Nuked Apple TV plus’ Friday night baseball debut did not go down as expected. The streaming service aired the New York Mets against the Washington nationals and the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Angels.
Viewers got an error message that read:’there’s a problem loading this video. If this continues, check your Internet connection’. Apple did n’t immediately respond to the verge’s request for comment.
Instead of focusing on the game, viewers said the announcers talked about squirrels, benihana, and even Apple products. Others thought the commentators came off as not having a lot of experience with baseball.
Apple fans were also disappointed at the lack of playback controls. To Apple’s credit, the company does say these controls are n’t supported during Friday night baseball on its site.
Friday night baseball feels like watching the MLB app on an iPad. Combined w/ 1080p and the shallow DOF camera around the dugouts, the overall show is crisp.
Some fans were impressed with the crisp picture quality and the lack of obnoxious banner ads. Others pointed out the clean, simplistic on-screen graphics, like the subtle name of the player at bat and probability statistics in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
