Watching the game on Prime
 

How does this work? If you get home at 9:00 pm can you watch from the start? Can you dvr the game? Only live streaming?

Will let you know Friday.

Probably blacked out in your area. Will be able to watch 90 minutes after the end of the game, just like MLB.

As a Prime Member, you will also be able to record the entire season of TNF and play, pause and rewind with ease.

https://nypost.com/article/how-to-wa...-amazon-prime/

There are no specific instructions on how to do so in the link but it's evidently doable.

Amazon isn't stupid, like say Ballys sports. You will have all the options available that your little heart desires.

Yep, I went to Prime Video through Amazon.com, or wherever you watch Prime... and there was a Sports section, click on this week's game, and there's a button to record.

I assume you can start from the beginning and wouldn't have to wait until it's over, but if there's one league that would do something so stupid, it's probably the NFL.

I'd assume it works like YouTube TV or Hulu where you can start immediately and the games are available to stream later and you can pause and rewind live games. That's like the minimum functionality for streaming TV

I'm still worried about whether you will be able to start from the beginning of a time delayed recording without getting a live spoiler.

Don't trust Amazon on this, yet.

You should. They are one of the most successful companies on the planet.

They have simulcast NFL in the past. Not like this is their first time.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to watch on the app from my phone (I’ll be at cheer and baseball practice). I suspect that I will be able to, but I’ve also hit the record button in case I cant.

The game should be available at the same time it starts on broadcast TV

You will be. I had a notification on my phone this morning about it.

but the whole game will be available, so don't fast forward to the end and spoil it for the rest of us...

Well, I don't usually start my games live. I usually start about 90 minutes delayed on YouTube TV and skip all the commercials. Hence I need to know whether I can start at the beginning without spoilers or not.

I guess this plan is also dependent on Amazon allowing the video to be FF through commercials in a reasonable manner. Trying to skip commercials by dragging a slider bar and not dragging it too far is a pain.

One year, when I went to the Amazon page, TNF was already playing live up in the corner before I did anything at all. But, admittedly, they didn't have a record option that year.

Not this shit again!

All day everyday. And 4 times on Sunday!

I can't wait to watch it. They are going to go all out.

Didn't know that. I'll watch the game on regular TV but I'm about to set it up to record on prime.

Someone told me it will be on one of the local channels if you live in the Kansas City area like CBS for example.

Is that true anyone know?

It's on channel 41 in the KC area. Ever'body else has to Amazon Prime it.

Interesting. Cant wait to flip back and forth to hopefully see the huge difference in quality on Amazon Prime.

I'd be interested in lag time, if any.

They have 4 feeds

Normal, Spanish, Advanced Stats, and TNF with Dude Perfect

LOL

There's definitely like a 30 second lag when you stream.

WTF is that?

Id prefer a min or two lag time if the picture quality is way better.

Hopefully the local channel will stream it faster so we can ruin the game day thread. Lol

ya, often times I refresh the game thread while I'm watching and I'm usually like "well I guess Kelce scored a TD on the next play, awesome"

Wait is it on local kc tv?

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That’s awesome, outs my mind at ease…thank you!

Yes. If you are in the KC viewing area with OTA antenna, YoutubeTV, Hulu with Live TV, etc. you will be able to get the broadcast from a local affiliate.

On the subject of streaming quality:

I noticed that YouTube TV offers 4K as an add on but I couldn't figure out how many NFL games on YouTube would be 4K. As far as I could figure out, it wouldn't be very many.

An occasional Fox game here and there.

some dude on youTube kids watch

I can't say for certain, but most likely the majority of them will be available in 4K if you sign up for the plan. I haven't, but have been considering it. But from all I've read, sports broadcasts are at the very forefront of 4K recording/broadcast.

https://tvanswerman.com/2022/09/05/w...k-in-week-one/

In past seasons, CBS, NBC, ABC and ESPN have not produced any NFL games in 4K and there’s no indication that’s changing in 2022

After checking in with a handful of industry sources, it appears that Fox will not do any games in 4K during week one. (The same goes for CBS, NBC, ABC/ESPN; still no 4K from them in week one.) I have not been able to determine if that means Fox won’t do any 4K after week one.

:hmmm:

pretty sure it's on TV here in Atlanta.

Bezos gotta pay for his rockets somehow I suppose

I had a friend who thought that if he watched the East Coast network feeds he could see all of the NFL games hours earlier. He didn't understand time zones.

If it worked that way you could makes tons of money in the stock market.

It's a youtube personality, always trying to pull in Gen Z.

A couple of local news channels have posted stories regarding how to watch the game tonight, and the comments are berserk. MNF has been on ESPN for years, and that's not a free channel. For a bit, TNF was on NFL Network, which is also not a free channel. Suddenly, everyone is getting bent out of shape. If you don't have Prime Video, chances are you know someone who does. Just use their login...lol.

