MiLB.tv?
by mrkupe on Jul 14, 2010 11:01 PM EDT
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PrintAs we're in the sleepiest sports day of the year, I thought I might throw this out there. I'm wondering who out there subscribes to MiLB.tv. The game selection isn't spectacular, but you get archives, and the ability to see some real game tape on guys in the lower minors. The price isn't too excessive, only $7 bucks to try it out for a month. On the downside, you have to watch in Windows Media Player. Don't get me wrong, I actually find this preferable to the monstrosity that is MLB.TV on a computer (utterly unwatchable unless you stream it to another device, IMO), but it's still something to keep in mind. Now, if I could get this streamed to my TV like MLB.TV, I would be all over it . . .but as it is, I'm on the fence. Frankly I'm just trying to absorb as much baseball as possible as I try to instill in myself the nuts-and-bolts of scouting, so getting to see lots of minor league games for less than the cost of a decent seat to a game is tempting. So who out there has a subscription?
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Milb.tv
I subscribe for $29.99 a season. It is almost exclusively AAA games though. About 75-80% of the AAA games are available to watch.
These are the teams and the league they are in, who broadcast their home games that I have noticed who aren’t AAA teams:
Idaho Falls – Pioneer League (actually watching them right now)
Lexington Legends – South Atlantic League
Great Lakes Loons – Midwest League
Aberdeen Iron Birds – NY Penn League
There may be another team below AAA in there that I have missed, but that is about it. Just a heads up before you go in thinking you have a wider selection.
With that said, it should be noted that some parks have much better quality camera’s than others. Some places you get the typical MLB view from CF behind the pitcher looking at the catcher. Some places you get a camera from what looks like the Press Box.
For me though, its absolutely worth the price.
Corpus Christi sometimes as well, I believe
Gives some access to the Texas League, although those broadcasts aren’t frequent.
Awfully tempting . . .
Yeah, I have it
I have watched the Hooks play from time to time. I hate the tiny screen and lack of velocity information etc. though. (They don’t even show you balls and strikes on most broadcasts.)
Still it’s nice if you’re really wanting to see some of the prospects you’ve heard so much about.
Velocity
I know that Durham has a gun reading in their broadcasts. Only one I can remember though, but I don’t often watch games that don’t involve the Reds farm teams.
Do you have an S video out on your computer?
That is how we play movies from the computer on to the big screen. It was how I would watch games while I lived in germany as well.
I am also a subscriber
It is not that bad. As dougdirt said, most of the games are AAA. I believe Corpus Cristi, Portland, Oklahoma, Indianappolis, and Durham have the most frequent broadcasts. I enjoy watching Durham’s stacked lineup. Overall, I like it for being able to watch some prospects that I can’t see in person since I am up in Toronto. It also can put you on to new players. For instance, I had no idea who Jerry Sands was until I watched Great Lakes early in the season.
The major caveat is video quality. Except for a few games broadcast by the MLB network and FSN’s Portland games, the quality is usually pretty poor. Sometimes the quality looks worse than a 15 year-old video camera(This is rare but it will happen). I never watch the games in full screen. The small screen is usually satisfactory and allows me to track other games. If you can tolerate the poor quality video though, it is a great deal as a yearly purchase in my opinion.
by tdot mariner fan on Jul 15, 2010 12:57 AM EDT reply actions
Overstatement
While you certainly aren’t getting anything in HD…. the video quality isn’t terrible. Perhaps some of you aren’t as old as me, but I remember poor video on the internet and for the most part, this isn’t it. I can absolutely watch this at full screen on both the laptop and desktop without any issues.
I have it as well
It’s pretty cheap, so no big deal, but there are a few complains.
First, and maybe this is just me, but my stream needs to rebuffer every few minutes and often goes out completely, requiring me to reload (I’m run MLB.tv smoothly, even on HD, so it’s not my connection)
And then I’m disappointed in how long it takes for them to archive games — depending on the team, it takes up to days.
I also wish they would show velocity readings (they may in some parks), but that’s nitpicking.
Just you
I don’t have any issues buffering the games.
Archived games is a pain sometimes. Great Lakes broadcasts almost all of their home games. Not a single one is archived this season.
MLB.tv
Interesting, mine runs smoothly in HD mode on my computer (except for the usual opening week difficulties).
I was thinking about subscribing to it last year, but the selection put me off.
computer
I’ve only tried logging in through my netbook, which is my primary computer. MLB.TV doesn’t even run well in standard quality on it, even though Netflix works perfectly well. I could try my desktop, I guess . . .but then again, I’d much rather watch the game on my TV anyways.
The selection is decent. You’ll get to see a lot of names on there at various points in the season. Can’t really scout a guy by watching him on TV, but you’ll definitely get to pick up some things, and frankly it beats talking out of your ass about a player. :)
I guess it depends on the processor that's in the computer
MLB.tv is a resource hog. I only have a Standard Definition TV, so I actually prefer watching on my HD monitor.
Yeah, that’s true. I just wish some of the lower levels were better represented. Perhaps, I’ll look deeper into it.
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