Anyone a member of "First Row Sports"?

[DonLightfoot]

I've had several years of frustration trying to watch our Orange. Couple of years ago I got Orange All Access (or whatever it was called), but they only streamed home games that were not broadcast on TV - total waste of money. Last year I paid for ESPN Full Court hoping to get the eight games that were not on my dish, but got blacked-out on six of them - very expensive lesson learned.

Streaming seems to be my only alternative, although the clarity sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. To register for "First Row Sports" they want my credit card. Their disclaimer indicates nothing will be charged to it as it is only a means of confirming my address or to buy something.

Has anyone had a problem with them regarding your credit card? Appreciate it.

 

[scottynguyen]

I wouldn't give them anything. Firstrow links are supposed to be free. They get away with what they do because they don't actually host the video content themselves, they aggregate links to other sites that actually host the content.

My guess is that's a third party that hosts streams for firstrow, trying to pass themselves off as firstrow and trying to make money off people that aren't entirely sure how the process work or are just trying it out for the first time.

 

[Briancuse]

I've had several years of frustration trying to watch our Orange. Couple of years ago I got Orange All Access (or whatever it was called), but they only streamed home games that were not broadcast on TV - total waste of money. Last year I paid for ESPN Full Court hoping to get the eight games that were not on my dish, but got blacked-out on six of them - very expensive lesson learned.

Streaming seems to be my only alternative, although the clarity sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. To register for "First Row Sports" they want my credit card. Their disclaimer indicates nothing will be charged to it as it is only a means of confirming my address or to buy something.

Has anyone had a problem with them regarding your credit card? Appreciate it.

Credit card? Most of the stuff on there you can get for free. You just have to deal with the annoying ads and pop ups.

 

[tee1222]

I've had several years of frustration trying to watch our Orange. Couple of years ago I got Orange All Access (or whatever it was called), but they only streamed home games that were not broadcast on TV - total waste of money. Last year I paid for ESPN Full Court hoping to get the eight games that were not on my dish, but got blacked-out on six of them - very expensive lesson learned.

Streaming seems to be my only alternative, although the clarity sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. To register for "First Row Sports" they want my credit card. Their disclaimer indicates nothing will be charged to it as it is only a means of confirming my address or to buy something.

Has anyone had a problem with them regarding your credit card? Appreciate it.

What Scotty Nguyen said...never ever ever ever EVER give firstrowsports (or someone pretending to be firstrow) a credit card. Also, when in doubt, always trust a wsop champion(...baby).

 

[DonLightfoot]

Is this the one you are referring to Syracusian?

I am obviously very leary about using a credit card which is why I wanted to get some feedback first.

Over the past few years I have used First Row on occasion. More times than not you can get rid of the ads by "waiting them out" or clicking the "X" over and over again. However, this year there is no way I can get rid of them at all regardless of what I am trying to watch (testing all various sports). Seems all the streaming sites have similar problems. Furthermore, ESPN3 is not available where I live.

Thanks for the replies guys. Sounds like it could be another frustrating season for me.

 

[jordoo]

One option with the early games and the ACC network affiliate games you cannot get is to simply watch the replays on ESPN3. (free with DT account login) They are almost always on there and even the blacked out games are good to go on replay. Yes you won't see them live but lets face it none of the games that aren't on one of the ESPN's or a national network are marquee matchups.

 

[texascpa]

If you do use FRS, and I have on numerous occasions, use it with Firefox and NoScript. Now, here's the catch: because NoScript automatically disables all of the scripts and popups and other malware, you will need to go through the list of disables scripts and manually activate the ones that will provide the video stream. These usually end in .tv or something similar. This may seem cumbersome, but it works and you will quickly learn what sites are malware/ads and which provide the actual stream.

Oh, one more thing, make sure to look over ACC list of affiliates. I know they expanded them last year.

 

[Syracusian]

If you do use FRS, and I have on numerous occasions, use it with Firefox and NoScript. Now, here's the catch: because NoScript automatically disables all of the scripts and popups and other malware, you will need to go through the list of disables scripts and manually activate the ones that will provide the video stream. These usually end in .tv or something similar. This may seem cumbersome, but it works and you will quickly learn what sites are malware/ads and which provide the actual stream.

Oh, one more thing, make sure to look over ACC list of affiliates. I know they expanded them last year.

Yeah, what Texas said about NoScript is great. My brother got me into using NoScript a long time ago. It is definitely very helpful. I haven't used it in over 6-7 years now though. I would vouch for NoScript too. I also always use Mozilla.

 

[orange79]

Is this the one you are referring to Syracusian?

I am obviously very leary about using a credit card which is why I wanted to get some feedback first.

Over the past few years I have used First Row on occasion. More times than not you can get rid of the ads by "waiting them out" or clicking the "X" over and over again. However, this year there is no way I can get rid of them at all regardless of what I am trying to watch (testing all various sports). Seems all the streaming sites have similar problems. Furthermore, ESPN3 is not available where I live.

Thanks for the replies guys. Sounds like it could be another frustrating season for me.

I have used them occasionally, but whatever you do, don't download the players they are constantly trying to get you to download. Just say no.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Man, all this technical mumbo-jumbo may be too much for this old brain to handle. It should not be this difficult to watch your favourite team. Thanks for the further input and help guys.

Syracusian - sending you a message.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

I watched every 'Cuse game, every Cleveland Cavs game (save a handful) for free last season on First Row. There must've been at least a dozen free streams of the Mayweather-Pacquiao $89.95 plus ppv on First Row.

As for dealing with the pop-ups, I take care of that by using Firefox for First Row streams.

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

One more thing Don... where do you live?

I live in Virginia and have DirecTV (I know you said you had satellite, wasn't sure whether it's Dish or DirecTV). With DirecTV I get the sports package, and between that and watchespn.com I end up getting every SU basketball game. It has worked for me for the last five years. When the season is finished, I just cancel the sports package. Typically with the sports package, the game will be blacked out on some of the providers but not all. Worth a try if you're interested.

 

[orangefog]

One more thing Don... where do you live?

I live in Virginia and have DirecTV (I know you said you had satellite, wasn't sure whether it's Dish or DirecTV). With DirecTV I get the sports package, and between that and watchespn.com I end up getting every SU basketball game. It has worked for me for the last five years. When the season is finished, I just cancel the sports package. Typically with the sports package, the game will be blacked out on some of the providers but not all. Worth a try if you're interested.

If he lives close, can he just come to your house?

 

[A Clockwork Orange]

If he lives close, can he just come to your house?

Don seems like a good dude, I wouldn't have a problem with that!

To clarify, the reason I asked was because if he lived in CNY they may black out home games on ESPN Full Court, but they don't do that out of market. Part of the whole Time Warner sports thing I think.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Thanks for the invite "A Clockwork Orange". A little too far to travel I'm afraid. I'm sending you a private message.

 

[PoppyHart]

How about using a VPN to disguise the fact you're a Canuck?

 

[two3zone]

How about using a VPN to disguise the fact you're a Canuck?

Problem I've run into using VPNs for such reasons is that it is it can be soooooo slow that the game has a tough time loading up and making it through the entire thing.