MLB TV Regular or Premium?

Redbirdruss · Post by **Redbirdruss** » February 23 07, 3:03 pm

I just signed up for Premium. The video in the demo is much better than last year.

Post by **Bo Hart** » February 23 07, 3:12 pm

fanforever wrote:This is truly a matter of life and life barely worth living for any die hard baseball fan like myself. I have resigned myself to buy the MLB.TV Premium package.

My only bone with this is that the Fox Sports Saturday Telecasts will be blacked out due to fox sports. Does anyone remember the old post from Card Talk that someone posted about how to get around the Blackout? I believe it had something to do with changing your server or something

It involves setting up a proxy through your browser. Basically, another server acts as a "middle man" between you and the MLB.TV server, and and that server is in a country where blackout rules do not apply. That foreign server then relays the information to you.

You can find free proxies, but it's often-times a slow and painful process.

G. Keenan · Post by **G. Keenan** » March 2 07, 12:07 am

Anyone who ordered this had a change to watch it yet? How is premium and what's your download bandwidth?

Is there any kind of free preview available?

Jocephus · Post by **Jocephus** » March 2 07, 12:09 am

i think the regular looks better than last year

G. Keenan · Post by **G. Keenan** » March 2 07, 12:14 am

Is there any way to watch the games in something other than Windows Media Player?

If not, is there any way to make the stream full screen? Windows Media Player really sucks if you're using a Mac.

clement · Post by **clement** » March 2 07, 12:21 am

G. Keenan wrote:Is there any way to watch the games in something other than Windows Media Player?

If not, is there any way to make the stream full screen? Windows Media Player really sucks if you're using a Mac.

I just ordered Premium. I believe you can choose between windows media player and real player.

Yes, you can expand to 2x screen or full screen.

Jocephus · Post by **Jocephus** » March 2 07, 12:22 am

i really dont know macs...

2. Media Player Requirements
Video:
MLB.TV, Condensed Games, Highlights Direct, and all other products come in WMV format and run on Windows Media Player version 9.0 or above. Some free video, features, trailers, and miscellaneous video may be in Flash Video format, which requires Flash Player version 7 or higher. Archived videos that are older than 2 years will play in the native player.

Audio:
Gameday Audio, MLB Radio, and all other audio products come in WMA format and run on Windows Media Player version 9.0 or above. Audio content older than 2 years will play in the native player.

Recommended Browsers:
While the Media Player will run on most browsers, we urge that you use one of the following browsers to achieve the best performance. If you are limited to using a browser that is not listed here, please make sure to test out the Media Player before purchasing a subscription. We do not provide support for browsers that are not listed below.
PC Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, Mozilla FireFox 1.x, IE 6 on AOL 9
Mac Safari 2.0 or above

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/faq_system_ ... nts.jsp#q2

i do fullscreen with wmp, through firefox

fulldeck · Post by **fulldeck** » March 2 07, 6:12 am

Jocephus wrote:i think the regular looks better than last year

Weren't you having some problems with the feed yesterday? I thought I saw that in the game thread.

Jocephus · Post by **Jocephus** » March 2 07, 8:17 am

fulldeck wrote:
Jocephus wrote:i think the regular looks better than last year
Weren't you having some problems with the feed yesterday? I thought I saw that in the game thread.

that was at work...it got choppy for awhile...but i think it was because i had so many applications up and running...it was only for a few moments though

Wekse5 · Post by **Wekse5** » March 2 07, 9:32 am

G. Keenan wrote:Anyone who ordered this had a change to watch it yet? How is premium and what's your download bandwidth?

Is there any kind of free preview available?

the 700k feed looks just about as good as regular tv...not much of a difference at all...i was quite pleased watching yesterday...ran the laptop into the big screen via s-video...looked pretty damn good.