And rec for the color scheme.

Word is the Blazers may start streaming games online for a fee (hopefully it is a reasonable fee). With that, you can either continue to watch on your computer (probably will be better quality than a bootlegged stream), or a semi-computer savvy person with a modern computer and TV could hook their computer up to their TV.

Hopefully the continued fan pressure/demand will lead to a better product.

It is BS that they won’t allow all of oregon to view the games……SHAME ON YOU COMCAST.

REC for the colors!!!!

Verizon really needs to contract the HD version of CSN as well, Comcast has been hording the HD stream for years. Seems like a local channel should pick up all of the games, think about how high the ratings would be!

IS IT COMCAST!

I get the Blazers where I live, but it looks like my zip code is black…

Not too sure though, the map is kinda small.

Either way, it is still a shame that so few people are able to watch the Blazers.

(I hope I am not lynched for this)… With an 82 game regular season and what’s bound to be double digit play off games this year, in this “homers” opinion, I don’t see the lack off TV coverage of the pre-season games as that big a deal… I know, I know unpopular position but I don’t.

I do see the Comcast vs. Satellite providers stand off as a huge problem for Blazer fans. It is hard for me to know if Comcast or the DirecTV types are to blame for this but my instincts tell me it’s a combination of both. As a recent (as in switching over Monday) DirecTV to Comcast convert I expressed my displeasure to DirecTV multiple times. I, like many others, made it clear that I would pay the money to have CSNW so I could watch the Blazers but no matter how much hoping, begging or waiting I did I got nothing. Actually the final straw for me came recently when Versus was taken away and I lost the chance to watch the State’s College Football teams regularly. At the same time DirecTV took ESPN Classic away and decided to charge me if I wanted it and a few other useless Sports Channels.

I don’t really even know who to blame for this problem but I feel like all 3, Comcast, DirecTV and the Blazer orginization, are culpable in this matter. It seems unfathomable to me that in this day and age, in a State with only one professional franchise, that this debate continues. Unfortunately I think there is much more impacting this battle than the good of us Blazer fans.

you people should move to civilization

Just kidding

      as the 97520 zip code is for the Ashland mailing area. The only
people who get COINCAST Sports NW, live in the People’s Republic
of Ashland, not rural areas just out of the Republic’s limits. It’s much
smaller than the red in the map.
      In response to likeemall’s comments, it’s COINCAST vs. Sattelite
company’s and other cable providers. Our ONLY cable company here
in Medford is Charter Communications (Yes, Paul Allen’s own) and they
won’t sign a deal with COINSY ! I would gladly sign up with Charter or Dish,
but DirecTV is off limits, as they stole $ 50.00 from me two years ago in the
original fiasco.
     Dear Larry Miller, before you take the Blazer BRAND to the World, How about
making IT a OREGON brand by nixing this HORRRRRIBLE deal with COINCAST.

     BRING BACK OUR BLAZERS !!! GET RID OF COINCAST & YOUR PHILLY TIES !!!!

only 4(four!!) preseason games have been broadcast since the year 2000. I would much rather have all the preseason games blocked out than have to listen to regular season games on the radio, since you know, Comcast is going to have every game in hi def.

when Oregon doesn’t even get the Blazers.

I guess I’m lucky I live in Washington

It’s amazing the noise a small minority can make though.

Can’t get them on TV or radio. Even tried in my rig. Guess I could drive to the top of the coast range but hard to do when I get off between 7 & 8 at night.

Right now I am blaming them all: Comcast, DirectTV, Dish, Charter, The NBA blackouts + radio on computer blackouts, but most of all The Blazers. I know they signed a contract BUT contracts can be modified if enough pressure is brought to bear. I am hearing a lot of mouthing of good words but seeing very little done.

Now I’m now going to my corner to sit and mope.

PS – Thank you BEdgers that are sending out ripped off radio transmissions to us poor people in the sticks. A rec to each and everyone of you.

needs to bring a “Comcast SportsNet unfair to Blazer Fans” sign and make sure it’s in perfect position for TV viewing.

Do that enough and I’m sure some progress will be made quickly

Terrible service, terrible pricing. DirecTV isn’t blameless in this mess either, but Comcast’s position in these negotiations has been unreasonable from the start. Comcast won’t even consider agreeing to terms with DirecTV that put CSN NW/the Blazers (and now Versus) on a sports tier with the other RSNs (including CSN Bay Area, CSN California, etc., which I get on my sports tier with DirecTV), they are insisting DirecTV include CSN NW and Versus on the main tier. Essentially, Comcast won’t agree to any deal that isn’t the most expensive (in terms of rate increase) for the lrgest possible number of DirecTV customers. Am I surprised that two large corporations are putting their bottom lines above their customers – of course not. But it is frustrating that the Blazers front office wouldn’t see this coming from a mile away like most others did and negotiate the original deal with Comcast accordingly, particularly when you consider Comcast’s geographic limitations (I live in Northeast Portland, so my choice for DirecTV is on me, but for people like my parents on the coast, they can’t choose Comcast even if they wanted to). Of course, that wouldn’t fit with Larry Miller’s nonsensical chortling about “building our global brand” and changing the subject whenever this issue is brought up. Maybe Sarah Mensah can enlighten me on how this “optimizes value for our fans”, like jacking up prices for certain games. On the plus side, I still have Sunday Ticket (like I said, DirecTV is not blameless, but after dealing with Comcast during college, I am never sending them another check – irrational, yes, but I truly can’t stand that company) and a new sig.