MLB Extra Innings questions...newbie to it...

[Guttboy]

Hi Everyone!

I have never had MLB EI and I cannot see how much it costs from the DTV website. I want to be able to watch my beloved Red Sox and unfortunately for me living in New Mexico, my NESN feed is always blacked out!

So...how much does it cost for a season?
With SuperFan, how do they determine which games will be in HD?
Is there a way to tell, now, what Red Sox games will be televised?

Thanks a bunch! I will be having a few surgeries this spring/summer and will be limited in my movement so being able to watch the games would be great!

Regards,

:)

[mauijiminar]

Hi Everyone!

I have never had MLB EI and I cannot see how much it costs from the DTV website. I want to be able to watch my beloved Red Sox and unfortunately for me living in New Mexico, my NESN feed is always blacked out!

So...how much does it cost for a season?
With SuperFan, how do they determine which games will be in HD?
Is there a way to tell, now, what Red Sox games will be televised?

Thanks a bunch! I will be having a few surgeries this spring/summer and will be limited in my movement so being able to watch the games would be great!

Regards,

:)

I am a Red Sox fan in Arkasnas and with EI I was able to see almost every Sox game. There are a few exceptions, all games on Sat. afternoons are on FOX, so no EI games until 7pm. The cost I do not remember but it is expensive. All games are on except when the play a team that is "Blacked out in your area. Example most Rangers, Astros, St. Louis and KC games are blackedout for me, so I could not watch all RED SOX games when the played those teams home or on the road. With superfan, most games are in HD if the regional satation is in HD. NESN is always in HD.

Hope this helps!

[Pepster]

I am a Red Sox fan in Arkasnas and with EI I was able to see almost every Sox game. There are a few exceptions, all games on Sat. afternoons are on FOX, so no EI games until 7pm. The cost I do not remember but it is expensive. All games are on except when the play a team that is "Blacked out in your area. Example most Rangers, Astros, St. Louis and KC games are blackedout for me, so I could not watch all RED SOX games when the played those teams home or on the road. With superfan, most games are in HD if the regional satation is in HD. NESN is always in HD.

Hope this helps!

The price for Extra Innings has not been announced as of yet, but the link below takes you directly to that part of DirecTV's website. Bear in mind that Extra Innings is only Standard Definition. If this will be your first time ordering the baseball package should you choose to do so, do it by phone rather than via the website & see if you can get them to throw in the Super Fan package for free. Super Fan gets you the HD version of many games, plus a couple of other things. Many have gotten the N.F.L.'s version of that for free as part of a promotional package. It doesn't hurt to ask.

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageNR.jsp?assetId=3180002&footernavtype=-1

[ChrisMinCT]

Hi Everyone!

I have never had MLB EI and I cannot see how much it costs from the DTV website. I want to be able to watch my beloved Red Sox and unfortunately for me living in New Mexico, my NESN feed is always blacked out!

So...how much does it cost for a season?
With SuperFan, how do they determine which games will be in HD?
Is there a way to tell, now, what Red Sox games will be televised?

Thanks a bunch! I will be having a few surgeries this spring/summer and will be limited in my movement so being able to watch the games would be great!

Regards,

:)
Go Sox!! Here I am in Connecticut, and guess what, I live in the only county in New England that blacks out the Sox. Actually, I live about 600 yards from the county line. Extreme torture, I tell ya.

I did MLB EI and Superfan last year, and I think it was 3 payments of $43 each, but it was less than full price because I didn't do it until sometime in May when they offered a discount. Worth every penny. The way I figured it, I'd be lucky to get 2 SRO tickets for one game for what I paid. Watched most games on NESN HD. It was great to be able to watch the games with Don and Jerry! Very few games blacked out - only, as mentioned by others, some Sat and Sun games, but not all of them, and some of those were on FOX or ESPN.

If you're looking for a less expensive solution, I also tried MLB.TV. Hooked up my PC to the TV. Even with their 1.2mb stream, it wasn't quite as good as DTV SD, but it was extremely annoying. They play the same promos between innings every inning. Drove me insane. I sent them a nasty email that they played one of their promos over 50 times in a game and canceled my subscription and called DTV.

