NFL Red Zone Is Back

by JasonB on Aug 23, 2010 6:08 PM EDT in Xfinity Sponsored Posts

Once again, Xfinity will be sponsoring us for another football season and once again they'll be offering the NFL Red Zone channel. In Philly, the standard def Red Zone channel is 734 on Xfinity and HD is 861.

The basic idea of the channel is that they switch live from game to game as teams get inside the 20 yard line(the red zone). There's no commercials. Blackout rules don't apply. You get every touchdown from every game. If you live out of market and can't see most Eagles games, for $6.95(in Philadelphia) you can get the sports package, which includes Red Zone, and see the Eagles every week. You'll see every Eagles TD(and epic goal line defensive stand hopefully) live in HD and it'll cost less than $7.

Bill Conlin, from the Daily News actually called Red Zone "an out-of-body, all-encompassing, died-and-woke-up-in-football-heaven experience."

For me, the channel was a godsend for during commercial breaks and at 4pm when the Eagles played at 1pm. Instead of having to sit through Raiders vs Chiefs or something on CBS at 4, I'd flip on Red Zone and it was great.

This post is basically to kick off the sponsorship and get your thoughts about the channel. Did you get it last year? What were your impressions?

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I didn’t last year but I will this year because DirecTV got rid of the SuperFan package. I’ve seen it before and I liked it but I’m not sure how much I will watch it yet

by The Legend on Aug 23, 2010 6:43 PM EDT reply actions

At a buddies that had it

yeah its pretty tits. Defn when your team wasnt on it was the best option. Funny how they sync commercials though one time everyone was at a commercial like wtf?!

Also.. does anyone know whats the deal with NFL mobil with verizon. I thought i heard somewhere for 10$ you could watch any game. Idk

Also.. does anyone know whats the deal with NFL mobil with verizon. I thought i heard somewhere for 10$ you could watch any game. IdkIs it sept 9th yet?

Really?! Really?!

by thebigham on Aug 23, 2010 6:43 PM EDT reply actions

This channel is one of the best things to ever happen to football seasons.

by xEgan on Aug 23, 2010 10:59 PM EDT reply actions

Great idea. I’d never watch it if the Eagles were playing, of course, but still more entertaining than one might care to admit.

And hey, there aren’t any commercials!

I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.

by alcatraz0109 on Aug 24, 2010 12:01 AM EDT reply actions

You just need to watch it with two tvs. One on the Eagles and the other on redzone.

by xEgan on Aug 24, 2010 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Is it 6.95 a month or is it like a pay per view channel you purchase every week?

by DonnyD on Aug 24, 2010 8:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

RedZon

RedZone makes Sunday’s 10x better than before. Like someone else said, it’s great for commercials during the game and then either before or after depending on what time they play.

If you play fantasy, it’s even better, and allows you to see your players making the big plays live most of the time. Although they don’t catch EVERY TD live, they do show every single one and when the Birds aren’t on, RedZone is

by Rockstaar02 on Aug 24, 2010 9:02 AM EDT reply actions