Is Sunday Ticket even worth it anymore?

[HealyMonster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jistic

Nope, the new Red Zone is live.

that says Dish network, not the NFL Network, if you have directv, you wont have dish network as well.


as for your origional post, if I lived in tennessee I wouldnt get directv, you are right with your observation, thers really no point if you live in your teams market,

[Jistic]

Missed that, you are correct.

[kehlis]

Okay, I read up on it a little bit more and as Jistic said, it will be live look-ins and from what I can tell is identical to dtv's.

The catch is (not surprisingly) that you have to order it, it appears to be a seperate channel. Comcast is an option, so it looks as though I could order it,

But is it worth it seeing that I will likely be at a bar to catch the Broncos?

I guess I don't see a lot of people paying for this as a stand alone channel.

Here's a video in case anyone is interested:

http://redzonetv.nfl.com/?icampaign=redzone_HP_MB

[p_rushing]

Any time a team is in the red zone, they show the game live. Its not really for NFL team fans, its for fantasy players who want to watch everything. I haven't watched it once, I just change the channel to the game I want to watch.

[pelly]

I have had sunday ticket for 4 years because i love football but absolutley hate my home team Rams. But im starting to hear that teams like the Jags cant sell out games so they will b blacked out at home. Does that mean sunday ticket guys cant watch those games? I can see alot if teams being blacked out at home this year. I wouldnt pay for maybe 3 extra games a week depending on who is at home. Anybody kno the facts?

[allBthere]

wow, the first guy said $300!!!!

where I am, using Bell ExpressVu satellite, it's $70... $70! and I get $40 credit for PPV and I get at least 4 UFC ppv's a year (probably more like 6) so that's a no brainer for me.

BUT - it's almost not worth it I agree. Since I'm not part of a 'local market' I get most games anyway. I get like 3 different NBC's and same with FOX and CBS - There are a few games that don't air every week that are on the ticket...the problem is that they're not all in HD! I remember one game that was in the HD channel's last year, but wasn't on an HD ticket channel (it was only in a non-HD ticket channel)...so not all ticket channels are broadcast in both standart and HiDef.

hmmmmm....maybe it really isn't worth it. I need to find out how many games I'm getting than I otherwise wouldn't.

going back and reading my post again, i see that it really isn't a no-brainer. This post will serve as kind of running through it in your head and realizing it might not be worth it....but I got it this year again, so the decision will be made based on this season going into the next one.

[mgoblue]

I'd get it if I had DirecTV, but not worth it to switch since the condo I'm in isn't conducive to a dish. Not really that big of a deal for me since the Lions are so horrible right now anyways, but it'd be nice. At least I get NFL Network in HD now so I can see the quick versions of Lions games.

[TheMatrix31]

It works for me. The Red Zone Channel is a GODsend when my Texans games are on commercial.

Worth every penny, every year.