Need help setting up TV at tailgate
September 12th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
Most people bring a satellite dish.
September 12th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 3:58 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 7:27 PM ^
don't forget to bring a roll of tinfoil. Attach a piece of foil to the top of each rabbit ear,
...then use the remaining foil to make foil hats for yourself and your friends/family. Your tailgate will surely stand out among others as long as you follow ALL of the above advice.
September 12th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
That must murder your data. I have 8GB with Verizon.
September 12th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
It's been a few years since I've been to a game in AA, but the gameday cell service is awful. I can't imagine streaming a live game would actually work.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:18 PM ^
I streamed a whole hockey game once (dropped out for the 2 intermissions) and it turned out to be about 2.1 GB. If you aren't always super close to your data limit it can work every once in a while.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:43 PM ^
I actually streamed the entire season last year from South Africa. The internet there was pre-paid by GB just like we have with cell service, and I was churning through like 4+ GB per Michigan game and 2.5 GB per Wings game. It was bad. Thankfully not paid out of pocket though!
September 12th, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
T-Mobile unlimited data plan for me, aww yeahh.
Of course, if I travel I hate my life. But outside of that, it's outstanding.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
Same. It's a no-brainer. Although I travel all the time and never have issues.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
Unlimited through Sprint. Currently at 700 gb used in just over 12 months.
September 12th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
And the data speeds were superb. Not so much in the stadium, though.
September 12th, 2016 at 5:56 PM ^
Some people have relatively large TV's. Don't know how large your TV is, but streaming through the phone in A2 on gameday may be a bit disappointing.
September 12th, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
cable
September 12th, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit
September 12th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
Maybe steal some underpants in there somewhere too
September 12th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
Maybe steal some underpants in there somewhere too
September 12th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
Invest in a semi-professional dish pointing device ($100 or so) - it'll save you a ton of time and frustration when setting up and gets you to the fun part of tailgating quicker.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
If the game is on an OTA channel (ABC, NBC, FOX, etc) you can get a cheap antenna. Anything on cable will require a dish or streaming.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:02 PM ^
We only did it once but we were fairly successful with a Slingbox and cell service. But I think the dish is the way to go...specifically something like a Tailgater would probably be best.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
Ask the dude parked on Hoover at the rail road tracks. That cat has the ultimate set up.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
I don't have one, but pretty sure you just put it on the roof of your car and let it find the sat on its own. Cable it to your TV, profit.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00X4NVQ6W/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^
Four hundred and fiddy bones? WD would only spend that on socks and tickets not near each other
September 12th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
Look into the "Tailgater" by Dish... I see quite a few of the people watching tv's on the golf course using them. Will probably come with a couple hundred dollar price tag.
September 12th, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
Life Goals
September 12th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
LIfelong fan finally making his first trip this weekend. There are 4 of us and we need tailgating advice. Any recommendations on where to tailgate? We will not be driving to the game, we are looking for a group/area who is willing to host as we will pay $ to be a part of a real Michigan Tailgate. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Go Blue!
September 12th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 12th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
Just get a cheap digital TV antenna off of amazon.
That gets you the broadcast TV signal for networks like FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Noon is pretty sparse as only ABC runs college football (FSU @ Louisville) in that time slot. If you are into MLB or EPL they will be on FOX and NBC respectively at noon.
But the late night games should be good for the post-game tailgate.
OSU @ OU is on FOX at 7:30PM
MSU @ ND is on NBC at 7:30PM
USC @ Stanford is on ABC at 8:00PM
September 12th, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^
We've done it, and it works great. Also use phone and ESPN 3 for pregame stuff and other games. I have unlimited AT&T though.
September 12th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
For a while we used the Dish tailgater but had a horrible experience with it. Probably wouldn't work 1/3 of the time. And since we didn't have the actual Dish service at home, we had to drive it to some store in Detroit to get it updated. So we just gave up on it. A cell phone could work if you get a decent signal.
September 12th, 2016 at 5:44 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 7:27 PM ^
2 hours until go time, playboi
September 12th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 8:06 PM ^
Streaming will work pretty well now that Verizon and AT&T bring in COWS (cellular on wheels) to all home games. I've been using a slingbox and streaming for 4 years now. Everyone is correct about getting an antenna for the over-the-air games, you should be able to get every network except Detroit CBS is very weak. You do not need a "digital" antenna, I use rabbit ears from 1991 and get high def perfectly. For power, I use a deep cycle marine/rv battery with a 400W inverter. Will last 12+ hours running a 42 inch TV plus charging lots of iphones. New TVs are very efficient, about 100-140 watts for a large lcd/led. Old small tubes used twice that.
Forgot to mention, you will get nothing during halftime. Everything is shot then no matter how much extra capacity they bring in.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:10 PM ^
September 12th, 2016 at 9:21 PM ^
Would a firestick from Amazon work? They can add programs to them to get all of the channels . PPV movies etc . I dont have one or know how they work . Im sure there is at least one person here who has one . The program to load to it is called Kodi .
September 12th, 2016 at 9:21 PM ^
You can get all the NFL games and they are starting to put on college games. It's data free if you have Verizon.
September 12th, 2016 at 9:31 PM ^
A firestick would work for getting apps similar to an apple tv. You can stream espn, btn, nbc, etc if you login with your cable/sat user info. You still need to connect it to a internet source like wifi or tethering to a cell/tablet. I find that the streaming on the these apps set the picture quality too high so there tends to be more buffering. A slingbox allows you to force the bit rate lower to keep it going smoothly, but suffer a lttle quality.