Does anyone know if the 26 games will be in HD? I read the press release and they didn't mention it.

Thanks

Rich N.

Does anyone know if the 26 games will be in HD? I read the press release and they didn't mention it.

Thanks

Rich N.

Yes.

I will wait to see it to believe it.

I will wait to see it to believe it.


Not like they have much else to do on that Channel :). People who tune in to watch MLB might be confused to see an actual none stretched picture and OMG actual HD content. I pined for this channel before the MLB playoffs, little did I know the rubbish that would exist well afterwards. I kept waiting to see movies in HD or OAR and I'm still waiting to this day.

I know these games are also on the local channels of the teams involved, but I'm surprised TBS is not having MLB move the start times. The schedule shows the TBS games starting between 1 and 4 PM ET. One would think TBS would like to have a consistent start time throughout the season for all their games. They could move all the game to 4 ET so they would work in all time zone and still be off the air before ESPN's SNB.

Until now, I thought this was an exclusive contract. Sucks that there will be blackouts in the local markets.

Until now, I thought this was an exclusive contract. Sucks that there will be blackouts in the local markets.

Why? The local markets can watch their local broadcaster -- which most people likely prefer anyway. (Unless the local is SD-only and you'd miss out on an HD game.)

Is the EI package now going to be blocked out on Saturday and Sunday?

Is the EI package now going to be blocked out on Saturday and Sunday?

TBS games have no effect on Extra Innings (just like ESPN weeknight games)

(although it is possible that the game TBS is showing would not have a EI channel... but that I can't confirm)

TBS wanted the contract for the post-season games.

The 26-game in-season package is relatively worthless. And, as I understand it, all games will be HD per contract.

(Unless the local is SD-only and you'd miss out on an HD game.)

That was the thought in my head

Until now, I thought this was an exclusive contract. Sucks that there will be blackouts in the local markets.

Eh. I have the O's and the Nats locally. They won't be on TBS for a long, long time.

I live in the Atlanta area. The local OTA station is now called Peachtreetv.
I asked them if the games will be in HD. This is what I got back:

Thank you for your correspondence. We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.

We will air a total of 47 Braves games, 2 Exhibition and 45 regular season games, all in HD. Please contact your provider directly to find out if they will carry the Peachtree TV HD signal. :)

Sincerely,
Peachtree TV

I live in the Atlanta area. The local OTA station is now called Peachtreetv.
I asked them if the games will be in HD. This is what I got back:

Thank you for your correspondence. We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.

We will air a total of 47 Braves games, 2 Exhibition and 45 regular season games, all in HD. Please contact your provider directly to find out if they will carry the Peachtree TV HD signal. :)

Sincerely,
Peachtree TV

This has nothing to do with TBS MLB coverage and should be in the local baseball HD thread.

Any chance they will be showing (any of) these games on their SD channel?

All of them of course. Why would you think they wouldn't be on the SD channel?

TBS wanted the contract for the post-season games.

The 26-game in-season package is relatively worthless. And, as I understand it, all games will be HD per contract.

Worthless to whom? Glad to know about HD though, thanks.

Rich N.

To almost any network.

MLB would get very, very little for a package consisting only of non-exclusive Sunday afternoon games.

But the Divion (and half the LCS) MLB games are very attractive to TBS (though obviously far less so for Fox) and were worth the price -- especially since it made the new TBS HD channel pretty hard to resist for cable and sat companies.

Worthless to whom? Glad to know about HD though, thanks.

Rich N.

All of them of course. Why would you think they wouldn't be on the SD channel?Just making sure, because that's all I've got.

This is the "HDTV Programming" forum, after all.

TBSHD is a simulcast of TBS so the programing is always the same.

So where are these supposed Sunday games on TBS-SD? I haven't seen one yet.

So where are these supposed Sunday games on TBS-SD? I haven't seen one yet.

Um.. they've been there... every Sunday afternoon in April so far.

Hmmm. I'll have to quit relying on the "On TV/Radio" section in the area paper's Sports section for game listings then.

In past years they always listed the Braves games on TBS. For some reason, this year they're not listing TBS's games. They still list all of ESPN's games (and all FOX and local).

