OT Gamecenter vs. Center Ice

[Dr. Ogrodnick]

My brother had gamecenter and the one issue he had was that if a game got moved to NHL network, which happened alot, there was no feed available through gamecenter and his cable system didn't have NHL network.

 

[Hire Sather]

If you go straight through an HDMI cord, there's no noticeable degradation. Streaming through something like ChromeCast or a similar wireless device, it's all dependent on how good your wireless signal is. On my old COmcast Xfinity setup, the wireless signal was great and there was no noticeable lag (unless my wife or stepson started streaming something/downloading/etc.). Now that I'm on a DSL connection, my WiFi sucks and it's not an option any longer. HDMI still works, but that's annoying.

Hockey Streams also has a Roku channel, for those who use Roku.



For me, it has been the opposite--GCL was always 45-90 seconds behind, and Hockey Streams was about 5 seconds behind. HS advertises a really low latency; I think most people experience what I do. That's the thing with anything web-based, though. It's all variable depending on your location, connection, etc.

I meant not far behind live game action on TV.

But now that you mention GCL, I'm not really sure why I said what I said. Last year was the only year I purchased hockeystreams after getting GCL two years in a row.. so when I said "Not far behind live as it once was" what I was really thinking of was that its not far behind live action as GCL was when I had that.

So basically I echo what you said, lol.

I might end up getting hockeystreams again this year. Cablevision finally has HD center ice, but everytime I have their free preview some of the channels are 'Unavailable' basically every night, and I love how HS lets you pick the feed and watch condensed highlights with ease. Its also way cheaper. I just wait like a week or so into the season where the 6 month option lines up with the last day of the season so I got the whole season for like $75 last year or whatever it was for the 6 month price.

Not to mention when you add CI to your cable bill it jacks up the bill even more than the CI price because it causes the total tax to be like $20 more.

 

[Realize]

I think in Germany, I won't have an option to use any other service than GCL (because it's streamable via playstation 4).

The overall performance was "okay", but not great.
Nearly every second game of the SCF and Semi finals from the Rangers was not watchable because of availability of the condensed game next day, that was frustrating.

Hopefully they will work on that.
If hockeystreams would provide PS4 I would prefer that.