Will Comcast will offer all games in HD?

Does Comcast offer a choice between broadcasts like Direct TV? For example, if the Yankees are playing the Red Sox, can the viewer chose which coverage they get, NY or Boston?

Comcast carries the package from InDemand. InDemand offers only the home team broadcasts, unless they can't get the broadcast, such as it being an OTA broadcast.They'll usually substitute the other feed. They offer select games in HD. According to the InDemand website approx 10 games a week will be in HD.

Few Comcast systems carry the HD games.

Few Comcast systems carry the HD games.
Heck, when I was still stuck on Comcast, they flat out denied that the 'GAMEHD' channel even existed. When pointed to InDemand's website, they said there must be some mistake because it doesn't exist. (It does exist; I've been watching InDemand's Center Ice in HD on Verizon all season long.)

Anyway Awesomeness, the info from 123HDTV and Marcus Carr is accurate. Hope this helps!

(It does exist; I've been watching InDemand's Center Ice in HD on Verizon all season long.)


I would like, and I suspect you would agree, Verizon to carry more than one Game HD channel. I don't know if InDemand offers more than 1 HD channel. In 2009 they should be able to offer more.

Comcast carries the package from InDemand. InDemand offers only the home team broadcasts, unless they can't get the broadcast, such as it being an OTA broadcast.They'll usually substitute the other feed. They offer select games in HD. According to the InDemand website approx 10 games a week will be in HD.

I have Comcast. Why can't Comcast offer the same baseball package as Direct TV? My friend gets all the baseball games and he gets to chose which broadcast team to listen to.

10 games in HD isn't that many. Comcast should add more games considering they want $200 for extra innings and I'm paying extra to get HD.

I would like, and I suspect you would agree, Verizon to carry more than one Game HD channel. I don't know if InDemand offers more than 1 HD channel. In 2009 they should be able to offer more.

Are there 14 channels? Why don't they make them all HD and broadcast the regional feeds?

Are there 14 channels? Why don't they make them all HD and broadcast the regional feeds?

Some Comcast areas offer the GAMEHD channel (it is active in Boston for the NHL package, one can only assume it will also be used for Extra Innings).

Last year InDemand did start showing many games with both the home and away feed, especially on nights when there weren't as many games or when start times were more spread out during the day. I've ordered EI for the last five years, and last year there was a marked increase in the number of games available. I am looking forward to having the HD channel this year.

Cable Ops don't have the bandwidth to offer all the feeds in HD, most systems don't have the bandwidth to even offer the GameHD/TeamHD feed(s)

Between your local regional sports network, ESPN 3 nights, TBS 1 afternoon, Fox 1 afternoon, MLB Network 1 night (plus live lookins pretty much at all times) - there is plenty of HD to choose from........

I would like, and I suspect you would agree, Verizon to carry more than one Game HD channel. I don't know if InDemand offers more than 1 HD channel. In 2009 they should be able to offer more.
Oh I'd absolutely like that, but InDemand currently only has the one HD channel. I do expect them to add more HD channels in the future, but I'm only basing that on my own desires, not on anything I've read.

Comcast carries the package from InDemand. InDemand offers only the home team broadcasts, unless they can't get the broadcast, such as it being an OTA broadcast.They'll usually substitute the other feed. They offer select games in HD. According to the InDemand website approx 10 games a week will be in HD.

InDemand started showing both home and road broadcasts (when available to them) for SOME games (when space permitted). that started some time last year. they do it with hockey too.

remember there is a free preview of MLB Extra Innings from InDemand for the first week of the season (and probably the week after the all-star break). with more day games for opening day and home openers, you may have room for a few more HD games during the first week.

Between your local regional sports network, ESPN 3 nights, TBS 1 afternoon, Fox 1 afternoon, MLB Network 1 night (plus live lookins pretty much at all times) - there is plenty of HD to choose from........

People pay to get the game they want to see in HD. If you ony have ESPN and TBS and FOX, you might not get the game you want to see.

Sometimes I want to switch back and forth between two games. Lots of people play fantasy baseball and if you have 2 pitchers going the same night, you will want to switch between both games.

Why does Direct TV offer all the games and Comcast doesn't? Does Comcast charge less for extra innings since they don't offer as many games?

People pay to get the game they want to see in HD. If you ony have ESPN and TBS and FOX, you might not get the game you want to see.

Sometimes I want to switch back and forth between two games. Lots of people play fantasy baseball and if you have 2 pitchers going the same night, you will want to switch between both games.

Why does Direct TV offer all the games and Comcast doesn't? Does Comcast charge less for extra innings since they don't offer as many games?

Comcast/In Demand nor any cable MSO doesn't have the bandwidth to offer all the dual broadcasts and all the HD broadcasts. With DirecTVs satellites, they have every RSN on a 24x7 feed and most on 24x7 HD channels with alternate HD slots for game time only channels. The RSN is then remapped into the MLB EI channel slots so there is no duplication of a stream. On cable, only your local RSN(s) is(are) always pushed out to you, the additional games are new streams from your headend so it is taken additional bandwidth.

Verizon with the FTTH network have the bandwidth, but being built like a standard cable system, I don't believe they have enough QAM channels. If they went to IPTV or got SDV working they would have the bandwidth in the current 256QAM infrastructure.