As I recall from last year, two people can be logged on to it at once. I'm registered to only get Reds and Pirates games blacked out. Probably Indians, too but I never checked to see since I don't give a toss.

I would really appreciate that, and you know where to send the information regarding mlb.tv if my subscription attempt falls through.

And do you personally get all Reds and Pirates games blacked out, or just all Reds and Pirates home games blacked out?

You're going to have 2 challenges: 1) the zip code of your credit card that you pay for MLB.tv with, and (if I remember correctly) 2) the zip code of your ISP. The one is easier to fix than the other.

As painful as it may be, your parents will probably find that they have to get Extra Innings if they want to watch the Padres in North County. You, on the otherhand, will probably be able to use MLB.tv, but only if you have a credit card with a billing address to your school (assuming school is out-of-market) and only if you're logged in at school and not at the 'rents' house.

Good luck.

Does anyone here have or know anyone who has Slingbox?

MLB.TV benefits:
- the quality's gone up this year, and I can now watch a game (pc's video card > s video out > my tv) that looks better than what I'd get on a standard-def cable channel.
- if MLB.TV thinks that you're not in the united states, japan, canada, guam, u.s. virgin islands, or south korea, you'll have access to any game, regardless of blackout rules. i'll leave that to you to figure out how to do that, but it's something people do all the time.
- you also get access to mlb.com gameday audio, which is handy when you're working or something like that and can't watch the game, but still want to be able to listen in.
- if you purchase for this year (and assuming they haven't changed their plans), you'll be able to watch the World Baseball Classic games next year as part of the 2008 mlb season purchase.

MLB.TV downsides:
- if you live in North County, I can about 99% guarantee you that you'll be unable to watch Padres games on either MLB.TV or Extra Innings unless you do as I mentioned above. I've been under the impression that extra innings doesn't carry any Channel 4 broadcasts, which means any padres games where the opponent isn't televising the game won't be seen, and it may even black out Padres games for people in San Diego regardless of if they're playing an away game or not. That's something I'm not too sure about. MLB.TV, for what it's worth, carries Channel 4's broadcasts as much as any other channel.
- if you don't have a way to connect a PC to your TV, you'd be stuck at your computer watching games...it's not horrible, but it's nice to sit in a place where your TV's at and watch some ball.

Basically, you at least have a fighting chance with MLB.TV of watching Padres games anywhere you're at, and the same can't be said for Extra Innings.

Much appreciated. I was super busy yesterday- my best friend just graduated from marine boot camp at MCRD yesterday morning and is home for ten days- so i didn't get a chance to respond to all the comments right away, but i saw them eventually ha. Thanks again!