Spectrum SportsNet: Live Games

The app has promise but its consistently failing to load streams even with access to a good high-speed mobile network or reliable wifi network. I often watch the app struggle to load a video stream for minutes at a time, when it finally does the video is 240p quality and I can't make out any details. At commercial breaks commercials are quickly cut off for a special "Commercial Break" banner, at which point the application goes back to "forever spinning on the same video"-mode and I miss key plays. In some cases, I can say the application is consistent in that I mis any major play made after commercial break because the app is still failing to load post-commercial content. I usually don't give applications such low ratings, but Spectrum is too large a company to provide such a poor video and sports experience. I should also note that the "Contact Us" link the team has placed in on this page takes you to a 404, not the best look.

I love it. Plenty of Lakers news, interviews, clips, episodes to keep me satisfied. The only thing I wish was different is the fact that you need to have a television service provider to watch full games. Other than that it's crisp, clean and a lot better with a lot more clips than YouTube has to offer and it's straight from the source and not subject to someone else's recording and needs like volume, pausing etc.

I am impressed the developer responded to my comment and fixed the problem with the screen timeout. Thank you! I noticed they've also fixed the problem when I connected a cable to my phone and TV, so I can watch in a hotel room on the road, when travel starts again. The only major thing that appears left to make work to get a 5 start rating is casting from my phone to a Chromecast or other casting enabled receiver. The cable makes this less necessary, but sure is convenient.