57U
11-10-2002, 01:20 PM
Today's NFL game between Detroit & Green Bay is widescreen EDTV. Better late than never I guess. Doesn't look bad, but not as good as HDTV that's for sure. (Received from Detroit.)
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phenom
11-10-2002, 04:08 PM
I think this is the 2nd or 3rd week that it's been widescreen EDTV
57U
11-10-2002, 04:58 PM
hmmm, I'm not a football fan, but I usually check, since they made the announcment over 2 months ago. I might have missed it last weekend. I didn't see any previous posts saying that the NFL had been on in EDTV, so I ASSumed today must have been the first. Guess not.
phenom
11-10-2002, 08:07 PM
btw, a wicked storm past thru the Detroit area today and made me very thankful for an antenna setup in the last two minutes of the early games today. Directv service went ballistic for about 20 minutes or so. The storm was FIERCE.
57U
11-11-2002, 07:56 AM
That same storm came through Toronto about 7PM. Cable was fine too, although I powered down my PC and TV for a while, just to be safe, since there was nothing of importance on.
A lot of people talked about satellite being out for a while due to "rain fade".
I hate it when you can see and hear the lightning at the same time...
A lot of people talked about satellite being out for a while due to "rain fade".
I hate it when you can see and hear the lightning at the same time...
HD Guru
11-18-2002, 06:24 PM
We got the San Diego/San Francisco game in 16:9 yesterday. In addition, the half time show was also widescreen and based on the "highlights", it looks like the Green Bay/Minnesota game was also broadcast "wide". Obviously, this is NOT high definition, but the broadcast benefits from the width...perfect for football, and the lack of analog noise. On the other hand, it was obvious that somewhere along the broadcast "chain", they needed more bandwidth as the were compression artifacts on fairly wide shots of the grassy field...especially with any panning of the camera. FOX is probably not purchasing enough "space"...but then , what would one expect from the network that brought us "Enhanced Definition, Widescreen", prime time programs?
Their philosophy on HD was developed prior to the general public discovering that there was better picture quality than VHS tapes and much before so many digital/HD televisions were available for sale. To this point, they haven't gotten their collective heads from their posteriors. On the other hand, consider the target market for many FOX programs...many of those viewers aren't lucid enough to tell the difference anyway.
Their philosophy on HD was developed prior to the general public discovering that there was better picture quality than VHS tapes and much before so many digital/HD televisions were available for sale. To this point, they haven't gotten their collective heads from their posteriors. On the other hand, consider the target market for many FOX programs...many of those viewers aren't lucid enough to tell the difference anyway.
