Big Ten Network

[Buckeye89Fan]

I have friends who have satellite here and I've seen the quality of both when the weather is bad out, and I wasn't impressed.

[roadstonowhere]

Originally Posted by smith288

The BTN was pretty lame. I dont seem to have an HD option on insight yet and their ingame updates sucked. Their studio rivals the ESPN+ studio with Cooper. Lame.

I'd say I agree with that. I have TW, but my parents have Insight so I was able to watch the game their. They only have the classic service, so we watched the game in standard def.

The announcers for the BTN are, with the exception of Thom B., pretty bad. Even Tomczak is not real great. One thing that I did find out was the second channel on insight that's on the digital channels is not encrypted. We picked it up on channel 128-1. So that was pretty cool.

Personally, I'd like to see TW and BTN work out a deal that works for everyone. They're all in it for the money and we can't say that we blame them. So why not make it so they can show one channel on the "classic" service that includes all the Buckeyes games. Then, they can pick up some of the other channels as part of their digital package or sports package or whatever.

This way, the Buckeye fans get their games and if someone wants to see the other games, they can get them too.

Oh...the other thing I didn't like was the lack of in-studio updates (I agree about the look). There were a few, but not many. That and there was almost no ticker at the top or bottom of the screen. Occasionally, sure. But very little. Often, I found myself flipping over to ESPN or ABC to check on scores for the other games.

And finally, you'd think they would have had time to already secure some ads other then their own. By the end of the first quarter I was already sick of all the Big Ten Network and Fox commercials.

Anyhoo..we have a family picnic next week so no biggie if TW doesn't get a deal done.

[coastalbuck]

My biggest complaint is the camera personnel. They flat sucked. Good thing it wasn't close because a bunch of times they couldn't even find the ball. A few times they did find it but the camera couldn't follow the ball carrier. Really shoddy work IMO. Oh, and Thom needs to change the spelling, that's just ridiculous!

[heisman]

Originally Posted by Buckeye89Fan

I have friends who have satellite here and I've seen the quality of both when the weather is bad out, and I wasn't impressed.

We don't have TWC in Chicago. We have Comcast. It is a horrible company that consistently delivers horrible picture quality, constant outages, and inflated bills. I've had Dish Network since last year, and I just got Directv last week. I've probably had less than 20 mins. of outages during bad weather all year, and remember that I live in Chicago, you don't get worse weather!

[buckiprof]

Originally Posted by heisman

We don't have TWC in Chicago. We have Comcast. It is a horrible company that consistently delivers horrible picture quality, constant outages, and inflated bills. I've had Dish Network since last year, and I just got Directv last week. I've probably had less than 20 mins. of outages during bad weather all year, and remember that I live in Chicago, you don't get worse weather!

I live in the snow belt of NE Ohio and when winter rolls along, I think many here would disagree with that statement.

[LitlBuck]

Originally Posted by smith288

The BTN was pretty lame. I dont seem to have an HD option on insight yet and their ingame updates sucked. Their studio rivals the ESPN+ studio with Cooper. Lame.

Insight does not have their equipment yet to broadcast the Big 10 Network in HD. The same thing happened last year when they brought on Sports Time Ohio. It took them a couple weeks to get their HD equipment.

The entire broadcast reminding me of a high school game being broadcast on ONN. Roger Twibell is way past his prime and Tomzcak really didn't provide much insight. Also, I don't know if they had any crowd mics but you could really not here the crowd at all. I was happy to see the game but hopefully they will get their act together.

[Best Buckeye]

Is their any way we can get a BTN code like the Youtube code? If we can I can provide some BTN video clips.
Here is the site URL at bigtennetwork.com

Big Ten Network

[MaxBuck]

BTN's self-righteous spin that they want to be on basic cable is absurd. Is it better to have no coverage than to have coverage only on a sports tier?

Like it or not, this is a niche product, and niche products do not wind up on basic cable. Put it on the digital tier, or on a special sports package, and have those folks pay more to get BTN. But get off your high horse, BTN; it doesn't suit you.

By the way, the BTN spots got huge boos from the crowd in the Shoe on Saturday. Nobody likes BTN, and few people in Columbus are blaming this snafu on Time Warner or its cable colleagues.