New MLB.COM premium

[das11209]

Has anyone tried it this year? I just signed up and will watch the game from my office today pretending I am working.

 

Looks like they have HD quality pictures and DVR which are cool. The best part is I can now get both home and away feeds when available so I can always choose NESN. Last year - the White Sox anouncers drove me nuts.

[Cocos Disciples]

Moving to General Baseball Forum.

[das11209]

Moving to General Baseball Forum.

 

Makes sense - so did you become a mod? I know they were asking if someone is interested.

[Cocos Disciples]

Nope, hacked the site and nobody has noticed yet. I'm waiting to make my big move.

 

Yes I became a mod.

[J-Beck]

I wanted to sign up for it, but just couldn't fork out the cash.

 

Instead I just got the Gameday audio for 15 bucks/year.

[BoSox21]

I get the MLB.tv basic package which is just the home feed and gameday audio. I got premium last year but the higher-quality video lagged too much but they improved the basic picture this year so I'm not complaining....until the Sox head to Chicago and I gotta listen to their homer announcers

[ms_sox]

I've been using it since early April. Bought the Premium service. I have picky eyes so the HD quality seems worth the extra bucks to me. Lags a little now and then, mostly w/the fast-pans of camera, but nothing disturbing. Usually it's fine.

 

What I like most is I can hook the PC up to the 50" TV and it still looks pretty damn good. Not super-HD quality, but better than some of the crappier HD signal broadcasts cable likes to give you at times.

 

The NexDef seems to have problems and sometimes isn't working, and so far it's cut out completely for a few hours a couple times but eh...I figure it's still better than not seeing the games at all (since I live in California).

[RedSoxRooter]

Yes. Today is my first day. I've been watching games over mlb.com for probably 5 years now. They just switched from Silverlight to Flash and I cannot drool enough. $100/season (or $20/month) may be a little expensive, but I'll tell you.. the audio and in particular the video is downright amazing. It's crystal clear video. I have a somewhat slow connection and there are dropped frames, but the overall quality is the best I've ever seen on the internet. Amazing really. I never thought MLB would deliver on something so hyped, but they are with this and the MLB Network. I may actually watch out of market games now since the video quality is this good. I'll post a screen cap if you want proof.

[RedSoxRooter]

default and then full screen mode.

[msubulldogs21]

RSR, for some reason I thought you got Extra Innings.

 

This is my 5th year in a row with Extra Innings on Directv and I couldn't be happier. I love how last year they switched to where you could watch either team's broadcast. No more missing NESN on Sox away games.

[RedSoxRooter]

 

What I like most is I can hook the PC up to the 50" TV and it still looks pretty damn good. Not super-HD quality, but better than some of the crappier HD signal broadcasts cable likes to give you at times.

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You have to PM me on how to do this. I got the same size tv. Thanks!

[RedSoxRooter]

RSR, for some reason I thought you got Extra Innings.

 

This is my 5th year in a row with Extra Innings on Directv and I couldn't be happier. I love how last year they switched to where you could watch either team's broadcast. No more missing NESN on Sox away games.

 

I do, but 50% of Saturday game I need to use MLB.com (if it's not the national game and not on after 7pm). Plus sometimes I use it at work. It's just the backup, but turning into a damn sweet backup.

[msubulldogs21]

I do' date=' but 90% of Saturday game I need to use MLB.com. Plus sometimes I use it at work. It's just the backup, but turning into a damn sweet backup.[/quote']

 

Ah, I gotcha. Yeah, I rarely get the Saturday games living in Cardinal land. And when the Cardinals aren't the FOX game I'm stuck with the Braves, just like today. Not good times.

[Spudboy]

No game thread today?

[RedSoxRooter]

well f*** this. I take it all back. I'm blacked out from the Fox game because the Braves are on locally. So f***em. losers.

[RedSoxRooter]

and if you try to log in more than twice in a half hour, you get locked out. Nice job! Don't buy this s***.

[Cocos Disciples]

default and then full screen mode.

 

Your name is Raymond!

[RedSoxRooter]

Your name is Raymond!

 

Suck it.

[ms_sox]

well f*** this. I take it all back. I'm blacked out from the Fox game because the Braves are on locally. So f***em. losers.

Yeah, that's going to happen now and then. This is the first Redsox game I haven't been able to catch on mlb.tv tho, so I think it isn't too bad, especially since they do at least have the archive to watch later. It's $100 cheaper than the Extra Inning cable package and I'm cheap, so I can miss a few live games. Does suck tho.

 

In terms of hooking the PC to the TV - I don't really know. My husband does most of that kind of stuff, when I ask him to. heh I do know hubby uses the internal video card option, not an external converter, and then it's just a matter of hooking a cable from the PC into the TV (plus sound). We also use a wireless router for the internet signal so we don't have to have yet more cables snaking around the house.

 

This link might help tho: http://sewelldirect.com/articles/connecting-your-pc-to-your-tv.aspx

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You have to PM me on how to do this. I got the same size tv. Thanks!

I don't know if she's PM'd you yet, but most digital ready TVs come with a monitor jack in the back. Connect to the stream, put your computer near the TV, and connect the TV with a monitor cable. It doesn't trasmit the sound signal, so you'll need speakers plugged into the computer's audio jack.

[ORS]

On the thread topic, I have mlb.tv and my major gripe this year is the delay. When I'm watching the game and game threading, I'm browsing actively and following the game on Gameday to see the pitch f/x data. Gameday is about 15 seconds behind realtime, and the stream is about 15 seconds behind that, so I know what happens before I see it. It's frustrating, and it's worse this year than in previous years.

[ms_sox]

It doesn't trasmit the sound signal, so you'll need speakers plugged into the computer's audio jack.

Or a sound card cable plugged into the TV

Gameday is about 15 seconds behind realtime, and the stream is about 15 seconds behind that, so I know what happens before I see it. It's frustrating,

Yes, very annoying. Which is why I don't often say much in game threads. I enjoy reading them, but by the time I see a play and reload a page there's already 10 posts on it so...heh.

 

I think the delay where I live is closer to two minutes. But it seems to depend a little on who's doing the feed. Some games, one of the two feeds mlb gives will be a minute ahead of the other.

[RedSoxRooter]

I'm actually glad FOX had me miss this game. Thanks FOX.

[ms_sox]

Someone on Twitter said the non-HD feeds aren't delayed nearly as much. I haven't tried it to see if it's true, tho. I like the HD picture too much.

[example1]

I paid extra for the premium and have been disappointed so far. The feed seems better on the regular setting, the DVR function seems to work only occasionally, and about half the time I'm told that the premium isn't available and it is switching automatically to the regular mode. Frustrating, because I'm pretty sure my internet connection and computer aren't the problem.

[ms_sox]

Sometimes when NexDef has problems it goes away if you close all your browser windows and restart.

But yeah, I've seen some people who apparently have a lot of problems w/NexDef. I haven't had much.

 

NexDef probably gives some pc's hiccups...why I don't know.

[ms_sox]

I've comfirmed that if you turn NexDef off via that slider there seems to be very little delay in the games. Probably still some, but not much. The NexDef HD-buffer seems to be the cause of the delay.

 

So if you like to be more timely with 'net game interactions/can live w/out the HD quality don't bother with the Prem. package.