NBA League Pass streaming poorly

I suspect it may be your home network. AFAIK, your ATV is just getting a feed from your home router. I won't have my unit hooked up until tomorrow, but I can tell you that my feeds stream fine to my MBP without interruption. One thing that is slightly annoying is the lack of commercials. Never thought I would ever say that.

When a game is between innings or pitching changes, MLB puts up a screen that shows the 2 teams playing. Instead of this annoying screen, I don't see why they don't just show the new pitcher warming up with a fixed camera. Or if they don't want to do that, they should have a "countdown" clock.

I just hooked my new ATV2 up, but it's too late to watch a game at the moment. We gave a relative an ATV2 for Christmas and he reports that he did have some streaming problems (stuttering) until he bought a new "N" router which he says fixed the problem for the most part. What the "most part" is I'm not sure.

I also have an N router so tomorrow I'll watch a game and see how it does. Will report back after I see how it performs in the real world. However, so far I'm impressed. I was planning on watch some games this year on my MBP laptop with it hooked up to my Samsung via the HDMI cable. That's a PITA so I'm hoping the ATV does the job without messing around with cables. I did watch a few games last year in that manner and I don't remember any stuttering.

One of the great things about this MLB deal is that I can use my IP, any laptop/desktop or my new ATV2 (all on the same subscription) AND save about $80 over Directv's Extra Innings package. However, there is a loss of signal compared to the package on Directv, but this works for me.

What is your bandwidth signal measuring (kbps)? MLB.com recommends a minimum of 3,000 to view games in HD. I am considering getting this service with an Apple TV. The bandwidth speedtest on my g network on MLB.com website is measuring on average 5,500. I would hope to think this is more than enough to watch a game n HD without interruption.

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The speed varies of course. I just ran speedtest.net which reported 6.6 Mbps. I watched a brief part of a game today and it started out a bit fuzzy, but within about 30 seconds, it "synced" into what appeared to be HD on a lose definition of the term. Certainly watchable and better than SD.

For what it is (beamed down my DSL), I'm more than satisfied.