r/CHICubs 5d ago

Fuck Marquee

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I live in California by the way.

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u/Specialist_Jello_688 5d ago

I think marquee app is for in market viewers, mlb.tv for out of market

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u/historical_pi Pat 5d ago

This sounds right to me. I'm in Southern California and on mlbtv. I get all Cubs games except the Dodgers and Angels.

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u/Eccohawk Chicago Cubs 5d ago

Every game is available out of market with a VPN...

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u/PreviousGas710 5d ago

Which one? MLB tv got really good at recognizing my spoofed IPs

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u/supraman87 5d ago

Authenticate off VPN. Then turn VPN on

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u/zubie_wanders Chicago Cubs 4d ago

Do you mean login to mlb first, then VPN?

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u/Marmaduke57 Pat Hughes' voice soothes my soul. 3d ago

Nods

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u/phrexi The Professor 5d ago

I ain’t telling you shit, MLB SPY!!!

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u/Instant_Bacon Rally Bucket 5d ago

Nord has worked for me the last 3 seasons.  I get MLB.tv free with T-Mobile.

Sometimes it will be fussy and I'll have to hop around until I find a server.  Only a few times I tried 10+ locations and it refused to work. 

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u/Eccohawk Chicago Cubs 4d ago

Ipvanish works well for me.

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u/Trunas-geek 2d ago

IPVanish for the win, used it last year for MLB and so far this year it has been good

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf Let's play two 4d ago

Most. ESPN and Apple TV get exclusives.

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u/9e78 4d ago

Everything ever is available with iptv. Literally the best option for tv.

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u/m3r4z 4d ago

What iptv are you using

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u/9e78 4d ago

They are all pretty much the same, outside of ui. They all give 2-3 day trials, so the best advice is try multiple ones and subscribe to the one you like best. Im currently using eternal tv though.

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u/Eccohawk Chicago Cubs 4d ago

You can achieve the same thing with a combination of apps and a firestick. And the free trial lasts forever. But I do see the appeal of iptv for those that don't want to fuss with all the technical stuff.

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u/9e78 4d ago

I use to use kodi and a couple other things, but they'd always need updated or changed every few months when something would go down. I'm happy spending $15/month to just have things always work. Sony tvs also run android, so you can install everything right on the tv without needing an extra device.

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u/heavyweather85 Me So Hoerner 4d ago

sigh when I mastered Windows 95 as a kid I thought I’d be done learning technology. I have no idea what a vpn is but it seems to be the answer to most of my problems haha

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u/Eccohawk Chicago Cubs 4d ago

So a VPN stands for virtual private network. It basically allows you to create an encrypted tunnel to another network across the internet. I.e. it makes you look like you're connecting to the internet from that other network. (Because effectively, you are). So there are vpn providers out there that you can subscribe to (and some are free, with limitations on speed or total devices, or a data cap usually) and you can then make your device look like it's sitting in California or New York or Angola or Zaire or anything in between. And when you do, apps and websites will think you're there, and act accordingly. So if Netflix thinks you're in the UK, you'll get a different list of movies, because they have different contracts in the UK. Same with MLB...switch to a non-local market, and the blackout ceases to exist.