Please use this thread to discuss the NFL RedZone channel.

Please include your location and provider (Cable, Sat, IPTV, FiOS).

Please note this topic is for discussion of the NFL RedZone channel, as opposed to the DirecTV version Sunday Ticket Red Zone.

Sticking this thread along with the CBS & FOX threads.

I'm watching NFL Red Zone on Comcast in Portland, OR.

I'm getting a band of vertical lines on some of the feeds, covering maybe 10% of the screen. The bands can appear on different parts of the screen, changing or disappearing even with a different camera angle in the same feed, so I assume it's a transmission issue.

Anyone seeing the same thing?

Other than that, best live sportscasting innovation in recent memory. Good job, NFL, as usual.

I'm watching NFL Red Zone on Comcast in Portland, OR.

I'm getting a band of vertical lines on some of the feeds, covering maybe 10% of the screen. The bands can appear on different parts of the screen, changing or disappearing even with a different camera angle in the same feed, so I assume it's a transmission issue.

Anyone seeing the same thing?

Other than that, best live sportscasting innovation in recent memory. Good job, NFL, as usual.


I get the same thing on FIOS. Had it last week too. There are green vertical lines going completely up and down (but faint) and then a line of them that cover the width of the screen.

I paid FIOS $50 for this channel so I'm not too forgiving of the quality. I'll call Verizon on Monday to complain.

$50?!?!? Uverse offers it for $5 per month along with 5 other HD exclusive channels. Best $5 I've ever spent. A whole day of NFL action without commercials is absolute bliss.

$50?!?!? Uverse offers it for $5 per month along with 5 other HD exclusive channels. Best $5 I've ever spent. A whole day of NFL action without commercials is absolute bliss.

Yes, short of NFL ST, RedZone is a great alternative, at a fraction of the price.

I'm watching NFL Red Zone on Comcast in Portland, OR.

I'm getting a band of vertical lines on some of the feeds, covering maybe 10% of the screen. The bands can appear on different parts of the screen, changing or disappearing even with a different camera angle in the same feed, so I assume it's a transmission issue.

Anyone seeing the same thing?

Other than that, best live sportscasting innovation in recent memory. Good job, NFL, as usual.

Yes, I also had the vertical lines this week and last week via E*. Even ignoring that problem, the PQ is miserable.

PQ was horrible again this week on FIOS TV - HD very smeary, yard lines are blurry...

Week 1 was crystal clear, now the last two weeks crap. Looks like they took my $ and ran!

Has anyone noticed the audio of this channel being significantly louder than other channels? I was switching back and forth between my local Fox and RedZone, and I had no choice but to keep changing my volume.

Even when the game I was watching on Fox was being shown on RedZone there was a difference.

I am on E* (recently switched from Charter)

Has anyone noticed the audio of this channel being significantly louder than other channels? I was switching back and forth between my local Fox and RedZone, and I had no choice but to keep changing my volume.

Even when the game I was watching on Fox was being shown on RedZone there was a difference.

I am on E* (recently switched from Charter)

I'm on E* as well. The channel is coming in with stereo audio while any games you switched to locally are 5.1. The games themselves I thought were pretty low volume, but the RZ channel studio guy is at a quite loud volume.

I thought the pic quality this week was a bit better than last, but thats not saying much.

Yes, short of NFL ST, RedZone is a great alternative, at a fraction of the price.

I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm shocked D* allowed such a thing to exist. It really hurts the value of their marquee product.

Yes, I also had the vertical lines this week and last week via E*. Even ignoring that problem, the PQ is miserable.

No vertical lines on U* but the PQ was very ugly at times.

I posted this in the general discussion, so won't repeat word for word. But in short, for $5.99 a month (Dish) RZC is a really good value as an alternative to Sunday Ticket (unless you have an out-of-area team you root for).