessible these games are. Even if I could have figured it out, I'd rather just watch it through other means and not give them my viewership number just for making it a PITA to actually watch the game. If I have multiple services which the game is available I should be able to watch it.

If you have a firestick, you can just reset and sign into it using a Canadian amazon account (could be created separately for free) then install VPN on it to access Canadian Prime video. Or you can just access canadian prime video on your computer with a VPN and cast to your TV.

 

[MSZ]

I'll have to look harder I guess but I cant seem to figure out how to watch this 2 days later on prime . It says ''event over'' and nothing seems to lead me to believe its archived

The video is still available on the phone app. Not sure about the TV app though.

 

[jackjohnson]

People have tried to help several times. Including you and I, poster refuses help and won’t answer a single question posed.
Just wants to continue being stubborn,

It’s becoming funny now. Until poster answers some debugging questions, just leave it be now, you can’t help someone that doesn’t want it. All great suggestions btw.

Yeah, definitely cant help someone that is set in his own ways and doesnt want help. He is so adamant that Prime is the problem.

I'll have to look harder I guess but I cant seem to figure out how to watch this 2 days later on prime . It says ''event over'' and nothing seems to lead me to believe its archived

How do I watch replays of Prime Monday Night Hockey games I missed? Game replays are available on the NHL Collection page, accessible from the NHL tile on the Sports page. NHL Coast to Coast game replays are not available after the broadcast.

 

[MSZ]

OT but going to ask here while I've got you. I have two TV's I watch on, one laptop. I run a Firestick on one TV and have no complaints. I've run a Roku on several TV's in the past and generally no complaints.

Right now I am running SN app directly through one of my TV's and it is painful, in fact the whole HiSense TV is painful, terrible WiFi even though my signal is strong down in the basement, slow to load everything at the best of times.

If I go through a Roku or buy another Firestick is this likely to be solved? Is Apple TV the gold standard? This is a general question about what the best plug in device to stream on a TV is (hockey in particular) but also if going direct through the TV is generally the worst option, or if HiSense TV's just suck.

Thanks.

TVs in general have slow network capabilities for both wifi and wired. That's why people prefer to stream everything from a standalone box instead. ATV, Nvidia Shield, PS5 etc. all have much faster processors and networking speed.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

If you have a firestick, you can just reset and sign into it using a Canadian amazon account (could be created separately for free) then install VPN on it to access Canadian Prime video. Or you can just access canadian prime video on your computer with a VPN and cast to your TV.

I could do all of that, I know how to and have done similar things in the past for other programs. But I'm just not inclined to do a work-around for something that I can just watch by other means... It may sound petty, but I don't even want to give them my viewership number at this point.

Sorry, not trying to be difficult like that other fellow, I'm just fed up with juggling a half-dozen streaming services and still dealing with regional restrictions and blackouts. Guess I really should re-up my VPN anyway lol.

 

[jackjohnson]

I could do all of that, I know how to and have done similar things in the past for other programs. But I'm just not inclined to do a work-around for something that I can just watch by other means... It may sound petty, but I don't even want to give them my viewership number at this point.

Sorry, not trying to be difficult like that other fellow, I'm just fed up with juggling a half-dozen streaming services and still dealing with regional restrictions and blackouts. Guess I really should re-up my VPN anyway lol.

Well, yeah you can do it the piracy way too, which is much easier and doesnt require VPN.

 

[jackjohnson]

TVs in general have slow network capabilities for both wifi and wired. That's why people prefer to stream everything from a standalone box instead. ATV, Nvidia Shield, PS5 etc. all have much faster processors and networking speed.

Plus TV OS will slow down after a couple of years to the point of being unuseable because of lack of updates.

 

[MSZ]

Plus TV OS will slow down after a couple of years to the point of being unuseable because of lack of updates.

Yep. My Sony's Android OS is two full versions behind, it's now botherline unusable.

 

[OldCraig71]

It had the best picture quality I have ever seen for an NHL broadcast and the camera angles showed the action closer to the ice as opposed to the looking-down view we get from Rogers or TSN. I wish we had it for every game.

 

[Bottomshelf]

Definitely a better overall product than Sportsnet.
I'd like them or some digital platform to have the balls to allow viewers the ability to turn off the commentary and allow just the real ambient/PA arena audio.

Like this a lot. On the plus side I found the commentary to be very balanced

 

[beowulf]

Watched the Habs vPens game and they need new people on screen. Sorry Mark Messier, you were a great hockey player but you are not a good talking-head. Maybe with more practice.

 

[Isles72]

coast to coast was a lot better with hickey and yandle

 

[OddyOh]

I'll have to look harder I guess but I cant seem to figure out how to watch this 2 days later on prime . It says ''event over'' and nothing seems to lead me to believe its archived

They just updated the iPad app this week. At the top I click on "Sports", then the NHL logo, then scroll all the way to the bottom and the PIT/MTL game is there. Should be similar layout on the other Amazon Prime apps, if that helps. The game is definitely still available.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Its a prime Monday boys Get off the high seas and consume an actual paid game that's worth it . ( just for tonight)

 

[chris kontos]

espn should be taken out and shot.
maybe one plan for the nhl/bettman would be to put every single game on a different streaming or tv service to maximize returns. make it virtually impossible to watch hockey without making an investment equal to or greater than your house payment. perhaps a special equipment purchase upgrade as well so that viewers can watch the product in greater than slo motion 175p. add priority commercial time sold to interfere with play. with a pc announcing team lead of linda cohn and lisa hextall.
there's rapidly getting better places to spend my entertainment dollar.
when is espn's contract with the nhl up?

 

[HockeyVirus]

Its a prime Monday boys Get off the high seas and consume an actual paid game that's worth it . ( just for tonight)

A lot of hype from folks who tuned in last week. Excited to see the Leafs tonight on there.

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

Excited to see the Leafs in glorious HD tonight. The price is right with IPTV, the picture quality not so much.