Or sign up for the free trial. That’s what we did, 30 days free, but turned out the tv is still working on the ex’s prime login so I was good to go anyways.

Its smart. My 8 year old will probably watch it now...

Yeah i dont understand why the picture would look better streaming on Amazon vs. watching on local tv.Its not a blu ray movie,both channels/networks use the same HD cameras for the game,do they not ?

If it’s not on my tv I don’t care. That’s my policy on sports. If I can see it I might care but not if I cannot

ok

Im surprised how many people don't have Prime. I always thought it was common place, like Netflix.

the complaint I could see is that if you don't have a smart tv or like roku or an xbox or a chromcast or whatever, you might be stuck watching it on a tablet or phone or something. I'm not a huge fan of the prime app on my smart tv but a lot of the streaming apps are just kind of meh.

They’re expecting 5-7M viewers. Pathetic for a matchup like this. If this doesn’t take off the hit they take from lost ad dollars will put an end to this sad experiment

Probably people continuously complaining about it and I don't blame them... most people simply want to watch their team every week without having to worry about their cable/satellite having NFLN one week or having Prime the next week, etc.

I personally pay like $10/month for some of the college conference channels and NHLN and so forth and it's one thing to need those channels for random games, but another when you have all that and STILL need Prime for big/Prime time games that should be easy to access given the billions of dollars that exchange hands for the TV deals. :#

The upside is there's at least NFL+ now (one more thing to buy!) and NFLN does immediately show a replay.

Best picture would be OTA antenna to be honest. Every digital provider compresses their video. So, even though it's in the same resolution, it's been digitally compressed which results in loss of picture quality.

I take it a step further…I refuse to change the channel. if it’s not on the channel already displayed when I turn on the TV, I don’t care to watch.

We've already paid for those channels and now we have to sign up for Prime if we don't already have it. It's BS! They'll be a lot of free trial signups though.

"Thursday night is where fans will see the biggest change, with Amazon getting exclusive streaming rights to those games. Local markets will still air games over broadcast TV, but other fans will need to be Amazon Prime subscribers (or have a friend willing to lend their login) to watch."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...l-tv-deal-faq/

Tonight's game will be on Ch. 41 in Kansas City. I don't know which station will have it in the LA area.

I have no doubt this will work, but this is all about getting people to use their streaming service. I mean tons of people are prime members but have never used their streaming service. This is the best way to do it. This isn't going away, its actually going to get bigger and bigger.

are set top boxes for DirectTV, , cable etc, supporting 4K yet? Most cable providers typically supply their video in 1080p or 1080i format.

Where as with Amazon you would get a direct 4K stream, if being videoed in 4K, and you have a TV/Monitor that supports 4K.

My smart TV has prime video on it and the wife has a Amazon Prime account but it's not clear and easy to sign in. They've already ruined my game day experience. It's got damn bull hockey!

Ya, well, that's nice and all, but **** them

It prob will work, since the people who run these companies know vastly more about their industry than I do. It’s still annoying tho

We were traveling for the Packers/Chiefs preseason game and just watched it online here: https://www.kshb.com/live

You click sign in then follow the instructions. It is really simple.

It wont be on in LA because there are no charger fans in LA:D

It doesn't give you a login page. You can sign up for a free trial or it takes you to a page with a code or QR code to login on a device. :banghead:

Wont work for regular season games. The streaming rights for real games are different than for pre-season.

You don't even need an Amazon account to stream this, cause Amazon themselves is streaming the game on Twitch (no need for a Twitch account either) https://www.twitch.tv/primevideo.

It’s coming on NFL network but later when the game is done.

Still can't figure out how to login on my smart TV. :cuss: There's just not a clear path to do it.

Are you not able to log into it from your phone or computer?

PrimeVideo.com/mytv

Then type in the code thats displaying on your tv

When in app there are icons on left side of screen.... Find, Home, etc... At the bottom is Setting. Click here then scroll down to Sign in.

You will then have option to go to URL on your phone or computer or you can scan a QR code that will basically do the same thing.

I just got a new TV and thankfully there is a pre-set Amazon Prime Video button on the remote to make it easy… otherwise I’d have no clue how to access this shit.

I'm trying to sign in on my big not so smart TV not a phone, laptop or tablet. All it does is take me to the fuking code page.

You have to login from a computer or phone using the code then the tv will access your account automatically.

You have to use a separate device like a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Navigate to the address PrimeVideo.com/mytv on that separate device. Enter the code. Then your smart TV will magically log in.

So to watch on a tv you still have to use a device. That's gotdamn stupid but okay.

Most people prefer not to type passwords using their remote control. Once you're logged in, you won't need anything else.

Yeah it's still stupid.

It worked and thanks to those who helped! Now I feel like a sheeple though. I feel like I've been taken advantage of just to watch the Chiefs.