02-07-2010, 10:37 AM
<!--quoteo(post=78797:date=Feb 7 2010, 01:31 AM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Feb 7 2010, 01:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=78784:date=Feb 6 2010, 04:40 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Feb 6 2010, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=78772:date=Feb 6 2010, 02:10 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 6 2010, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=78771:date=Feb 6 2010, 01:06 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ Feb 6 2010, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I prefer MLB.TV simply because you get every single game all year with less strict blackout options and you can watch it anywhere.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's a very good point as well about the blackout restrictions, and it sucks they won't let you buy individual games anymore on mlb.tv with that in mind for Saturday games.
With the NFL Sunday Ticket Superfan package, you can also watch the games online... I wonder if DirecTV will ever let you do that with the EI package.
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Actually, it's not a point at all. MLB.tv observes exactly the same blackout restrictions.
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Not true
MLB.TV has a much smaller blackout window on Saturdays and no window at all except the Sunday night ESPN game on Sundays.
There were several games last year (pretty much every Saturday day game) that I got on MLB.TV that Clapp did not get on Extra innings.
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I have no idea what Extra Innings chooses to include or exclude but if you're billed within a given blackout area, there are no games that are subject to league blackout restrictions that you will be able to see on MLB.tv. I believe these restrictions includes the FOX Saturday blackout hours. I do not know if this includes ESPN's Sunday night. Extra innings may be excluding some games for reasons I know nothing about...some sort of contractual or discretionary thing...resulting in MLB.tv <i>having</i> more games than EI...but MLB.tv is still subject to the same league blackout restrictions.
That's a very good point as well about the blackout restrictions, and it sucks they won't let you buy individual games anymore on mlb.tv with that in mind for Saturday games.
With the NFL Sunday Ticket Superfan package, you can also watch the games online... I wonder if DirecTV will ever let you do that with the EI package.
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Actually, it's not a point at all. MLB.tv observes exactly the same blackout restrictions.
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Not true
MLB.TV has a much smaller blackout window on Saturdays and no window at all except the Sunday night ESPN game on Sundays.
There were several games last year (pretty much every Saturday day game) that I got on MLB.TV that Clapp did not get on Extra innings.
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I have no idea what Extra Innings chooses to include or exclude but if you're billed within a given blackout area, there are no games that are subject to league blackout restrictions that you will be able to see on MLB.tv. I believe these restrictions includes the FOX Saturday blackout hours. I do not know if this includes ESPN's Sunday night. Extra innings may be excluding some games for reasons I know nothing about...some sort of contractual or discretionary thing...resulting in MLB.tv <i>having</i> more games than EI...but MLB.tv is still subject to the same league blackout restrictions.