# Watching a football game on Amazon Prime **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** amazon-prime, football-nfl\ **Created:** [September 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640 "2022-09-16T00:30:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/1 "2022-09-16T00:30:55Z")
Unless there’s a way to get out of it, the picture consists of a big banner on top, big banner on the bottom, and what’s left is a split screen- the game on the right half, and a gaggle of nondescript bros in easy chairs yammering on the other half. It’s muted of course. Anybody else see this? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/2 "2022-09-16T00:31:56Z")
I am watching on Amazon Prime and I am not seeing that. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/3 "2022-09-16T00:38:18Z")
I think I got it- it was like different channel- “dudes” something. It was unwatchable that way. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/4 "2022-09-16T00:45:16Z")
Something called “TNF with Dude Perfect “ it seems. A popular YouTube comedy channel among the young’uns apparently… > **[Dude Perfect NFL broadcast, explained: What to know about Amazon's alternate...](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/dude-perfect-nfl-amazon-thursday-night-football-stream/ergqrumstwsf8bivgizeycqx)** > > "TNF with Dude Perfect" tabs the viral five-man sports collective to provide commentary for select games during the 2022 season. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/5 "2022-09-16T00:56:41Z")
How anybody can appreciate their commentary when the game is so shrunken that it’s hard to tell what’s going on is puzzling. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/6 "2022-09-16T01:12:46Z")
I just watched it for about 60 seconds, which was about 50 seconds too long. It’s really hard to even see what’s going on with the game. They are going to have a different alternate stream on other nights… it all feels a little doomed to me. > **[Prime Video Presents 'TNF with Storm & Kremer’ Thursday Night Football...](https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/press-release/prime-video-presents-itnf-with-storm-kremeri-thurs)** > > ‘TNF with Storm & Kremer’ will make two appearances this season as part of Thursday Night Football’s suite of alternate stream programming ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/7 "2022-09-16T01:16:25Z")
It’s okay for me now that I’ve gotten away from the “dudes”. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/8 "2022-09-16T01:19:10Z")
The “Prime Vision” broadcast is nice. Regular broadcast audio and visual, but a sidebar of stats. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/9 "2022-09-16T01:26:31Z")
People who don’t like watching streaming for live sports are going to be pissed. I’m one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/10 "2022-09-16T01:30:55Z")
Because you have to subscribe, or something else? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/11 "2022-09-16T01:41:40Z")
It just seems wrong. We do subscribe. But our big TV I wanted to watch the game on is not a smart TV. So I have to watch in our bedroom. Not a big deal, but if we had friends over to watch the game it would be awkward. And the remote doesn’t work the same as my DirecTV remote. So fast Fowarding and rewinding is a lot of trial and error and frustration. First world problems. But they don’t care about me. I still think of Amazon as an on line bookstore. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/12 "2022-09-16T02:29:36Z")
I’ve switched over to the stats cast, and I really like the ability to toggle through game stats in queue up replays. I would love to have something like this for soccer. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/13 "2022-09-16T02:59:01Z")
I’d vastly prefer to be able to record the game for awhile and then come in and fast forward through the ads like I do with my DVR. That seems impossible with this setup. I hate sitting through all the ads and other bs. Life is too short for that! Also? We have a smart TV, but the Amazon video app on it is too old for this. I can add games to my watchlist on my computer, but there’s no way to access them on the TV app - they don’t show up there. I ended up having to cast tonight’s game from my phone - I tried doing it from my computer, but the picture was awful. We’ve also had lag. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/14 "2022-09-16T03:57:49Z")
I had the game on two Smart TVs and my laptop. My laptop was 10 seconds ahead of TV1, which was about 15 seconds ahead of TV2. Nothing I did would make the TVs catch up. All 3 devices are on wifi. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/15 "2022-09-16T11:34:54Z")
I have Amazon Prime, but I’m guessing it costs extra above the base subscription to watch streaming sports on Prime, right? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/16 "2022-09-16T11:35:32Z")
Thursday night football comes with no extra charge. I’m not sure what other sports they carry. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/17 "2022-09-16T11:36:26Z")
Good to know, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/18 "2022-09-16T11:37:37Z")
I think they show MLS games, too. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/19 "2022-09-16T12:01:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > My laptop was 10 seconds ahead of TV1, which was about 15 seconds ahead of TV2. Nothing I did would make the TVs catch up. > > All 3 devices are on wifi. One thing that annoyed me: On a snap where the camera was on the close-up front view of Mahomes, the audio of his voice was nowhere near synced to the movement of his lips. Felt like I was a kid again watching Saturday morning karate movies. I watched on my dumb TV via a Roku device over wifi. Other than the bad lipsyncing, it was pretty solid. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/20 "2022-09-16T15:36:54Z")
Despite my objection to the whole idea of Amazon doing sports, I did notice (or think I did) that the HD quality was better than I get from DirecTV. Is that possible? The picture quality was amazing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640.md?page=2)