Maybe I'll e-mail them over there to get on the ball.

One question: They do show AL games over there I hope - right? If it's only NL games, I'll only rarely ever watch them. Just when the pennant races start winding down.

Hmmm. I'll have to quit relying on the "On TV/Radio" section in the area paper's Sports section for game listings then.

In past years they always listed the Braves games on TBS. For some reason, this year they're not listing TBS's games. They still list all of ESPN's games (and all FOX and local).

Maybe I'll e-mail them over there to get on the ball.

One question: They do show AL games over there I hope - right? If it's only NL games, I'll only rarely ever watch them. Just when the pennant races start winding down.

Yes they show AL games as well as NL.

Yes they show AL games as well as NL.Great. I hope they don't just assume that all Americans outside of the upper East Coast only care about the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets and Phillies - like that other sports channel.

Does anyone else think that the sound mix for TBS is really heavy on crowd noise? Personally, I love it, because I'm not big on listening to annoucers, so the broadcast has a great ambient feel, but I was curious what other people thought.

yanks indians looks like fox widescreen SD. even the graphics look low rez.

This Yankee - Cleveland game looks crappy. It a shame too because the post season games TBS did last season were great.

turner must have all their HD trucks at the NBA games today... damn you NBA postseason...

Good point nikeykid.

turner must have all their HD trucks at the NBA games today... damn you NBA postseason...

While Turner I believe owns maybe one or two HD trucks of their own (one of the rare examples of this), there are plenty of vendors out there who could provide a HD production facility for a high profile event like the MLB or NBA playoffs. There are a now ton of HD trucks on the road (enough for CBS, FOX, NBC to do a full state of NFL games, and ESPN to do all of their football-amateur and professional-in HD), and these Turner events have been on the schedules for a while.

Here in NY it's blacked out because the game is on YES network, so I can't see how TBS is, but if it's anything like the past few weeks, I'm sure it doesn't look good.
The PQ on YES is far superior to TBS anyway.

Here in NY it's blacked out because the game is on YES network, so I can't see how TBS is, but if it's anything like the past few weeks, I'm sure it doesn't look good.
The PQ on YES is far superior to TBS anyway.

last few weeks were actually in HD. TBS today is widescreen SD. this isn't one of those... kinda inbetween HD and SD weeks. no, it is definitely SD today.

Great. The first week I've had access to my HDTV this season (and I've been looking forward to these Sunday games for quite a while), and TBS shows it in crap-o-vision. I don't know what kind of "D" its in, but it aint' "high".

Whew. Glad this isn't just my feed. It looks TERRIBLE!

its fixed now! thank god

lol

30 seconds after I posted.

Thank God they're reading the AVS Forums.

Looks much better now.

Most likely a transmission issue from the site.

Here in Cleveland we were able to see Yankees @ Indians on our local NBC affiliate WKYC (who uses the STO equipment) as well as on TBS (TBS not blacked out). Watched it via D* on a Panny 50" 1080p plasma.

What's the deal with TBS' colors always being too hot? The reds are always too bright, the green grass looks fake. The WKYC (STO) version of the same broadcast looks much more natural.

PQ resolution-wise was pretty close, but I'd give the edge to WKYC/STO. (and WKYC is running one WeatherPlus subchannel)

YES Network, as usual, was superb.

All I know is that between TBS and ESPN I'm sick and tired of watching the same, under-500 team with mediocre pitching all damned week.

Who picks these games anyway? I'd like to know who to complain to. Do they really think the whole darned country outside of NY only wants to watch the Yankees?

All I know is that between TBS and ESPN I'm sick and tired of watching the same, under-500 team with mediocre pitching all damned week.

Who picks these games anyway? I'd like to know who to complain to. Do they really think the whole darned country outside of NY only want to watch the Yankees?

in general people watch their local teams. but if they had to have a national broadcast ... WAY MORE people watch yankees and red sox outside the NY and BOS markets than any other team outside their local market. i am just speculating, but take the two best NL teams right now, diamondbacks vs cubs... would definitely not draw as much as a yankees indians national game, not even close.

in general people watch their local teams. but if they had to have a national broadcast ... WAY MORE people watch yankees and red sox outside the NY and BOS markets than any other team outside their local market. i am just speculating, but take the two best NL teams right now, diamondbacks vs cubs... would definitely not draw as much as a yankees indians national game, not even close.

