I don't know why they feel the need to do this, but the leading sports network has screwed up their video site. They didn't just change the name from ESPN3 to Watch ESPN, they increased the system requirements. At least that same to be the case.
The last two years I have been watching college football online because I work on Saturdays. Before I had an older computer with limited RAM (768MB) & a medium speed processor (2GHZ). So the effect was blurring video, meaning I couldn't see the ball leave the quarterback's hands or the receiver catch it. I knew he had I just couldn't see it.
Then I got a new computer with a lot more RAM (4GB) & a faster processor (3.1 GHZ). This meant now every thing was clear. Until the folks in Bristol changed their site. Now it's worse than it was on my old computer! Thanks guys.
Mind you, there's nothing wrong with my machine. I regularly watch full episodes of TV shows on Hulu (Modern Family, Daily Show) & CBS' site (David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, NCIS,etc.) no problems. I've watched entire movies on Netflix. Same thing. It's just that the player ESPN uses sucks big time.
I mean why make it hard to view. Why continue to raise the system requirements so you can't use it? I have never understood this. NBC will be streaming lots of sports during the London Olympics & I can guarantee you the video will be fine because I have used it for the past two Olympics. So I am unclear as to why ESPN doesn't just use a worthwhile easy to use player that doesn't freeze up or be so blurry as to be unwatchable.
The last two years I have been watching college football online because I work on Saturdays. Before I had an older computer with limited RAM (768MB) & a medium speed processor (2GHZ). So the effect was blurring video, meaning I couldn't see the ball leave the quarterback's hands or the receiver catch it. I knew he had I just couldn't see it.
Then I got a new computer with a lot more RAM (4GB) & a faster processor (3.1 GHZ). This meant now every thing was clear. Until the folks in Bristol changed their site. Now it's worse than it was on my old computer! Thanks guys.
Mind you, there's nothing wrong with my machine. I regularly watch full episodes of TV shows on Hulu (Modern Family, Daily Show) & CBS' site (David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, NCIS,etc.) no problems. I've watched entire movies on Netflix. Same thing. It's just that the player ESPN uses sucks big time.
I mean why make it hard to view. Why continue to raise the system requirements so you can't use it? I have never understood this. NBC will be streaming lots of sports during the London Olympics & I can guarantee you the video will be fine because I have used it for the past two Olympics. So I am unclear as to why ESPN doesn't just use a worthwhile easy to use player that doesn't freeze up or be so blurry as to be unwatchable.
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