ESPN3 All Court Coverage (Australian Open 2011)

Bud

Bud

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Fedace said:
WOW,,,this is great thing you are doing. Is this every court or just center court ? and isn't there a live court cam link in the aussie open site itself ?
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Thanks, I can't take credit for it though :lol:

Not sure about the live court cam link
 
BobFL

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Bud you are THE MAN! Thanks a lot! It works silky smooth (copyright: zoolander) :D I don't have to watch Sharapova! Gamonf and Sam FTW! :)

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Semi-Pro

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jamesblakefan#1 said:
Afraid not, not even everyone in the US gets it depending on your ISP.
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Yeah, ah well looks like I'll have to stick to the live streaming for a couple days, here in Canada most of the coverage begins tomorrow and its not always live during the first week.

EDIT: Well it looks like us Canadians get live HD tennis just like the US!

http://watch.tsn.ca/tennis/clip401667#clip401667

Shame it isn't an ESPN stream though. :(
 
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BobFL

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Wow this is beyond good. Seriously :) My wife is watching Maria and I am one happy man in front of my 24" screen :D

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bluetrain4

G.O.A.T.
The ESPN3 coverage is the greatest thing ever. Just watched the end of first set of the Monfils-De Bakker match.

Not only can I pick matches, but I can avoid lengthy non-tennis segments and commercials. Fantastic.
 
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bluetrain4

G.O.A.T.
What's the restriction on access? Do you have to be a U.S. cable subscriber? I have ESPN3, but I assume it's because I'm paying hand over fist for Comcast cable and internet.
 
Bud

Bud

Bionic Poster
bluetrain4 said:
What's the restriction on access? Do you have to be a U.S. cable subscriber? I have ESPN3, but I assume it's because I'm paying hand over fist for Comcast cable and internet.
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Certain cable companies have agreements with ESPN... Comcast, Cox, etc. So, if you have an IP address from one of those companies you get it free.
 
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TMF

Talk Tennis Guru
Since Roddick is schedule to play next after Monfil's match, ESPN2 may cover his match(b/c he's an American:mad:) instead of Federer's match. Good thing we have ESPN3. :)
 
mathieu

mathieu

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Is anyone having some issues with the video quality? Maybe its because i only have dsl, but i always have 3 bars on the quality for espn3, and the small video size is too blocky from having too high a definition, but full screen is too blurry bcause it ain't 4 or 5 bars quality.

I seriously wish they had a medium sized player.
 
BobFL

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mathieu said:
Is anyone having some issues with the video quality? Maybe its because i only have dsl, but i always have 3 bars on the quality for espn3, and the small video size is too blocky from having too high a definition, but full screen is too blurry bcause it ain't 4 or 5 bars quality.

I seriously wish they had a medium sized player.
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What cpu do you have? Multi HD-streams are very cpu-power hungry...
 
BobFL

BobFL

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mathieu said:
It's not my cpu. its my suck ass bandwidth. I just wish there was a medium sized video player, not just small and full screen.
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+1

I am on Bright House Turbo (15Mbps) and it is going pretty good (3-4 signal strength in full screen mode, 4 matches)
 
WhiskeyEE

WhiskeyEE

G.O.A.T.
this blonde woman commentator is so awkward. on espn2 at least. i remember from i think the uso as well. no idea how she got her job. maybe it's her looks.
 
cork_screw

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Unfortunately this does not work if you subscribe to Time Warner which 99.9999% of NYC'ers do. I think ESPN3 is open to comcast and maybe some other providers. But yes, you can pick your court that you wish to watch which is a good thing. A much better option than seeing Venus crushing someone when there's a 5th setter happening on a smaller court, just because she's an American and they need to air americans.
 
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tennisnoob3

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cork_screw said:
Unfortunately this does not work if you subscribe to Time Warner which 99.9999% of NYC'ers do. I think ESPN3 is open to comcast and maybe some other providers. But yes, you can pick your court that you wish to watch which is a good thing. A much better option than seeing Venus crushing someone when there's a 5th setter happening on a smaller court, just because she's an American and they need to air americans.
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actually, it does work for time warner, just not for cablevision. is time warner really that big in nyc? i always though cablevision/io had a good grasp on the nyc metro market.
 
Fee

Fee

Legend
cork_screw said:
Unfortunately this does not work if you subscribe to Time Warner which 99.9999% of NYC'ers do. I think ESPN3 is open to comcast and maybe some other providers. But yes, you can pick your court that you wish to watch which is a good thing. A much better option than seeing Venus crushing someone when there's a 5th setter happening on a smaller court, just because she's an American and they need to air americans.
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I have Time Warner (California) and I have access to it, but first I have to go to Time Warner's website and set up an account, then use that account to access ESPN3. Haven't done it yet, been too lazy.

Time Warner made a very big deal after its most recent negotiations with ESPN/ABC/Disney that they were adding ESPN3 access to their cable internet customers.
 
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Bud said:
Certain cable companies have agreements with ESPN... Comcast, Cox, etc. So, if you have an IP address from one of those companies you get it free.
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jamesblakefan#1 said:
Yeah from what I understand ESPN3 is restricted to only Verizon and Comcast subscribers, as well as college providers and military bases.

http://espn.go.com/espn3/faq#4
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As someone else noted, more companies have agreements. I have AT&T, which works with ESPN3.


Friendly tip: For households with multiple tennis fans, unless you have a fast enough internet service, two or more people using ESPN3 at once will cause significantly lowered stream quality. This may seem obvious, but some will overlook it.
 
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