NHL Center Ice / NHL GameCenter Live all info

[oilers2k10]

im on PS3, I paid and everything but it sucks..cant get any games to start...useless

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

bruins looking very good,

a lot of games on center ice are on fast pace, and really good action.

 

[oilers2k10]

center ice is a useless service if u only.have ps3 to run it on

 

[BringBackHakstol]

center ice is a useless service if u only.have ps3 to run it on

The app isnt out yet for this year. Still a few weeks for some reason

 

[achdumeingute]

center ice is a useless service if u only.have ps3 to run it on

Center ice like through a cable/sat provider?

Couldnt you just watch it on tv?

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

NHL center ice is on your tv.

NHL GCL is for online and devices

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

I have Comcast and they have a Free Preview of Center Ice going on, but I can't find the games in HD. Can anyone help with this?

 

[funghoul]

I have Comcast and they have a Free Preview of Center Ice going on, but I can't find the games in HD. Can anyone help with this?

i have crappy RCN and out of all the nhl channels only one of the 15 or whatever is hd. last night's vancouver ducks game and tonights flames sharks were the only ones on that channel.

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

i have crappy RCN and out of all the nhl channels only one of the 15 or whatever is hd. last night's vancouver ducks game and tonights flames sharks were the only ones on that channel.

I have the same thing with Comcast it seems. There are two HD channels and whenever I try to watch one it just has a black screen. Normally if I do not have the channel it will say "not authorized" pr something like that. I don't know what the deal is. I am thinking about purchasing since it is $50 and I live in Florida, but I don't want to have to watch all the games without HD, so I am wondering if it will be the same way if I purchase it.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I had Center Ice on Comcast last year and could never get HD games. The SD looked terrible so I bought GCL this year. I'm at my girlfriends now watching CI on Verizon and they're in HD. It's bothering me.

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

I had Center Ice on Comcast last year and could never get HD games. The SD looked terrible so I bought GCL this year. I'm at my girlfriends now watching CI on Verizon and they're in HD. It's bothering me.

Thanks for the info. I guess Comcast just doesn't have the HD. I will probably be better off getting the gamecenter live as well. I'll have to go look at the price. The Standard definition is atrocious to try to watch.

Edit: looks like they are the same price. I might have to go with the gamecenter.

 

[Flyersfan139]

Has anyone figured out how to get picture in picture to work on the web app? It works on my Xbox but not in my browser.

 

[TC82]

Has anyone figured out how to get picture in picture to work on the web app? It works on my Xbox but not in my browser.

Doesn't work. I've tried a million times today and yesterday.

 

[Swiper the Fox]

I have the same thing with Comcast it seems. There are two HD channels and whenever I try to watch one it just has a black screen. Normally if I do not have the channel it will say "not authorized" pr something like that. I don't know what the deal is. I am thinking about purchasing since it is $50 and I live in Florida, but I don't want to have to watch all the games without HD, so I am wondering if it will be the same way if I purchase it.

just wondering about you folks with comcast
could the reason you don't get center ice in HD is because your receiver is not compatible. When i was on shaw (in canada) i had a hd receiver, but could not get center ice until they swapped out the box with an MPEG4 receiver

just a though, you may want to look into

 

[TheTaekster]

just wondering about you folks with comcast
could the reason you don't get center ice in HD is because your receiver is not compatible. When i was on shaw (in canada) i had a hd receiver, but could not get center ice until they swapped out the box with an MPEG4 receiver

just a though, you may want to look into

Comcast only has two HD channels set aside for Center Ice, sometimes only utilizing one (for some asinine reason). They charge as much as everyone else for an inferior service. Frankly, it's a joke. This is my first year with GCL, and judging by the free preview of CI I had on at my bar last night, I made the right decision.

So no, the HD receiver is not the issue here.

 

[Kovifan27]

Comcast only has two HD channels set aside for Center Ice, sometimes only utilizing one (for some asinine reason). They charge as much as everyone else for an inferior service. Frankly, it's a joke. This is my first year with GCL, and judging by the free preview of CI I had on at my bar last night, I made the right decision.

