ESPN360.com turns into ESPN3 tomorrow - more HD, DVR, social networking features on the way

Get ready for a shift in ESPN's online offerings, tomorrow the video streaming arm of its empire changes names from ESPN360.com to ESPN3.com. New features immediately available on The Tres include new viewing modes for events including split-screen and picture-in-picture, updated scoreboards, Facebook and Twitter tie-ins and live chat with other viewers, while it also plans to launch more HD-quality video streams during the NBA Playoffs, World Cup and U.S. Open Tennis events later this year. It should be available to customers on AT&T, Verizon, Cox Communications, Comcast, RCN and many other networks, a quick revamp and positioning next to the two top dog channels may be just what it needs for us to consistently see what's available on the desktop and not just the television. Check after the break for a few of the TV spots that will be promoting the change.

[madgamer2000 Posted Apr 3rd 2010 7:08PM]

I'm still waiting for the ocho myself...

[glennS Posted Apr 4th 2010 12:01AM]

@madgamer2000

Only 5 more to go. And congratulations on being first to post the most obvious comment of the year. (And yes, I am jealous that you got to it before me.)

[Geno Posted Apr 4th 2010 4:03PM]

So, even ESPN has switched from Xbox to Playstation.

[jagowar Posted Apr 4th 2010 10:53PM]

I tried the new player out and so far I am very unimpressed with the quality. Right now it even looks worse than it did. After some of the recent events (olympics, march madness) this is a step down in terms of video quality. Hope it improves because I do watch quite a bit of espn content.

[jason202 Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:49AM]

I'm not impressed with the quality, either. It looks worse, and I'm noticing lots of stuttering on my home PC. Now it doesn't exactly have the latest video hardware, but ESPN360 worked great on it.

[CleverUsername Posted Apr 5th 2010 4:51PM]

I can not see it because of my cable company is not on the list. Where is the net neutrality?

[RichardLawler Posted Apr 6th 2010 1:47AM]

@CleverUsername I don't think that means what you think it means.