Is it just me, or has the quality of MLB.tv on the Apple TV improved?

This is the second year that I've subscribed to MLB.tv, and last year, my opinion of the service on the Apple TV was mixed. While the interface is nice and the picture quality was usually good, you could always count on pixellation during rapid movement or fast camera panning, and the frame rate always looked like it maxed out at 24fps, which is really not good at all for any scenes with fast action. It was really noticeable.

Fast forward to this season, and things look to be much improved, at least to my eyes. I don't see the stuttering when there is a lot of action and movement, and I see much less pixellation. You especially notice it in the score bug and the graphics. Is it possible that Apple or MLB.tv has switched to a different codec or upped the frame rate for the games? Or have I lost my mind?

 

My ISP has upped my download rate from 10mbps to 25mbps since the end of last season, but I can't imagine that would've had an effect, since MLB.tv streaming in HD is probably still pulling around 5mbps or less.

MLB also let it slip that the MLB.tv interface on the Apple TV is supposed to receive some updates and enhancements for 2012, so I'm curious to see what that will look like.

 

I know it's early in the regular season and there aren't a lot of games being streamed concurrently, but so far the picture quality and frame rate look fantastic. Seems like a pretty nice improvement over last season.