NFL Game Rewind tested: All HD, all the games, no commercials

by Richard Lawler posted Dec 11th 2008 at 10:44PM

The NFL's online on-demand service, Game Rewind, is live and promising every game in high definition with no commercial interruption. Football fans are expected to kick in either $4.99 for a week pass or $19.99 for a full season of access, just enough that they may want to check out Streaming Media's impressions of the service before dropping any cash. Overall results seem impressive, with PQ on the actual service far surpassing the demo available on NFL.com, with only momentary buffering and no stuttering reported using Move Networks' streaming technology that's previously powered the NFL's GamePass HD for international viewers and others like ABC.com, AT&T and the Metropolitan Opera. Future potential could take this kind of service beyond the browser window (see Netflix Instant Watch) but for now we think this would only appeal to the most hardcore football fans (or, we can't bear to watch Lions game again, it's hard to tell at this point) and as the preview points out it would be a lot more attractive in a free / ad-supported package.

Filed under: Internet, Sports

Tags: game rewind, GameRewind, move, move networks, MoveNetworks, nfl, nfl.com, stream, streaming

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Big Sam @ Dec 11th 2008 11:39PM

I'm a hardcore football fan, but watching a game 24 hours after its over has no appeal to me. At that point I'll just take the highlights on ESPN.

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carmack00 @ Dec 12th 2008 2:48AM

same there is no use if it is not real time...

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YouFaceTheTick @ Dec 12th 2008 3:07AM

Make it real time and I will gladly pay $250 a year for access to all games just like I get with Sunday Ticket. Plus then I can dump Directv.

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YouFaceTheTick @ Dec 12th 2008 3:09AM

Well hell, it looks like we may be canceling Directv afterall -

* Watch live broadcasts of regular season games in HD
* Follow up to 4 games simultaneously
* Pause and rewind live action with DVR controls
* Access game archives anytime during your subscription
* Access live in-game stats
* Chat with fellow NFL fans around the world
* Compete against International NFL fans in a fantasy game
* Watch NFL Network shows and segments
* Minimum System Requirements
http://www.nfl.com/gamepass

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YouFaceTheTick @ Dec 12th 2008 3:12AM

Doh that's game pass and it's only available outside the US and A. Bummer.

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Michael @ Dec 12th 2008 11:30AM

This is useless, who wants to watch reruns, I want LIVE games. It's absurd that the only provider in the US for Sunday ticket is DirectTV, and they charge a fortune. I want game pass in the US. They should allow us residents to use game pass if they can't get DirectTV. I tried, two different installers came to my house and could not get a signal. Kind of relieved that I could not get it though, since there such a ripoff. But I really want to watch out of market games.

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Randall Lind @ Dec 12th 2008 12:28PM

NFL Game Pass HD is not available in
the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, Antigua, and U.S. Territories

So wtf can't watch it online because I am in the US

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