Gee, I'm an A's fan in Baltimore. West Coast time problems, small-market team, little pre-season hype. What do you think my chances are of seeing the A's on TBS, even if they stay in the race? (I'm not sure, but that may be a rhetorical question).


Rich N.

Or even an Orioles game, for that matter?

Now that'd be a game I'd really be interested in watching at this stage of the season - the Orioles vs the A's. Show the teams and games that would truly be interesting.

I don't think it's because of the amount of Yankees fans in the US outside of NY - I would think the Cubs would draw a heck of a lot there, too - and they're arguably a better team this year and higher in the standings right now. I think it's because they're probably broadcasting these games outside of the country more, and the Yankees are a big selling point to the rest of the world, who don't really know any better, or even care, as far as the team's rank in the league at this particular time. When it comes to American baseball, all they know is "The Yankees".

yanks indians looks like fox widescreen SD. even the graphics look low rez.


I noticed the same horrible picture quality on Sunday as well.
What is wrong with these people and why can't they get it right on a consistent basis? :mad:

Saw the game last night via ESPN and the picture
was AWESOME!!
That's more like it!

Todays game also looked mediocre btw.....every other channel that does baseball in HD looks better imho.

Todays game also looked mediocre btw.....every other channel that does baseball in HD looks better imho.

aren't you forgetting about FOX?

i thought the game looked great. i actually like the oversaturation of color.

Todays game also looked mediocre btw.....every other channel that does baseball in HD looks better imho.


I was wondering if the game looked any better/worse than last week.

Does anybody know of an e-mail addy where we can write TBS and inform them that the HD broadcast can be improved?


**took it upon myself to look for an e-mail on the tbs site and actually found some very interesting information regarding TBS and HD programming**

Why does the screen look “stretched” when I watch TBS in HD?
In an effort to present a consistent broadcast, we have decided to maintain the same aspect ratio for all HD programming. An unfortunate consequence of this is that the standard TV ratio of 4:3 is presented as 16:9. This is what “stretches” the image. We apologize for any dissatisfaction this caused.

To me, I think it looked fantastic. I'll screenshot a couple next sunday

To me, I think it looked fantastic. I'll screenshot a couple next sunday

I also thought it looked fantastic. Crisp, sharp well detailed.

I also thought it looked fantastic. Crisp, sharp well detailed.


What is your source?

Just wait intill the MLB Channel is available next year.

Rained out. but still got screenshots

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RCN cable. TBSHD 38.81 Mbps (17.19 Mbps Average)

I don't understand if the game was rained out, why was TBS still blacked out here in NY. Somebody obviously was lazy at the control room and forgot to turn it back on.

I don't understand if the game was rained out, why was TBS still blacked out here in NY. Somebody obviously was lazy at the control room and forgot to turn it back on.

You didn't miss much. Bill Engvall show in SD, Home Improvement SD, Austin Powers Goldmember in SD.

Every thirty minutes or so they went to the studio for updates on the rain

I don't understand if the game was rained out, why was TBS still blacked out here in NY. Somebody obviously was lazy at the control room and forgot to turn it back on.

Your cable/sat. company is responsible for controlling blackouts... not TBS.

TWC-NYC showed the substitute TBS content... (and Goldmember was 100% HD)

Your cable/sat. company is responsible for controlling blackouts... not TBS.
Not necessarily, most blackouts on cable are handled automatically at the headend by the IRD that will follow blackout instructions sent via satellite.

Your cable/sat. company is responsible for controlling blackouts... not TBS.

TWC-NYC showed the substitute TBS content... (and Goldmember was 100% HD)

I am sure it was in SD. very stretched and a total upconvert. I was going to record and burn to a blu ray but when I squeezed it to 4:3 it looked normal.

They showed Black Sheep a few times in HD but upconverted beverly hills ninja.

Watching my DVR copy of Mariners @ Yankees from earlier today and it's another great job by TBS with their HD baseball. Fox and ESPN could take a tip from them, most likely in the transmission sector.

