Watch the 2011 MLB Playoffs Live Online with Postseason.TV

| February 18, 2012 | 9 Comments More

The Major League Baseball playoffs get underway on this weekend with the ALDS starting Friday and the NLDS on Saturday. If you can’t catch the games on TV, or just want to see some additional coverage of the MLB playoffs, you might want to check out MLB’s Postseason.tv.

First thing we need to mention is that Postseason.TV is designed as companion coverage to the main TBS television broadcast. It not the same as watching on TV. You get the live TV audio feed, but instead of the same dynamic camera views from TV, you have 10 single camera views from which to chose to watch. From those 10, you can watch up to 4 at a time in multi-camera view.

The price of Postseason.TV has been reduced this year to $3.99 for the AL & NL Division series and $5.99 for both the division series and the NL Championship series. This means you get up to 20 games, depending on the length of each series, of MLB playoff baseball. (Note: Postseason.tv is available for all games broadcast on TBS, so it is not available for the ALCS or World Series)

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Last season, the home plate view seemed to be the best for watching as a stand alone option. I would compare it to watching a game from the stands behind home plate.

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Overview

Although it’s disappointing that MLB doesn’t offer a full TV broadcast option online like MLB.tv, $5.99 is a pretty reasonable price to watch 3 playoffs series, even if it is merely meant to be a supplemental option. Last season I watched much the ALDS exclusively on Postseason.tv. While it’s not the ideal way to watch a game, I found Postseason.tv to be a passable solution for those with no other option.

As a companion product, I liked some of the additional camera angle provided, but I did have some issues with the broadcast and Postseason.tv being out of sync by a few seconds. Many others, however, reported no such issues.

In addition to the 10 camera angles, you’ll get Live batting practice footage, in game highlights, and streaming Tweets.

Postseason.tv is available only in the US and Canada and there are no blackout restrictions. MLB.TV Postseason is available to those outside US & Canada for $19.95.

Update: Android, iPhone, and iPad users can get Postseason.tv as part of the MLB At Bat ’11 apps. 

Update (10/3/2011) I had trouble getting the mosaic view cameras to sync up with each other while watching Philadelphia – St. Louis last night, so I ended up watching on the high home plate camera. This is the same problem I had last season. On the iPad, however, I’ve watched a few games and every one of the them has been in perfect sync with the Quad (mosaic) view. 

We’ll be updating this post with relevant information. We’d love to hear your take on Postseason.tv. Is it an acceptable way to watch a game? How about as a companion to the  TV broadcast? Is it worth the money?

Purchase

You can order Postseason.tv for the Division Series ($3.99) or the Division Series and NLCS ($5.99) at MLB.com.

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Category: MLB


  • Bill

    I don’t have pay TV or TBS and I would pay $5.99 for all of the baseball games, but I have to know if the camera positions are static, or do they pan and perhaps zoom to follow the ball (especially the behind home plate view). It you miss action that is off the main screen and you are scrambling to see the left field line by clicking a different camera, it probably isn’t worth it, but that’s just one fans opinion.

    • Anonymous

      Yes. I watched the Rays – Rangers game last night through the High Home Plate camera view and they did pan to the action. Many of the cameras choices are static though. The mosaic view wasn’t bad either. Last year I had some issues with all the cameras not being in sync in mosaic view, but yesterday it was all in sync and actually a pretty cool way to watch.

      • Anonymous

        Oh, they don’t zoom too much though. I would describe it as more like the view if you were actually sitting at the park.

        Also, when you change cameras, it’s not an instant transition. For some reason, it goes through the process of re-verifying your access which takes several seconds, so you definitely don’t want to try switching cameras during a play.

        • Bill

          thanks, $6 was pretty cheap, so I went for it, I watched NY/DET last night, my biggest complaint is that I liked the split view of high home plate and center field, but if you go to split or quad view, they don’t let you fill your whole screen. even with an hdmi hookup from my pc to my 40″ widescreen, I was struggling to see the action in the high home plate view. I still think it is good to have at least two, so when the tv cameras are doing quick zooms, you can look at the other view to avoid a headache. they could charge $3 more and make sure tBS and the cable companies still make their money. I would pay a full year subscription if they would lift the reg season blackout on my local team . Oh well, I want to check out the NL action on Sunday, better than nothing.

  • Ryan

    Please allow me to add my two cents on postseason.tv 2011. Unfortunately, this service has taken HUGE steps backwards compared to last year. Yes, I know, they clearly state that they only offer the TBS coverage so we can only watch the first half of the playoffs and then we’re on our own… But that’s a huge bruise on this year’s package. Next, everyone here is saying that they are not experiencing sync issues, but I have been spending whole innings trying to match up the timing which is really ruining my experience. They should offer the straight TBS fully produced broadcast in my opinion, so I don’t have to play “producer”. My final outcry for the drastically decreased quality of postseason.tv, is why they have blacked out the iPhone app video feeds for North Americans?!? My Boxee Box player also has been blacked out for the playoffs. I will not be purchasing postseason.tv next season, WAY too many issues this season

  • Cardsfan

    Why not just show the regular broadcast? Why is that not allowed????

    • Anonymous

      I would assume it has to do with exclusivity rights that TBS negotiated in their deal. With a “companion” product like this they can generate more revenue without compromising their main TV broadcast.

  • Cardsfan

    This way of watching baseball games is not worth it. Horrible coverage! Different camera angles that do not follow the ball. Awful. This is a rip-off! Why don’t they just show the regular broadcast?!?!

  • TRENDA_3344

    anyone know where to watch the ALCS online since it looks as if you can’t with postseason.tv? this is very frustrating. A lot of people like me work when the game plays and our only option is to watch online…even with the bad camera angles…if anyone know someplace that will be streaming the game let me know. i’d really appreciate it!

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