NBA on Foxtel/Aussie TV 2013/2014

[Matthew]

Holy shit that would be awesome!

[sucram]

fuck yeah, however i never really trust all the austar guides, they tend to swap around at the last minute more and more these days.

[Drex]

We're only getting the ECF this year. No Finals (again!), no WCF

[Scotty]

We're only getting the ECF this year. No Finals (again!), no WCF

Lame man...
And Matt are you saying we're potentially gonna get all 7 games from both the East and West?

[Andrew]

I'd love to see the Spurs and Hornets game, but I doubt we'll get it. Thank god for channel BT

They ended up showing it, much to my surprise. I only noticed when I got up this morning and checked the online guide to see if both Conference Finals series were still listed.

Speaking of which, they're still listing both on the online and onscreen guides so it looks like it will be the case which is fantastic news. Kind of makes up for the lack of variety so far in the postseason coverage, the best thing they've done since Fox Sports picked up games during the regular season.

[Matthew]

Yeah this is like the old, pre foxtel ESPN international where they used to show two games a week and then in the playoffs we'd get upto 4 games a week and both conference finals and nba finals. It was also a direct feed from NBC so we'd get instant replays galore of fouls called (to see if it was a foul or not) and nice plays. It sounds insignificant, but I prefer that to the coach and referee close ups we get now after a foul.

[Scotty]

Ahh shit forgot that the CF were on and i missed the Detroit v Celtics Game 1, missed the Live version of LA v SA, but there's a replay on tonight and i've got that set to record...

[Andrew]

It feels a bit odd to be presented with an NBA game every day. I could get used to it though.

[Laxation]

Those assholes... give me a game of NBA every single day 3 weeks before exams

[sucram]

heres hoping these folks keep it up, like andrew said it is a little funny having a game a day - i no longer have any desire to travel to the US.

[Andrew]

I wouldn't go that far, I'd still love to see a game live. The NBA Store is well worth visiting, too.

[sucram]

speaking out of sarcasm ofcourse

looking forward to today's match.

[Matthew]

I think everybody is

[Scotty]

Those assholes... give me a game of NBA every single day 3 weeks before exams

Lol yeah im in the exact same situation...

[Andrew]

Have you caught any of the games so far?

[Laxation]

All of them

We just got foxtel IQ, so it helps to be able to watch the game without any ads. I get through it in nearly half the time!

(Btw, IQ is the shit...)

[Andrew]

I've thought about getting the IQ on and off but I still can't justify the expense. For the moment, good old VHS tape does the trick and if there's two programs I want to watch at once I just rely on the clone channels.

[Scotty]

All of them

We just got foxtel IQ, so it helps to be able to watch the game without any ads. I get through it in nearly half the time!

(Btw, IQ is the shit...)

Sweet. Good Shit man, i've had IQ for a while now and yeah dont know what we'd do with out it.

Btw how you boys enjoying our Finals coverage?

[Carmo]

Watched the game today on ESPNHD.......sweetest thing ever! Oh my, it's nice to see the game covering the whole screen, lol.

[sucram]

loving the finals, loving the same old ESPN advertisements & melodies.

[Laxation]

Watched the game today on ESPNHD.......sweetest thing ever! Oh my, it's nice to see the game covering the whole screen, lol.

ESPN making the most of having a HD chanel...

[Matthew]

You do realise that espn's programming is dictated by tv rights, don't you?

[Laxation]

You do realise that espn's programming is dictated by tv rights, don't you?

rly, no way! and here i am thinking they showed scrabble because of the amazing ratings it gave them

[Matthew]

SO if you understand it why are you find it so fascinating and have to show everybody it?

[Laxation]

Tell me how this is better in HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARes-G9wOVo