# Watching a football game on Amazon Prime

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**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")\
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**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/21 "2022-09-16T17:15:56Z")

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Yes - streaming services can typically put out a higher resolution. Your standard cable box is 720p. Streaming can get up to 4k.

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**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640/22 "2022-09-16T19:31:21Z")

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The picture was pretty sharp but I felt like it was fewer frames per second than on my cable (Optimum), which is 1080…i? Pretty sure my cable is interlaced. I think streaming is 1080p on my $30 Roku box.

Then again there could be a judder setting I set on my cable box long ago and forgotten that just makes it look smoother.

EDIT: Actually, I think I set the judder on the TV, but it saves those settings for that input only. The Roku is plugged into a different HDMI port. I think that’s actually it. I may have to look into that.

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