I'm getting ready to start a part-time version of Full-timing next year --will still have a stick house as my son is in a local college and wife is not retired yet -- so, wonder how you guys get your own local sports games when on the road -- I know that the cable stations can get all venues around the country for an extra fee ... but is anything like that available for the "traveling folks" ... M44
monkey44: We are not fulltimeing it yet either, but when we do go out on the road we have a dish sattellite system. ( hope spelling doesn't count). Most RV'ers I seen have some type,- dish network,
direct tv, or other.
But, with a dish are you able to get any team, from anywhere?? For example, Can we watch Red Sox games in Florida or Kansas even when the Sox play at home???
monkey44: We live in New Hampshire and use Boston as our local chanels, so we get 4,5,7,25,38,66,9 out of Manchester. I've been told that it depends on your zip code what local means. Boston or Portland. It dose take some finesse to set the dishfor the locals, but you can get them any where you are at.
When we travel, say we're camping in Kansas -- and we want to watch the Red Sox play. When I'm at home, I can buy an extended cable service that will allow me to watch any team anywhere in the USA. For example, I can tune in the Padres/Dodgers game even when I'm sitting in my living room. That is not a local game here, but you can buy a package ($165 for the season) that includes every home game for every team and watch any one you want "LIVE" ... But that's my cable -- so, I'm asking if that "extra package" is available on the dish set-up that the travelers carry with them and set-up in the CG's ...
That can be found at mlb.com. Several packages to watch your hometeam. The premium package streams the games onto your laptop at 700kbs for $119.95 per year, or 400kbs for 89.95.
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