There is a lot of talk about people watching TV on the internet. I do it myself. The problem is when it doesn't work form whatever reason, or is not acceptable. Two examples from today. Watching the Rose Parade via KTLA's website. This is a local LA station that has long had the best coverage of the parade. No commercials, shows the entire parade instead of cutting away to go to a football game, no silly guest appearances from stars of network shows. Broadcast in the bay area on an independent station.
I decided to watch online. Blurry picture, or a choppy picture. I had to close my browser several times, & then relaunch it, then I had a good picture. I have plenty of RAM. My computer has 4 GB & a 3.07 GHZ processor, so there shouldn't be an issue.
Then this afternoon I decided to try watching the Rose Bowl online. Now I've watched plenty of college football online. This is the first time I have had an issue. Not a blurry picture. A different issue. Namely the broadcast freezing up. Not once, but rather several times. Once in the middle of a pass. saw the ball in the air about to be caught. Ridiculous.
Now granted, every other time I have watched a game online, it was after the fact, & I was watching video a couple of days late. This time I was watching live. But that's supposed to be the point, allowing you to watch a live event online. Are too many people watching & that's why there's a problem? If that's the case why is the picture so good? Of course, there is also the possibility that if I was watching on TV it would be the same. But if that's the case, why? Is there a satellite problem? The game's in sunny LA, not the blizzard racked northeast.
You would think by now these issues would be gone, but clearly not. Things are better than 10 years ago, but there still are transmission issues, or my ISP is unable to deal with holiday internet traffic.
I decided to watch online. Blurry picture, or a choppy picture. I had to close my browser several times, & then relaunch it, then I had a good picture. I have plenty of RAM. My computer has 4 GB & a 3.07 GHZ processor, so there shouldn't be an issue.
Then this afternoon I decided to try watching the Rose Bowl online. Now I've watched plenty of college football online. This is the first time I have had an issue. Not a blurry picture. A different issue. Namely the broadcast freezing up. Not once, but rather several times. Once in the middle of a pass. saw the ball in the air about to be caught. Ridiculous.
Now granted, every other time I have watched a game online, it was after the fact, & I was watching video a couple of days late. This time I was watching live. But that's supposed to be the point, allowing you to watch a live event online. Are too many people watching & that's why there's a problem? If that's the case why is the picture so good? Of course, there is also the possibility that if I was watching on TV it would be the same. But if that's the case, why? Is there a satellite problem? The game's in sunny LA, not the blizzard racked northeast.
You would think by now these issues would be gone, but clearly not. Things are better than 10 years ago, but there still are transmission issues, or my ISP is unable to deal with holiday internet traffic.
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