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Posted: March 2 07, 3:57 pm
by Radbird
haltz wrote:Radbird wrote:Does EI come in HD?
Apparently all of the games that will be on in HD will be on in HD on Extra Innings, there will be like 10 channels designated for this occurrence. If that makes sense. I'll try and dig up the post I made about this when I ran it down at some point.
Thanks, haltz. That would certainly sway me towards EI over mlb.tv.
Posted: March 2 07, 6:11 pm
by stlouie_lipp
I've decided I'll probably make the switch if the deal goes through. The only reason I got a dish in the first place was to watch the Cards. I was mad at MLB at first, but, hey...if I need to switch at least I'll get free HBO for 3 months.

Posted: March 2 07, 6:24 pm
by Bo Hart
redbirdjazzz wrote:Kyle wrote:redbirdjazzz wrote:Does anybody know if you can hook up two monitors to a computer and only watch the game or a movie, etc. on one?
I have two monitors set up but I don't really know what you're asking.
Are you wondering if there is a limitation that prevents you from only doing one of the two at the same time?
I have a laptop, and have never had another monitor hooked up. I need to know if I can do homework on my laptop while watching games on the other one. It's probably a stupid question, but there it is.

The following image is scaled way, way down (otherwise it would have been to big, file-size-wise, to host it somewhere).
Anyway, here I have my media player scaled full screen on one monitor, while on the other monitor I'm messing around with Winamp listening to music, and also browsing Gateway Redbirds. It doesn't interfere with the video at all! (And you don't have to have the media player in full screen, so don't worry about that.)
But the screenshot is not one big screen, it's actually two screens side-by-side.
The Screenshot
Posted: March 2 07, 8:28 pm
by stlmark
What's the latest on the EI situation?
Posted: March 5 07, 7:03 am
by PHILLYCARD
Heres the latest... Apparently there is no deal announced yet its just proposed but it looks like Directtv screwed up on friday while doing that.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball ... flux_N.htm
Posted: March 5 07, 9:59 am
by redbirdjazzz
Kyle wrote:redbirdjazzz wrote:Kyle wrote:redbirdjazzz wrote:Does anybody know if you can hook up two monitors to a computer and only watch the game or a movie, etc. on one?
I have two monitors set up but I don't really know what you're asking.
Are you wondering if there is a limitation that prevents you from only doing one of the two at the same time?
I have a laptop, and have never had another monitor hooked up. I need to know if I can do homework on my laptop while watching games on the other one. It's probably a stupid question, but there it is.

The following image is scaled way, way down (otherwise it would have been to big, file-size-wise, to host it somewhere).
Anyway, here I have my media player scaled full screen on one monitor, while on the other monitor I'm messing around with Winamp listening to music, and also browsing Gateway Redbirds. It doesn't interfere with the video at all! (And you don't have to have the media player in full screen, so don't worry about that.)
But the screenshot is not one big screen, it's actually two screens side-by-side.
The Screenshot
Sweet! Thanks.
Posted: March 5 07, 12:21 pm
by stlmark
Thanks for posting Phillycard!
Posted: March 5 07, 12:41 pm
by PHILLYCARD
Mark lets hope we dont have to lose Comcast. Im gonna make the switch but I would love if I didnt have to, even if they waited to do it for next year. The season is getting close and we need to know what MLB is gonna do
Posted: March 5 07, 3:00 pm
by stlmark
PHILLYCARD wrote:Mark lets hope we dont have to lose Comcast. Im gonna make the switch but I would love if I didnt have to, even if they waited to do it for next year. The season is getting close and we need to know what MLB is gonna do
That's exactly what I'm hoping for Phillycard. I'm not giving up comcast for directtv. If they go to directtv, I hope it doesn't take effect until at least next year.
Posted: March 8 07, 7:55 pm
by haltz
story and full press release
As reported, the deal is 7-years, and $700 million by DirecTV, but there's a twist.
MLB has given cable (InDemand) and EchoStar (DISH Network) till the end of the month to match the offer to place the upcoming 24-hour baseball-only channel on the basic tier. If the sides agree to placing the The MLB Channel on the basic tier, the exclusivity of the DirecTV deal will be removed.
So it's not an exclusive deal...yet. It appears as if MLB possibly caved to fan and government pressure by ensuring that the other operators could carry it at the same terms, if they so decide. By doing so, MLB would be viewed as giving the competing carriers the option, and if they back out of placing the channel on the basic tier, MLB can place that decision at the carrier's feet, as opposed to making the move exclusively to DirecTV unilateral.