Possible Super Bowl emergency

[Twoback]

I am out of town today and just as I was leaving the cable in the house went out. First time in probably 10 years. Great timing, huh?
Anyway, not sure if it's going to come back around and the wife really wants to watch the game.
So I'm asking all of you if anyone knows whether the game will be streamed online.
Is FOX doing it? Hulu? Anyone legally?

Anyone doing it otherwise.

Help would be much appreciated.

 

[dixiehack]

There's this groovy invention called the sports bar.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

www.channelsurfing.net

 

[ondeadline]

You can't get a Fox affiliate with an antenna?

 

[bydesign77]

No local Fox station?

 

[Twoback]

Obviously, not in position to hook all that up for her.
This is why I asked for your help.

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

Pay your cable bill.

 

[HanSenSE]

Crash the neighbors' party!

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

No chance the cable comes on sometime in the next six hours?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

www.channelsurfing.net

Nope. Not anymore. Seized by Homeland Security. (along with athde.net or whatever it was).


I think they left Justin TV up though.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

www.channelsurfing.net

Nope. Not anymore. Seized by Homeland Security. (along with athde.net or whatever it was).


I think they left Justin TV up though.

That must be very recent.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Within the last week or so, I believe. I think there was a thread on it somewhere on here.

 

[jlee]

If your spouse can't set up an antenna, then directing her to find a live Super Bowl feed -- especially one that could be shut down mid-game -- will be more stress than it's worth. If watching from a bar or someone else's house is an option, I'd recommend it.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Now's a good time to find out how resourceful she is. I'm guessing if my wife were faced with a similar predicament, she'd find a way to watch it. I'm sure your wife can as well.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I'd be patient. The cable company sure as hell doesn't want complaints on Super Bowl Sunday, so unless it's a major crisis it will be fixed. If it doesn't get fixed, are they neighbors or friends around? If that's not the case there are streaming sites out there, but none that I would classify as legal. Also, your wife might run into problems trying to access the streams if she doesn't know what she is doing. There's also the threat of viruses too (right now I'm removing a particularly nasty one...not sure if it came from stream land, but you never know).

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Don't bother. Packers won 49-17. Total snoozer. Rodgers threw for 338 yards and five TDs and was named player of the game. It was 14-10 midway through the second quarter when Troy Polamalu sprained his ankle and didn't return. Packers rolled from there. Just watch the highlights of Rodgers' 59-yard flea flicker TD to Greg Jennings and John Kuhn's run up the gut where he stiff-arms James Harrison to turn a minimal gain into a 30-yard score.

They taped it at a sound stage in Southern California on Wednesday. That's what they'll be showing this evening. The "game" in Dallas is just a reenactment using stunt doubles, with the stars showing up on the sidelines and in the post-game interviews. True story.

 

[slappy4428]

Ummm, has anyone called the cable company to see what the problem is, when it will be fixed and get your ass in gear to fix it?

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Or you could go down to Best Buy and get one of those digital converter boxes. Run ya about $50 and you will get all the local HD Subchannels.

 

[dixiehack]

Having already been chided for being a smartass here, I'll try to do better. If you live outside the city where the station is based, getting a digital signal OTA is a lot more of a crapshoot than analog was. Signals don't carry as far, and you either get a clear signal or none at all.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Having already been chided for being a smartass here, I'll try to do better. If you live outside the city where the station is based, getting a digital signal OTA is a lot more of a crapshoot than analog was. Signals don't carry as far, and you either get a clear signal or none at all.

Signal strenght also depends on the geography of the area, i.e. if you live in Eastern Pennsylvania, less likely of getting signal because of the mountains. If you live in the midwest, the signal can travel farther because of less interference.

THe digital converter acts as a sort of modern day rabbit ears. (I'm not an engineer, but that is how I understand it.)