The WatchESPN app is absolute garbage.

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I've got 20mbps internet and its low quality fuzz most of the time.

 

[civildawg88]

That's weird. I use the 4g on my phone and it's come through fine for me 95% of the time

 

[hatfieldms]

I have never had a problem with it

....

 

[The Peeper]

I've got 60mbps and not trying to watch tonight but it sucked bad watching bowl games too

 

[RocketDawg]

I'm using Roku and my television, and it's been perfect so far. Just like watching any ESPN broadcast.

 

[engie]

Same. Mine has also been bad recently. Rarely get over 2 bars on the video quality gauge.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I have 300 down and it does it to me on all devices I have.

Friend down the street has 100 down and runs into the same thing with Sling.

 

[woozman]

I've never had many issues.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Close your pornhub window.

 

[Reunion Dog]

thought i was only one. was gonna call ATT to *****. fuzzy have the game. btw... those girls have a long way to go. got lucky tonight... Vivians is lazy... as usual... missed layups out the ying yang..

 

[BiscuitEater]

Vivians is lazy... as usual... missed layups out the ying yang..

Now I'm sorry I missed the game. Would have loved to have seen those shots!

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I love that you replied to the pornhub post.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

In my experience, the video quality almost always begins in a poor mode and will self-correct to a broadcast level quality after 5-10 minutes of viewing. Rarely does it start out as a HD level video.

 

[ShrubDog]

I have not watched a game on my roku in which it was clear all year. If Im on my phone its clear, via wifi.

 

[aTotal360]

I have never had a single issue with WatchESPN on my phone, on my computer, or Roku or AppleTV.

 

[o_Hot Rock]

The video quality was especially bad for the Ark game. I usually get pretty decent quality on my laptop. I will chromecast to my 50" TV and it's usually fine. For this game, it sucked on the laptop.

I haven't explored my mbps to see if it was my internet download speed or another cause.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I have never had a single issue with WatchESPN on my phone, on my computer, or Roku or AppleTV.

It's only on my TV boxes and it's only ESPN. If you search the interwebs you will see others having the issue.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I've got 24, and

mine is generally fine. There will be a few time during games, maybe, where it fouls up, but it usually is fine.

 

[MarkDallas]

Yes, I posted the same thing last week. I think that ESPN doesn't have the capacity on their end to handle demand. Or maybe some ISPs are throttling bandwidth for ESPN streaming.

 

[WrapItDog]

I think that ESPN doesn't have the capacity on their end to handle demand. Or maybe some ISPs are throttling bandwidth for ESPN streaming.

I occasionally get buffering on WatchESPN using Roku. I never ever get buffering while watching Netflix, Amazon Prime, Showtime, HBO, ect.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I've got 20mbps internet and its low quality fuzz most of the time.

Must be a Desoto county thing Netflix, Fox Sports and Amazon Video work great for me. Watch ESPN acts like complete trash on my Roku though. Looks worse than those rear projections that had a dial and came in a wood grain box.

 

[RocketDawg]

Maybe it's just a matter of luck. Last night was the first time I've used my Roku since baseball season last year. But as I said, it was fine all the way. HD was as good as any broadcast.

Before our game, I had to reset Roku, and watched a couple minutes of the SC/Auburn game, and it was fine too.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon all work great for me. I turn on WatchESPN and its total trash. Fox Sports One has the best picture out of all of them. It's like looking through glass.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Fox Sports One is great, unless you watch it on Sunday when they stream the NFL. Other than that it is awesome. Glad I'm not the only one getting terrible resolution in WatchESPN. I was about to change to buy an Amazon Fire Stick to see if that works better, but I'm not holding out hope. I just think Disney is too cheap to build the distribution to make WatchESPN great. They want us to watch on Cable/Satellite.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

It doesn't matter if I use my phone, AppleTV or Roku. It still looks bad. Even when I put it on LTE on my iPhone.

 

[Boone.sixpack]

It has been terrible for me for about 3 weeks. I have ATT UVerse (10MBPS), DirecTV login and AppleTV 4. Finally called ESPN support last night. They told me the problem was with Directv. Said they controlled the quality. Called DirecTV and was told it is controlled by ESPN. Called Apple. They said to delete and reinstall the app. Didn't help. Don't know who controls it.

 

[RocketDawg]

I occasionally get buffering on WatchESPN using Roku. I never ever get buffering while watching Netflix, Amazon Prime, Showtime, HBO, ect.

I got buffering on occasion last year during baseball season, but on the one occasion I've used Roku/WatchESPN this year it's been OK. It would also go to less-than-standard-definition at times last year.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

As you guys can see here, 50% of the issues with ESPN are with their online service and there are more folks than just us having problems.

http://downdetector.com/status/espn

It's nothing new either, you can see if you do a search for ESPN 3 and buffering.

Most folks in tech world I have spoken with agree with that ESPN has problems with spiked demand and their delivery system in general.

 

[WrapItDog]

Looking at your link. It looks like WatchESPN works almost flawlessly from midnight to 7:00 AM

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Looking at your link. It looks like WatchESPN works almost flawlessly from midnight to 7:00 AM

Click the Check Past Issues button.

Deere lowered at the number of issues.