I am moving soon and when I do I'm hooking up my tv to my computer , so I was wondering if any other junkies out there watch the fights this way ? Are the streams reliable ? Thanks !
elderpanda said:
It really depends on your connecting, the streams are decent, also depends on the quality of your monitor.
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well the tv is a 37" vizio , I think it's 1080i and the internet connection will be high seed cable connection . I just don't want to pay for a card and have the stream suck .
I use the Yahoo stream for the East Coast cards that Dann covers. I work on my Mac doing PBP or updates or whatever, and I use an old PC to connect to the TV. I have a 48" HD, and here's what I can tell you - there is no concern with lag. The stream is perfect. Maybe an issue of a hiccup every now and then, but it's seriously like once a card, for a second or two, if that.
Now, I don't have a badass cable or anything like that, but - there is definitely a difference between buying through cable. It's a little less crisp, a little less sharp. Not so much that you can't watch (which I can't watch SD sports of any kind anymore), but definitely different.
So, I'm no techno-genius. If you have a good way of delivering a quality feed from your CPU to your TV, I think you'll be fine. The feed is not like watching some garbage Justin.TV stream (not that I ever have, of course).
I've done the Yahoo plenty of times when I'm on travel and can't get to a bar.
The cost is the same. If you have the option between streaming and doing ppv from cable, go with the ppv. If your internet is not up to par you will have to refresh often while the fight is on.
Many a year ago when I lived in an apt that didnt have cable and I was still a wrestling fan, I would stream the occasional WWE Card off of there Website whit my DSL connection. Never really had a problem. I would Stream straight from the UFC's site instead of Yahoo's. not sure if it matters but just to be safe
condrab said:
Many a year ago when I lived in an apt that didnt have cable and I was still a wrestling fan, I would stream the occasional WWE Card off of there Website whit my DSL connection. Never really had a problem. I would Stream straight from the UFC's site instead of Yahoo's. not sure if it matters but just to be safe
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Bump . This is what I did for the last card and it worked great . Thanx man
yahoo stream is like 480p, not quite HD, but good enough. watched franklin/belfort last year while was switching to directv, and it was good. plus the yahoo dvr lets you just skip ahead chapters to get to a fight, and skip all the bs promos, which is nice.
