boyst Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 My tablet was fantastic. Not one issue. My laptop didn't do as well buffering the game. Very surprised yahoo handled this so well
Saxum Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Went from ok to poor on my computer monitor via wired Verizon FIOS but every commercial was clear so it has something to do with the splicing of commercials from feed to US before it was sent to US stream. There were a number of times it skipped backwards and replayed a few seconds. Flash player crashed once but that is not unusual with Adobe products.
CodeMonkey Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) My tablet was fantastic. Not one issue. My laptop didn't do as well buffering the game. Very surprised yahoo handled this so well Tablets and laptops are obviously much smaller than TVs. Therefore the lower than HD resolution and even the choppiness would be considerably less noticeable there. If the NFL intends on using streaming as a TV (commercial and the ticket) replacement, they need considerably higher quality and consistency than what yesterday had. Edited October 26, 2015 by CodeMonkey
Heitz Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I watched on my TV through my Apple TV (1) and had HD quality nearly the entire game. There were a few small hiccups and digital blurring (even a couple stops for a second or two), but overall I have no complaints. Except for the final score...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 My experience was pretty horrible. I have a smart tv with the Yahoo app, and I used wireless (yes, I understand the issues are related to this). I do not have the time or energy to rework the infrastructure in my house to accommodate hard-wiring my living room TV to the router in my office. Even on wireless the TV is capable of streaming in 4K from Netflix without quality drops or interruptions. Instead, yesterday, I dealt with constant quality changes, audio dropping out all together, and stuttering that reminded me of power point presentations.
Buffalo_Lobsters Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Connected my TV to my PC. Picture kept dropping out of HD and had a few severe pixielation issues. Plus the QB kept turning the ball over for TDs.
The Poojer Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 went perfect via the app on xbox360 up until the final 2 minutes, when it started trying to load the rest of the way, i do think my feed was about 1 play behind others as i was texting a fellow bills fan and he knew things 1 play ahead of what i was watching. the last 2 minutes i was forced to fire up the laptop which worked pretty well. the numbers yahoo is reporting are huge, i don't blame yahoo for my issues, i have to give them credit for pulling it off.
Mr. WEO Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I watched on my TV through my Apple TV (1) and had HD quality nearly the entire game. There were a few small hiccups and digital blurring (even a couple stops for a second or two), but overall I have no complaints. Except for the final score... Me too. Looked and sounded great nearly the whole game.
26CornerBlitz Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 @TheStreetTech NFL Happy With Buffalo-Jacksonville Streaming on Yahoo! But Can This Model Work? $YHOO http://dlvr.it/CYb202
The Avenger Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Ran the Yahoo Sports app on my tablet and casted to my Chromecast on my 55" TV. Video quality was good but about 10 times during the game it just froze, recovered, then skipped ahead to catch up, leaving me to miss some plays (like the 4th down goal line stop). Not being able to pause/rewind and record for later viewing were major negatives for me. I pay an arm and a leg for Sunday Ticket, so to have to watch the game like this was maddening....
PromoTheRobot Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-nfl-game-online-2015-10
birdog1960 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Tablets and laptops are obviously much smaller than TVs. Therefore the lower than HD resolution and even the choppiness would be considerably less noticeable there. If the NFL intends on using streaming as a TV (commercial and the ticket) replacement, they need considerably higher quality and consistency than what yesterday had. absolutely. had he watched this on a 108 inch projector, he would have noticed much more artifact. there was plenty on my 42inch set up. I didn't try the pj as by the time I got home the game appeared not to be worth the trouble.
cantankerous Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Mine looked great on 52" and never had to buffer once.
keepthefaith Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Pretty darned good especially since we picked it up on a laptop as far away in the house from our wireless router as you can get and connected it to a TV. Edited October 26, 2015 by keepthefaith
birdog1960 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-nfl-game-online-2015-10 this is really interesting. this guy measured his speed and it was very fast. what explains the differences in users experiences? unless there was trouble with specific video processors in hardware (apple tv, chrome dongle etc) it doesn't make sense to me. and that doesn't make much sense either if other streaming video has previously worked fine on the same device. and all the nfl says is that they're happy. their credibility lessens by the minute. time to check out avs forum and see what they're saying. Edited October 26, 2015 by birdog1960
CodeMonkey Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-nfl-game-online-2015-10 Hmmm the Roku buffered for a minute. Don't see how that would impact most of the problems however (low resolution for example).
dorquemada Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 I connected my one year old laptop to my 4k flat screen via hdmi. This just exposed the lower resolution but I liked the big screen viewing so I could sit in my recliner. My smart tv could not do the job, even with the Yahoo app loaded, it would not stream. Don't know why? Lots of drop outs and blurring over the course of the game. Overall experience was crap. I don't want to watch football on a computer screen. Same. SONY XBR and new Samsung TV, PS3 and PS4, none of them could stream. What of the game I watched was on my ipad while I folded laundry.
Nihilarian Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 It was a streaming pile of dog crap, and should it come to that I have to pay for that... then I'll decline. Let me expound a bit, a new state of the art computer with 32 gig of ram, and a GTX 980 video card with RR Turbo. The game was constantly flickering in and out of HD, and buffering now and then.
Heitz Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Would be interesting to see everyone's Speedtest numbers - I'm guessing those that had no problem, have really fast Interweb. I'll run mine when I'm home, but it usually cranks (definitely kills the speeds at work)...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Would be interesting to see everyone's Speedtest numbers - I'm guessing those that had no problem, have really fast Interweb. I'll run mine when I'm home, but it usually cranks (definitely kills the speeds at work)... I know for a fact I pay for 25/25 and I actually get about 23/22. The drop off is due to living in a highrise.
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