Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

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  • Myers57
    Registered User and McLovin stunt double
    • Sep 2003
    • 2452

    Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

    Yes despite Directv promises to play Sabres games on MSG channel 621, the games continue to be fed on an alternate channel which is not carried by the company that feeds our college Directv service.

    I have called Directv and emailed MSG in attempts to resolve the problem with no luck.

    Is there any hope for a desperate Sabres fan?
  • hammerbillsfan
    Registered User
    • Aug 2005
    • 17878

    #2
    Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

    is going on down there?

    Can DirecTV, MSG & OLN get their **** together?

    Hockey comes back and they can't even get it on the properly.

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    • Demon
      Registered User
      • Mar 2003
      • 4047

      #3
      Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

      My buddy goes to UB and he goes to a bar to watch games. I forget whats the name of it, they advertise on WGR and it seems legit.

      He says, when Sabres play they do "Hockey Nights"..... Sabres are on many TV's with sound and he says you can get a pitcher of beer and a medium pizza for like $9.50. That's an amazing deal, most pitchers cost like $6 on good nights....... he says pitchers after that deal are like $5 to fill up, but atmoshere is solid. So, i'd go to the bar lol....
      Impossible is Nothing.


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      • Myers57
        Registered User and McLovin stunt double
        • Sep 2003
        • 2452

        #4
        Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

        yea except all the bars around here have cover charges and actually i.d. us...

        grr

        plus i dont have a car to get out to many places anymore...

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        • pyrrhonist
          Registered User
          • Sep 2003
          • 3118

          #5
          Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

          Originally posted by Afinogenov61
          Is there any hope for a desperate Sabres fan?
          Yes:

          Change to DISH Network!

          When I first signed up for DISH almost 3 years ago, I regretted doing so, because I couldn't get the NFL Sunday Ticket on DISH. But DirecTV wasn't offering locals here in Central CA yet, so I had no choice. Nearly 3 years later, I am glad I am with DISH, so the whole MSG debacle doesn't affect me. Of course, I'd probably get the feed on Centre Ice anyways, since I don't live in the Buffalo market area.

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            honey pie
            • Jul 2002
            • 32593

            #6
            Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

            I have DirecTV and am getting the games now no problem.

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            • Earthquake Enyart
              Legendary Zoner
              • Jul 2002
              • 27521

              #7
              Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

              Originally posted by Afinogenov61
              Yes despite Directv promises to play Sabres games on MSG channel 621, the games continue to be fed on an alternate channel which is not carried by the company that feeds our college Directv service.
              I have called Directv and emailed MSG in attempts to resolve the problem with no luck.
              Is there any hope for a desperate Sabres fan?
              The game was on the NHL Center Ice package. TSN did the game.

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              • fushetti
                President of the Rick Jeanneret Fanclub
                • Feb 2003
                • 734

                #8
                Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                The Rangers played last night on MSG. So, the Sabres game was being carried in Albany on Fox Sports NY. The Sabres, except in Buf, play on Fox Sports NY when the Rangers are in action.
                "And I do have a wish, albeit one that cannot and will not be fulfilled. I wish... I wish that standing next to me right now, would be Ted Darling."
                Rick Jeanneret 4-14-96



                Ted Darling "Voice of the Sabres"

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                • Earthquake Enyart
                  Legendary Zoner
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 27521

                  #9
                  Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                  I miss Empire.

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                  • Myers57
                    Registered User and McLovin stunt double
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 2452

                    #10
                    Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                    I don't get:
                    TSN
                    Directv Alternate Channels
                    OLN


                    I got an email from the MSG network this morning saying all they do for Directv is feed them the game and it is the satellite company's decision on what channel they place it on...

                    Looks like I am back to yelling at Directv...



                    Oh btw, I don't have the choice to get any other cable or satellite network in my dorm room, I'm stuck with what we've got...

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                    • Earthquake Enyart
                      Legendary Zoner
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 27521

                      #11
                      Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                      Originally posted by Afinogenov61
                      I don't get:
                      TSN
                      Directv Alternate Channels
                      OLN


                      I got an email from the MSG network this morning saying all they do for Directv is feed them the game and it is the satellite company's decision on what channel they place it on...

                      Looks like I am back to yelling at Directv...



                      Oh btw, I don't have the choice to get any other cable or satellite network in my dorm room, I'm stuck with what we've got...
                      If you pop for the NHL package, you'll see more Sabre games. Its $129.

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                      • Myers57
                        Registered User and McLovin stunt double
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 2452

                        #12
                        Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                        yea but the company that supplies our college the directv channels it does, doen't offer the ones on NHL Center Ice.

                        Basically we get our tv in a cable format. We have 95 channels and can not alter the package. These channels however are not provided by Adelphia, they are provided through a company called Falls Earth Station. This company takes television off Directv and feeds it through to our campus televisions. For example, MSG on Directv is channel 621, however in my room it is 33. This company only provides us with 95 of Directv's hundreds of channels, only the ones that would normally appeal to college students.

                        This being said, luckily I do get the MSG network as one of my channels, however until it is actually on Directv channel 621, I will not receive a feed of the game.

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                        • Two4trippn
                          Registered User
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 52

                          #13
                          Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                          It wasnt on 621 it was on 627 last night - the MSG alternate feed. The only problem is that we dont get any pre or post game shows.

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                            honey pie
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 32593

                            #14
                            Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                            when I went to college we only got like 20 stations.

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                            • chernobylwraiths
                              Registered User
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 41838

                              #15
                              Re: Fifth Game this year I could not watch!

                              college, what's that?

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