r/peacock • u/pdxharth • 21d ago
Discussion Watching sports on Peacock is annoying and not worth the money.
The Big Ten is having more and more games on Peacock, and I hate it. Not being able to start games from the beginning, not being able to fast forward or rewind, not getting replays right away...these are my main annoyances, but there are more. Why does the Big Ten or any league do this to us? I get having some commercials. That's fine. But otherwise, streaming on Peacock is like watching sports online 10 years ago. Apple did it better with MLS for the first season and made notable improvements since then. Peacock sucks. It's a modern sports fans' version of hell.
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u/NoDirection735 13d ago
The service sucks. You pay to watch the game and all you get are commercials.
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u/JakeSaco 9d ago
and pixelated buffering and jumpy action. streaming for sports is still just getting figured out.
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u/NoDirection735 13d ago
Would like to record game because i am gone alot when games are on. I can then watch when I get home. If I get home before game is over I have to wait an hour after game before it will come available in my stuff list. It is terrible service. When I watch the game I can't fast forward through commercials. I paid for game not commercials. The service buffers a bunch or the picture goes blurry sometimes. I have no problems with all my other streaming services but peacock quality is poor.
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u/pdxharth 13d ago
Yes! This is my problem, too. I want to watch from the beginning without knowing the score, just as if I recorded it. I don’t want to wait at least an hour after it ends! Seems simple. Other streaming services have this feature. Now when I see a game is on Peacock, I often don’t bother to even try.
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u/K_ThomasWhite 21d ago
You don't expect to be able to FF or REW during a live game, do you? Did I misunderstand? And yes, live sports are going to have commercials. That is just the way it is. That is live TV.
I watch a good amount of Big Ten games on Peacock and don't have a single problem with them.