… you have to go into it knowing it won’t all be sunshine and lollipops. The regular package provides a pretty poor picture. I occasionally hook it up to my HD TV via s-video, and you can see what’s going on, but Travis Buck usually looks like the blob got him. And, as we all know, once the blob has you…

Anyway, I momentarily had the premium package a year or 2 ago, but didn’t find it to be any great shakes. The picture quality was certainly better, but lag issues popped up all the time. It’s one thing to have to refresh the video window once or twice during a game; it’s quite another to watch a 35-minute Mark Ellis at-bat… that only involved 4 pitches.

The big pro for me is the on-demand aspect of MLB.TV. While I prefer to watch the games live, sometimes it’s not feasible, so it’s nice to have the ability to check it out at my leisure.

I should point out that I’ve never had the Extra Innings package, so I can’t really compare the 2; however, I find that the viewing experience is much, much more enjoyable when the game is in true HD versus what MLB.TV can offer you. Conversely, if picture quality is less important to you than being able to watch nearly every game at your discretion, then the choice seems pretty clear.

Hope this helped. I’m so hopped up on coffee right now that this could very well be completely indecipherable.

though with Comcast’s switch, I have to figure out how to get my Slingbox to control the DTA box, or I will only be able to watch 1 channel.

And since I am going to Study Abroad in Australia, I might get MLBTV just because of the time difference

i haven’t tried it out yet due to the limited number of pre-season games being covered, but i would think the premium level subscription will work fine if you’re on a high-speed internet connection and you connect with the ethernet cable rather than using wireless.

as far as the set-up, if your tv has HDMI inputs and your computer is a desktop with some open ports, i would recommend getting a DVI connection to install on your CPU and then getting an HDMI-DVI cable. that gives HD quality picture. for sound stick with what you’re doing with the headphone cable. if you go the DVI-HDMI route, DON’T buy a Monster brand cable because they are absurdly over priced for no reason. if you could find a HDMI card to install on your PC, that would be even better because you could just use a HDMI cable, transmits audio in addition to video.

try here for HDMI-DVI cables and try here for HDMI cables. i bought my HDMI cable there and i’ve had no issues. and i have no idea what the difference is between the different grades or whatever of HDMI cables, but i remember googling it and finding the answer quickly. good luck.

Depending on the outputs and inputs on your computer and TV you could have a great picture or a miserable one. To get a good quality picture on your TV your computer needs a digital output of DVI or HDMI, and your TV will need either of the corresponding inputs. If the computer has a DVI out and the TV only an HDMI, thats not a problem, because you can just buy a simple converter cable or adapter online.

The S-video cable limits your resolution to 720×480i which will look awful on your TV, or like Joey said, Tbuck will look like a blob. The only limiting factor when using one of those digital cables will be your TV’s optimal resolution and the particular feeds being sent out from MLB.TV for the specific game you are watching. So if your are you using MLB.TV platinum and receiving 800k feed or HD feed which are coming in at resolutions greater than 480p the action is going to look just like it does on your computer monitor. The only adjustment that needs to be made is setting your computer’s video output to something manageable for your TV because many monitors are set to a higher resolution than TV’s can support (probably 1024×768) .

So, being a baseball fan I really wanted the EI package last year. I live in Oakland so for me it was about seeing other teams play – not just the A’s. So I ordered the package from Comcast and they didn’t carry any of the games in HD. I looked on the EI package online and it listed a bunch of HD games, like one a day. So I called Comcast and they were like “no, you don’t get the HD games, we don’t carry them.” So I cancelled. Unbelievable.

So, I’m just going to get the MLB.TV this season and do my best. Can’t be no worse than stupid Comcast and much cheaper as I already have the cables.

Does anybody know if this has changed with Comcast? I HATES them.

Just as jlanning17 said, buy a hdmi/dvi (I prefer monoprice) cable (hdmi to TV, dvi to your video card) or if you have a hdmi/hdmi cable purchase a female hdmi to male dvi connector.

Be aware that DVI does not carry audio from your hdmi. Depending on your TV, for audio, I use a stereo 3.5mm to 2 rca (y-connector) into my component input (rca red/white). Make sure you match your hdmi and composite (eg. input 3 hdmi & input 3 composite/component).

If you want to get a true TV experience, on your computer, change your resolution to 1280 × 720 for true widescreen 720p (16:9), otherwise it’ll look a little funny at the standard widescreen resolution 1280 × 768 (16:10).

First, thanks to all for your help. I’m going to try and answer several items here with one post…

Computer: I have an RCA-type outlet called “Composite Video” and a 4-pin S-video outlet. No DVI or HDMI outlet. I do have one open port. For audio I have the headphone connection and a digital audio out RCA-type plug.

HD LCD TV: The manual recommends setting the PC graphics card to 1024×768. I have DVI-PC and DVI-RGB inputs available, though it seems like DVI-PC might be the better choice.

Obviously, it seems I don’t want a S-video-to-DVI cable as that would defeat the prupose. I should get a DVI card. Do they make DVI adapter cards that I can put in that empty slot that still use the existing graphics card, or would I be better off getting a new full-blown graphics card with a DVI output? Can anyone recommend something either way, keeping in mind that I can’t do anything outrageously expensive.

There is also a PC/DTV audio input, which I presume should connect to the digital audio out from the PC.

Thoughts?

Thank you all again.