Buggy ESPN Monday Night Football experience
Am I the only one who has a terrible time with WatchESPN on the Apple TV? Specifically during Monday Night Football.
I am signed in using our COX account and trying to watch at work on my Apple TV 3 1st-gen. I have a clean 10Mbps-download, 2Mbps-up (and it can use every bit of that), great WI-FI connection, and just updated to 7.0.1 on the Apple TV. Constant video freezes while sound continues (telling you about the big play you cannot see) or no sound while video works, or both crap out so I have to constantly menu out and reselect the stream. Then, when it recovers, half the time the video looks like it is running at double speed and is not synced with the audio. Sometimes it works great for 5-minutes or so and then the video speeds up briefly and it looks like some kind of Benny Hill sketch. I only use the ESPN app for this one thing and it has happened every time I have tried it this season and last, thru multiple OS updates. To top it off, about every 10th time I get an "An error occurred loading this content. Try again later." error.
Is my connection too slow? I do not have a problem with any of the other Apple TV functions I use (mostly Netflix, HULU and Prime). The kids have no problem with the Disney channels when they are down here.
It is very hard to enjoy when I am constantly restarting the stream. Plus it only seems to happen during a big play.
I love my ATV but this is driving me crazy. Any ideas?
Regards.
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An unrelated comment; I never thought I would say that I miss the music and photos they played during the commercials last year, as I watch the Prius add for the 50th time.
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Apple TV (3rd generation), iOS 8.1