(Image Caption: MLB.TV brings video to your Mac or PC.)

The MLB.TV prices are steeper than last year, when they cost $100 for the home team video feed and $110 for the premium package. But you still get live streaming of every game that’s not blacked out, whereas the $15 mobile apps only offer one pre-selected game per day. Plus, the more devices you have, the more cost-effective the investment becomes. A single $125 MLB.TV subscription would enable video streaming on your PC, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Android phone, Kindle Fire, PlayStation 3, Roku, and Xbox 360.

Here’s a closer, hands-on look at some of the available platforms.

MLB released a slick, revamped that cost $15 and featured actual in-stadium architecture and more fleshed-out PITCHf/x ball simulation. This season, a , and features some nice aesthetic improvements—specifically, a cleaner iPhone scoreboard and better placing of graphical elements on the iPad. (For example, when you’re watching the graphical real-time updates, the calendar now appears overhead and dead center, instead of tucked away in the upper left.)