[Laker44]

Looked at my bill from last year this is what the cost was.
MLB EXTRA INNINGS Early Bird in 4 Payments $44.75
MLB EXTRA INNINGS SuperFan Regular Season in 4 Payments $12.50

For a baseball junkie it's great,but i can't afford it this year.
Will what the games the Reds and Pirates have televised this year.:joy: :rolleyes:

[Guttboy]

I am a Red Sox fan in Arkasnas and with EI I was able to see almost every Sox game. There are a few exceptions, all games on Sat. afternoons are on FOX, so no EI games until 7pm. The cost I do not remember but it is expensive. All games are on except when the play a team that is "Blacked out in your area. Example most Rangers, Astros, St. Louis and KC games are blackedout for me, so I could not watch all RED SOX games when the played those teams home or on the road. With superfan, most games are in HD if the regional satation is in HD. NESN is always in HD.

Hope this helps!

Mauijiminar,

Thanks for the heads up! How do you get the NESN games? I have not been able to see ONE of them because I am not in New England. It always says that I cannot watch because they are blacked out. I live in Albuquerque NM.

ChrisMin,

I feel your pain!!!! Being a transplanted Mass person I would be even more frustrated living where you do! MLB TV would probably drive me nuts! If I could get it on my iPhone then I would do so!

Laker,

Thanks for the price breakdown. Not that expensive for me. I ditched Sunday Ticket this year because it was too expensive for just watching the Pats play. And the Superfan put me out of the running. But with so many games being played baseball wise, I think I will break down and get it!

Thanks for all the responses guys!!!!!

Now can anyone explain to me why they get NESN HD games and I cannot?????

Regards,

:)

[dvdmth]

Now can anyone explain to me why they get NESN HD games and I cannot?????

Regards,

:)

When you subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, the blackouts on the regional sports networks are lifted for all games that are on the package. Thus, you can tune to NESN and view the game just fine. To watch the game on NESN HD, you will need SuperFan.

The Extra Innings channels (720-749) only mirror what's on the regional sports network. If the Red Sox are on 728, for instance, tuning to 728 will be functionally equivalent to tuning to NESN directly. The only time an Extra Innings channel has programming different from the sports networks is when a featured game is broadcast on a channel not carried by DirecTV (such as CSN Philadelphia).

[Guttboy]

Thanks DVDMTH.....

BTW my brother lives in Denver. I was up there for Game Three of the WS at Coors Field...beautiful field!

[colebert]

MLB.TV is annoying in some respects (no variety on commericals, lower quality than SD) but it does have advantages... for example, some Mets and Yankees games are on CW11 and MY9 which EI doesn't carry but MLB.TV does.

[Ice Runner]

I hated mlb.tv the one season I subscribed (I was locked into Dish Network, which wasn't offering EI), but one advantage is that you could see every game regardless of whether it was televised. There were several non-televised Padres games for which they showed the stadium video-board feed along with the radio play-by-play.

[EricRobins]

MLB.TV is annoying in some respects (no variety on commericals, lower quality than SD) but it does have advantages... for example, some Mets and Yankees games are on CW11 and MY9 which EI doesn't carry but MLB.TV does.

Not quite. Many of the Yankees My9 games (particularly those on Friday nights) the past two years have been on EI. The past year, these were plagued with audio problems - at least that distracted me from the sub-par actions on the field.

[Baldmaga]

Not quite. Many of the Yankees My9 games (particularly those on Friday nights) the past two years have been on EI. The past year, these were plagued with audio problems - at least that distracted me from the sub-par actions on the field.

The NY teams have been the only two to get that special treatment. Nobody else's OTA broadcasts are put on EI.

[xzi]

The NY teams have been the only two to get that special treatment. Nobody else's OTA broadcasts are put on EI.

I got tons of OTA Braves and Padres games on MLB EI on DIRECTV last year, so that's not true.