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I've seen this question posted before but all the answers seemed wishy washy. I ditched cable last fall and am going to miss the TDF this year and I'm not too happy about that. Not only did I ditch cable but I obviously ditched Tivo as well.

So, what I need is some way to watch it on the internet and I really NEED some way of watching it after it has aired. Does something like that exist? I have Roku's, Google TV, smart phones, tablets....I'll pay, what should I do?
 
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blakcloud said:
How about Cycling.TV - The Online Digital Cycling Magazine I have no experience with it but I remember reading about it here on these forums.
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They have really bad reviews. There are posts on many cycling forums filled with complaints. Besides, why pay for something that is free? Eurosport and others will be broadcasting the Tour.
Try Tour de France Live Video Streaming, Live Stream, Photos, Results - Cycling Live Race Coverage - Watch Cycling TV | www.cyclingfans.com or steephill.tv bike travelogue and cycling live video for links.
 
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How about Cycling.TV - The Online Digital Cycling Magazine I have no experience with it but I remember reading about it here on these forums.
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They were the worst company by a factor of 1000 that I've ever dealt with. I've no idea how they are still in business unless they have totally re-vamped their MO.

To the OP - use cyclingfans.com but I dunno if they post up their vids for later viewing.
 
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Henry Porter said:
I'm in the same boat. Are there any links out there that allow open to watch on demand, later at night?
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I can think of 4 options:

1) Pay $30 for the NBC/mapmyride thing. Note you will need an internet connection and computer hardware capable of streaming high quality video. Without these things this solution will only show you a pretty much unwatchable, jerky, low res presentation. If you do have these things, this solution will by far provide the best presentation.

2) Record video from one the freely available live streams (someone mentioned keepvid.com to do this).

3) Binary newsgroups. Check binsearch.info at http://binsearch.info/browse.php?bg=alt.binaries.multimedia.sports for someone to graciously post their captured video. Get the "Grabit" application for Windows OS, install it and configure it to download stuff from the newsgroup. You'll have to wait until the next day usually for the latest video to be available. Download it (somebody has to upload it though, which isn't always guaranteed) and watch it at your convenience. It does help to have an account at something like giganews, because they will retain stuff that has been uploaded for much longer.

4) Look for snippets to be posted on youtube.
 
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GearDaddy said:
I can think of 4 options:

1) Pay $30 for the NBC/mapmyride thing. Note you will need an internet connection and computer hardware capable of streaming high quality video. Without these things this solution will only show you a pretty much unwatchable, jerky, low res presentation. If you do have these things, this solution will by far provide the best presentation.

2) Record video from one the freely available live streams (someone mentioned keepvid.com to do this).

3) Binary newsgroups. Check binsearch.info at http://binsearch.info/browse.php?bg=alt.binaries.multimedia.sports for someone to graciously post their captured video. Get the "Grabit" application for Windows OS, install it and configure it to download stuff from the newsgroup. You'll have to wait until the next day usually for the latest video to be available. Download it (somebody has to upload it though, which isn't always guaranteed) and watch it at your convenience. It does help to have an account at something like giganews, because they will retain stuff that has been uploaded for much longer.

4) Look for snippets to be posted on youtube.
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Perfect, thanks much. And repped.
 
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bobvanjr said:
I decided to do the NBC/Universal pay thing and give it a shot. Hopefully it works out.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
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I paid for NBC online they finally posted a link to watch, about 10 minutes after Eurosport went live. Some flavor of HD is nice.
 
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The feed started late for me too. The picture is crap... even right next to my 18 mbps router. Not anywhere near hd for me and buffering like crazy. I hooked it up hdmi to my tv and I can't get any audio.

Hopefully replays will be better.

Some investigating I will do!
 
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thefirstrow.eu works for me its free and i can choose NBC Eurosport or whatever else people have links to. it is nice not the best picture but i get the tour even with no cable.
 
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