DirecTV NFL Mobile: The most expensive free app in the world

I have one TV in the upstairs media center, one in the downstairs living room, and don't watch sports or subscribe to anything more than basic cable. I agree with Patrick and don't appreciate being forced to pay for what I don't watch. Viva la ala carte pricing!

Sonos app is free and yet a base system with two receivers is gonna set you back at least $600 and more likely you'll go with an intro package at about $1000.

I am pretty sure the Control4/Crestron apps are also free and those control systems start at about $2k and can go up into the $100k+.

This is SO not the most expensive free app.

-aedile-

wooohooo! I have subscribed to direct tv's sunday ticket for 5 years now. 3 of those years was when I was out on the west coast and needed to watch my buffalo bills. the sunday ticket is so good, and continues to add amazing improvements like this on a yearly basis, that I keep subscribing to the sunday ticket even though I go to 8 homes games a year now (thus missing 8 weeks of sunday ticket coverage)

This is a great app and the NFL thing is about the only reasonable sports on DirecTV, but not for the obvious reason. It's reasonable because only those people who want it pay for it. If you don't want it, you don't have to pay.

Compare to ESPN and some of the other sports channels. They're not free: they merely bury and hide their cost in everyone's subscription. You pay for it whether you want it or not, whether you like it or not. You are forced to pay. Everyone pays.

I cheer for the day when I can pick and choose and pay ONLY for the DirecTV channels I actually want and watch and choose to have in my home.

I agree with Hal.

Didn't I read that MLB will charge 99 cents per game?

If NFL was in the same price range per game, I would buy an occasional game to supplement free TV games.

At the prices listed in the article I wouldn't come close to considering it.

They should allow for individual game purchases like MLB just instituted. There in NO way in hell I'm going to pay that kind of money to watch football when I can see more than enough games for FREE on TV. But if they had it where I could pay to buy an occasional game I'd go for that and I think WAY more people would buy that over paying an astronomical amount of $$$ for their package deal.

Most importantly the question is will I be able to use the Component cable to get the Stream on my TV right from the phone. This would really be THE feature - It's just a pain in the ass that the MLB app doesn't support this - I did by the MLB TV package coz I expected to be able to connect my iPhone to the TV - but there is just no picture.

I really don't care about 3G access - this will suck anyways coz AT&T just can't deliver enough bandwith anyways!

interestingly enough...there is a warning screen about "data intensive app" and "you should have an unlimited plan". that might just be DirecTV being hopeful/covering their butts.

no way they let this run on 3G. it will take down the entire ATT network within a 2 mile range of every football stadium on Sundays.

i have DirecTV and the Sunday ticket. my renewal rate is $229. superfan is still an extra $100, but a call to customer service threatening to cancel service usually can get you the package for free. that reminds me...i need to call them ;)

I don't see anybody in their right mind paying for something like that. It's the people who actually pay for that kind of stuff that justify the astronomical amount that athletes are paid.

Donate to a charity or something, quit supporting the people who are already loaded.