Can anyone confirm whether I'll get a better HD picture when watching MLB.TV if I upgrade from an ATV2 to ATV3? I know ATV3 supports 1080p, but I'm wondering if MLB.TV supports 1080p through the ATV. Thanks.
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MLB.TV on ATV2 vs. ATV3
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if you aren't interested in jailbreaking, you can sell the 2 on ebay for quite a bit more than you can buy a new 3 for.
then you can get the higher resolution in all the other services, even if MLB is 720.
currently they are going for $200 to $300
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=appletv+2nd&_sacat=0
then you can get the higher resolution in all the other services, even if MLB is 720.
currently they are going for $200 to $300
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=appletv+2nd&_sacat=0
Are you aware of any on-line source that may answer my question? Also, was the ATV3 available throughout the full MLB season last year? If not, hopefully MLB/Apple were waiting to update it for the start of a new season.
Unfortunately, no, but when somebody makes that kind of upgrade they usually like to brag about it a little, so if you can't find anything they probably haven't upgraded.
The Apple TV 3 came out March 7th of last year, so just before the season started. Even so, I doubt they'd upgrade everything to 1080p just for one device (Roku has had 1080p for much longer). All their online desktop streaming is 720p and I doubt any games are broadcast in anything higher than 720p.
720p is good enough for them to call it HD and until all cable companies/channels move to 1080p broadcasts 24/7 they probably won't bother streaming at any higher resolution.
After all, it's not like they'll add a ton of extra customers if they upgrade to 1080p. Their product appeals to baseball fans, not fans of 1080p content. Sure, it would be nice for the fans of both if they upgrade, but if somebody doesn't like baseball, they're not going to sign up just because it's 1080p.
Sorry to be so negative, but this is the reality (as far as I see it anyway). I really do hope I'm wrong.
You may want to ask this question over at the MLB.tv support forum. They are pretty good at getting back to you on technical stuff: http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=10&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=ml-help01
But as far as I know, MLB.tv currently maxes out at 720p. We do know that the Apple TV 3 is capable of higher-quality streams, with Netflix SuperHD as an example, so theoretically they could make a higher bit-rate stream available on the ATV3, even if it remained at 720p.
the last season was horrible on apple tv especially when there were more games together. I think they don't enough bandwidth for all 12,000 devices that are on. Nfl gamepass is another planet for example.
on mac worked quite good tho... flash miracle
I Have been using MLB.TV on an ATV2 for the last 2 seasons and I find it works great. Also the whole MLB.TV service from the laptop to the iPhone, ipad and then ATV is unbeatable if you want to follow an out of market team. I used the MLB Extra innings package for a few years before I switched to MLB.TV and find MLB.TV to be so much better the fact that you can chose witch brodcast to watch and you get audio if you want it on the phone or laptop makes it worth the money to me.
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I find the video is good but the audio is horrible. Almost sounds like it is coming from a tin can. Really need to send a DD5.1 signal or at least use a higher bitrate for the audio portion.
The ios app is better in this regard for whatever reason when using headphones on the video or radio streams.
I find the video is good but the audio is horrible. Almost sounds like it is coming from a tin can. Really need to send a DD5.1 signal or at least use a higher bitrate for the audio portion.
The ios app is better in this regard for whatever reason when using headphones on the video or radio streams.
Starting this year, you can now listen to the radio broadcasts of games on the Apple TV, as well.
It works well on my Apple TV 3, I havent had any issues so far. HD becomes available Opening Day. I could give more detail then, but it looks better than stadard def now. 
I am a cord cutter and cant live without MLB.
I am a cord cutter and cant live without MLB.
Given that it's not working today at all today on my ATV3 -- others have the same problem -- I'd say that it was a big fail.
Given my iTunes > Apple TV > TV set issues -- which others also have -- I am now in the looking in another direction camp.
I should add that MLB.tv is looking into it - they don't know where the problem is.
It's working now. :0
Given my iTunes > Apple TV > TV set issues -- which others also have -- I am now in the looking in another direction camp.
I should add that MLB.tv is looking into it - they don't know where the problem is.
It's working now. :0
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I managed to purchase a monthly subscription last year, but now I want to purchase an annual subscription through iTunes.
Apple phone support said to buy it through the App, and it would be covered. But that's only for at-bat, the app. I'm trying to get MLB.TV premium through my iTunes account.
Can anyone help me, please?
Apple phone support said to buy it through the App, and it would be covered. But that's only for at-bat, the app. I'm trying to get MLB.TV premium through my iTunes account.
Can anyone help me, please?
last year you could watch the free game of the day on the apple tv but this year it is not letting me
Thanks everyone for their thoughts on the service.
I pulled the trigger last night, signing up for the monthly service rather than annual so I could cancel if it was really bad.
So far so good. The video quality has been quite nice as I was watching the Rangers-Astros game, though there were some points where the video quality really went south for a minute or two. It was like watching primitive YouTube videos shot on a flip-phone camera or something!
Anyway, pretty happy so far and looking forward to the season!
I pulled the trigger last night, signing up for the monthly service rather than annual so I could cancel if it was really bad.
So far so good. The video quality has been quite nice as I was watching the Rangers-Astros game, though there were some points where the video quality really went south for a minute or two. It was like watching primitive YouTube videos shot on a flip-phone camera or something!
Anyway, pretty happy so far and looking forward to the season!
To be fair, the audio quality of the cable extra innings package sucked as well.
There have been many that complained about that particular game, but it was most likely due to the possible perfect game. So many people changed feeds to that game at one time.