Picture just froze (no action, no sound) about 40 times during the broadcast. It happened many times during the most crucial moments. Some times the video action continued, with no audio. Some times the audio continued with no video. Did anybody else have this problem?
Terrible TV reception of the Rutgers game on BTN.
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I had this happen but thought it was because I was watching the game for a bit on the DVR recorded version and there were issues with my DVR. Still think that was the issue but your question makes me wonder…
I have been a season ticket holder for 26 years, and also a booster at the benchwarmer level. Is that OK with you?
No. If you are a retired season ticket holder, then why weren’t you there?
When I’m retired, the only thing that will take priority over NUFB games are whatever games my kids (or grandkids) are playing.
Aside from those events, I’ll be in Evanston.
Had the same problem.My provider is Xfinity Comcast.Was occurring for several days last week and the only channel having that problem was BTN.Seems to have cleared up.Was very annoying to say the least.
I believe the issue was with certain providers. I watched the whole game on Fubo from here in Iowa and had zero issues.
Same with me, though I wouldn't have minded if there had been problems with the audio feed...
If it’s none of my F’ing business, why did you ask this on a free message board?
Tighten up @WaveJumper . I respect you as much as I do any poster and think of you as a general badass. But given your complaints about the TV connection - when you’re an alleged season ticket holder - well, I question the latter statement.
For what it's worth, Comcast/Xfinity is my TV supplier. So maybe this problem was limited to their feed.
If you sync your TV to the wgnam audio feed with Dave and Ted over the Internet it's a whole different experience from listening to the network announcers. I've posted about this many times including instructions on just how to do it.
Next time I'll be sure to check with you to get an excused absence.
And for your information, I created this thread to see if other board members had a problem receiving the BTN broadcast. Sorry I was so flagrantly out of line.
One more thing, you seem to be the only one who has their panties in a bundle over this thread.
It's just like you to throw a stupid political comment into a thread that has no relationship whatsoever to it.
And your attack on WaveJumper is just another example of your immaturity.
Maybe one of these days you will grow up and act like an adult, but I'm not really sure about that in your case.
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If you were a Rock subscriber, then you would know that my big boy panties are constantly in a bundle.
It's a good idea, and I'll try it one of these games. The problem is that I have to pause the game on occasion to help out with the kids, etc. DVR is great, because I can catch up during commercials. Unfortunately, that means I get to listen to Matt Millen.
With the audio feed now coming from The Varsity Network I believe you can pause it with your smart phone. There is a run/pause button on the phone screen with the VN app for that purpose. That's something that couldn't be done with the old wgnam.com feed, but now I think you can do it.
If it works you will have to be very quick to pause the DVR and phone at exactly the same time and then restart them again together in order to maintain sync. Probably hold one in each hand and push the buttons simultaneously.
I've noticed that sometimes the TV and audio feed drift off from each other by a few seconds and you have to readjust the sync slightly. Or you can just let it go and watch anyhow. Particularly if the audio is slightly behind the video. It's still very much worth the effort to me. Night and day difference compared to the TV network announcers.
Also Dave sometimes has special guests in the booth for a little bit of extra color. On Saturday he had Gary Barnett for about 10 minutes and it was nice bonus.
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No, this is what happens when an immature person is in so much need for attention and gratification that he doesn't mind making an *** out of himself to receive it.
Grow up.
CatManTrue craves constant attention and will do just about anything to get it. Even it means disrupting other peoples conversations with nonsense. It's really a matter of gross immaturity.
The best thing that can be done is to completely ignore him, although that is somewhat hard to do when he makes a personal attack on someone.
What in the actual furk? (Rhymes with Turk)
This thread started with a comment about the game feed, not a political statement.
Wavejumper lives in coastal Texas. He probably surfed or road his bike for 2 hours before watching the game.
Who cares if Calicat goes to MAGA rallies?
Jeez. Go grind that axe somewhere’s else. Your comments make my eyes bleed.
To quote Aaron Rodgers… RELAX.
I was joking with Wavejumper… I respect the hell out of him as a poster. So apologies if he was offended. Mea culpa. I wonder how long any of you would have lasted in a locker room. #thinskin
As for CaliCat, I miss the rant board. He was too much fun to mess with over there.
Off to walk the dog. This is the internet. Take it easy folks.
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I sent WJ an apology via the conversation feature - I really did mean it as a joke. He’s a great poster. Just wish I could get to and watch more Cats games. Sorry all, I’ll log off for a bit.
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Same thing happened to me. It was infuriating. I had to watch the non-HD channel for it, which worked. Comcast sucks though, hate that company
Throwing a question out there...for those of you that still use Comcast/Xfinity or DirecTV, or something like that, why do you do it? I moved over to YouTubeTV and now I'm on Fubo a couple years ago, and not only is is WAY cheaper (like $100 per month), but I pretty much get all the channels I want. Granted, I have two young kids so I don't watch a ton of TV outside of NU sports and other Chicago sports teams when I can catch their games, but it's hard for me to understand why people still use cable providers. For sports, Fubo is great. Lots of sports channels including NBC Sports Chicago (or whatever it's called now), Maruqee, Big Ten Network, etc. And I pay an extra $10 a month for the sports package and get even more sports channels, which is awesome on college football Saturdays when I can watch pretty much any game I want.
Just curious why people are still paying so much more for cable providers when there are way cheaper options available that can offer up a lot. To each their own of course...just wondering.
Just curious why people are still paying so much more for cable providers when there are way cheaper options available that can offer up a lot. To each their own of course...just wondering.
I pay $85 per month for Dish TV including a DVR and haven't seen any of the web based services that are significantly cheaper. Also I like the idea of having an easy to use DVR and not having to hassle with the Internet to watch TV. Keeps it simple.
I have Comcast for high speed service, and get programming from YouTube TV, Netflix, Disney, and whatever comes from from Samsung.
It works well. Never had any issues with feeds or service.
I watched the whole game streaming from the fox sports app. No issues (except for the same 4 commercials playing over and over again during the breaks)
As I have mentioned here and in other threads I really enjoy listening to Dave Eanet rather than the network TV announcers and know that I can easily sync up his broadcast coverage with a DVR. However, I don't know if that would be possible with any of the web based services.
In other words, can you hit pause, temporarily stop the stream, and then resume it from where you paused? Anyone have an answer to that question. And if so, is it different for the various streaming services or are they all the same.
In other words, can you hit pause, temporarily stop the stream, and then resume it from where you paused? Anyone have an answer to that question. And if so, is it different for the various streaming services or are they all the same.
Not in my experience. Usually they’re live feeds and you have to wait for the reply for that capability.
Apologies to you as well for my smart aleck posts. Been a tough year and my sense of humor doesn’t translate well to the message boards. I’ll move off this thread.
Thanks, CatManTrue. It was good of you to write that post. No need to really move off this thread, or any other, if you have something positive to contribute.