And they could take a tip from FOX by showing regional games instead of the Yankees and Red Sox every week.

Wow - what a real barn-burning, important game to put on national television- the last place Yankees playing the even worse, last place Mariners.

Thank God ESPN at least had enough sense this time around to show the Angels @ White Sox game later on.

It was blacked out here in NY, but during the early part of the season, for some reason the PQ seemed subpar, but I think it's my provider ( Cablevision NY) because everyone else in the country says the PQ is great.

And they could take a tip from FOX by showing regional games instead of the Yankees and Red Sox every week.

Wow - what a real barn-burning, important game to put on national television- the last place Yankees playing the even worse, last place Mariners.

Thank God ESPN at least had enough sense this time around to show the Angels @ White Sox game later on.


C'mon now, let's be fair to TBS in this case.

Like the Yankees, seattle was supposed to be a very good team this year. So when TBS elected to televise this game, on paper it seems like a terrific match up.
Nobody could have predicted seattle would have the worst record going int the game.
And the game turned out to be a very fun game.

Here is the upcoming schedule via the TBS webpage:

Sunday, June 1
1:30/12:30c - Florida at Philadelphia

Sunday, June 8
1:30/12:30c - Philadelphia at Atlanta

And the game turned out to be a very fun game.For you maybe. Personally, there were plenty of other games I'd have chosen to watch over that one.

I'd imagine the majority of non-NY and Seattle fans would rather be watching a game that actually affects their team's standings, like myself. That's why I brought up the suggestion of regional games.

For you maybe. Personally, there were plenty of other games I'd have chosen to watch over that one.

I'd imagine the majority of non-NY and Seattle fans would rather be watching a game that actually affects their team's standings, like myself. That's why I brought up the suggestion of regional games.



I understand what you are saying, but I think TBS is going a fine job and the fact that baseball fans have another option on cable is a very positive sign.
Maybe someday TBS will begin to air "regional games". Time will tell.
For now, we can't fault them for the schedule they prepared before the season started. It's not a fair criticism.

Regional games are not feasible for TBS. The Sunday games are part of their agreement to get the playoffs and since they are not even exclusive games, I doubt they get great ratings. Split that into three games and you increase the costs and probably dont increase the revenue that much.

Fox is a broadcast network and has over 200 affiliates.

TBS has just one feed. OK maybe two if they have separate East and west coast feeds.

Are we even 100% sure that they don't reserve the right to change these games if they wanted to, or under certain circumstances (not that they would anyway)?

Game is Blacked-out on SD TBS...However, we have it on TBS-HD. Someone made a mistake.

Looked good today

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yeah it looks like they fixed oversaturation of the colors that has plagued some of the earlier broadcasts

i found it funny that espn showed highlights of the stl/bos game from nesn and not tbs. thought it would've been somewhere in espn's mlb contract to show the tbs highlights when possible

after last year's All-Star Game incident, ESPN and TBS may not be the best of buddies, certainly not near the relationship they have with NESN.

yeah it looks like they fixed oversaturation of the colors that has plagued some of the earlier broadcastsYou mean the reds were even worse than they are in those pictures? Must've been really bad, then.

Today's game looks amazing. This has got to be the best looking HD sporting event that I've ever seen.

Today's game looks amazing. This has got to be the best looking HD sporting event that I've ever seen.

Here in NY via Cablevision, every game I've seen on TBS this year looks subpar and blotchy. This obviously must be a local issue since everyone else around the country says the picture looks great

Caught a few minutes of Cubs @ Cards, looked and sounded good.

Here in NY via Cablevision, every game I've seen on TBS this year looks subpar and blotchy. This obviously must be a local issue since everyone else around the country says the picture looks great

I forgot to mention that I was watching on D*.

Today's game looks amazing. This has got to be the best looking HD sporting event that I've ever seen.I wouldn't know - they blacked it out here. :rolleyes:

Today's game appears to be in strechovision (Jays-Red Sox). Back to NFL Football.

Today's game appears to be in strechovision (Jays-Red Sox). Back to NFL Football.

um... huh?

1st inn. was messed up on D*, fixed when I checked back later.