So no, the HD receiver is not the issue here.

This is correct. It's insane that Comcast does not offer HD but for the two channels and they usually don't use them unless its a bigger drawing game.

I called comcast awhile back and asked them they basically said it eats up too much bandwith to show in HD. I get that for the replay but for the live game its crap. Only about 1/3 of the Pens game are in HD on Center Ice. As the SD channels get cut out they would add more HD for basketball/mlb/nhl is what they said. I believe it was 2010 when I got that statement. So yeah you can tell it's a top priority.

 

[Swiper the Fox]

Comcast only has two HD channels set aside for Center Ice, sometimes only utilizing one (for some asinine reason). They charge as much as everyone else for an inferior service. Frankly, it's a joke. This is my first year with GCL, and judging by the free preview of CI I had on at my bar last night, I made the right decision.

So no, the HD receiver is not the issue here.

I know from personal experience being a comcast rep (outsourced a looong time ago) that sometimes, it takes a FEW people to call before you get the correct answer
if you catch my drift !!
)
just for kicks you may want to check your receiver and see if it is MPEG4
)

but yeah, it is comcast....... its mos likely them

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

This is just crazy. Comcast really sucks in this department. I know for a fact that Directv has the same free preview and they are all in HD.

 

[Flyman]

We in Europe are suffering from Blackouts on NHL GCL....just because other channels here on TV are broadcasting games! But these channels are not national TV, it's also per-per-view....lol

I paid 50 bucks for a service unable to provide me with all the games, contrary to last season....complete disgrace!

 

[Flyerfan4life]

well so far ive wanted to watch 3 games on GCL, all 3 have been blackedout.

not not a good start..

both Flyers games and last nites CLB game...

/facepalm

 

[JLHockeyKnight]

The app isnt out yet for this year. Still a few weeks for some reason

They announced on their website (www.ps3.com/nhl) that the app is being worked on, and that it will be out soon. The old app won't work for this season.

I believe the main board said they are aiming for a February 1 release for the PS3 app.

In all honesty, if you have a laptop with an HDMI output, just HDMI into your TV, full screen the video, enjoy. Quality is pretty good except for the occasion lag-out where the quality dips. Amongst all the upgrades they have been doing to not run into the Day 1 total flop again, I'd expect that to occur every once in a while.

 

[kicksave27]

Somewhat related topic, I'm think of ditching cable and just going with apple tv and the internet, flyers games are one of the reasons I still pay my hefty cable bill. Anyone have pros & cons for me.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Thanks for the info. I guess Comcast just doesn't have the HD. I will probably be better off getting the gamecenter live as well. I'll have to go look at the price. The Standard definition is atrocious to try to watch.

Edit: looks like they are the same price. I might have to go with the gamecenter.

I left Comcast for FIOS in October, so far everything has been great.

they offer 5 HD Center Ice / Extra innings channels ( both packages use the same channels)

Comcast had 0 HD channels in Philadelphia area.

So far everything has been great, but I noticed 2 telecast that were on HD channels but they didn't show the HD it was reduced to the same as SD, infact I looked at both the SD and HD and were same thing.

Also yesterday During the Bruins game the picture of the HD was choppy, I had to watch SD of jets Bruins and was fine.

But the other HD games came in good, so I'm thinking its Indemand not delivering the good stuff at times.

 

[JLHockeyKnight]

Somewhat related topic, I'm think of ditching cable and just going with apple tv and the internet, flyers games are one of the reasons I still pay my hefty cable bill. Anyone have pros & cons for me.

Con with Gamecenter Live is if the game is on TV in your area it'll get blacked out on GCL. If you live in the Philadelphia area, that will leave you with pretty much zero Flyers games.

 

[Schenn Bros Pizza*]

Please don't tell me tonight's game will be blacked out too... This is pretty stupid.