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It's because they are way over-compressed


In order for ESPN to stream that much data to all the people watching using ESPN3, they have to compress the hell out of it. The result is a picture that looks good on something small like an iPad, but awful on a big screen tv. I have 100Mbps download speeds, and the picture quality on a tv is garbage compared to just watching the normal cable feed. The color depth isn't close and the artifacts from the compression are enough to drive me crazy. The only thing that will solve the issue is more bandwidth and better compression standards.
[Post edited by VTBB at 03/08/2016 4:43PM]

(In response to this post by reestuart)

Posted: 03/08/2016 at 4:43PM



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