So the wait is finally over and I am now able to use my Roku player to watch MLB games on my TV. I purchased the Roku player earlier in the year, mainly for this purpose, although it has other channels and can play movies from my Netflix account. It was originally scheduled to be ready for Opening Day but didn’t become available until this week.

The Roku Digital Video Player accesses content over the internet and displays in High Definition via an HDMI cable. It comes with a remote and when paired with a MLB Premium subscription gives you access to all out of market baseball games.

The player performs better than expected. It displays in High Def, although for short periods you’re able to tell that the video is being streamed over the internet. You can choose an inning to jump to, start from beginning, or go to live and have dvr capability. The player runs circles around using the computer to watch games by negating log in and having more consistent video play.

As for the negatives the DVR forward and reverse does not have on-screen viewing so you blindly have to scroll to find what you’re looking for which can be bothersome. Games will freeze occasionally although on a much less frequent basis than when I was using a computer with the same network connection. Commercials are also not played between innings which could be a bonus for some people but bothers me.

The player I use is available from Roku for $99 and they have two other models available. I don’t trust wireless for streaming so I use an Ethernet cable. You must have a subscription to MLB Premium to use the Roku player which runs $24.95 a month or $119.95 for a yearly subscription.