Thanks to AVS member DTV TiVo Dealer for breaking this info first at AVS.

Thanks to AVS moderator fredfa for originally posting this story.
Pinstripes in High-Def

By Anne Becker Broadcasting & Cable

YES, the New York Yankees’ network, will televise seventy 2005 regular-season games in high definition, including Sunday night’s season-opening game against the Red Sox.

The HD lineup includes all 64 home games, five road games versus the Red Sox and one road game against the Mets. The network recently signed carriage agreements for the HD games with Comcast, which will air them on INHD2, and DirecTV.

That still leaves most of New York City without YES’ HD offerings since Manhattan is covered by Time Warner.

The YES Network is available to viewers in New York, Connecticut, parts of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and airs Yankees, Nets and other pro and college games.

2005 YES Network Yankees HD Schedule

April 3 BOSTON 8:05
April 5 BOSTON 1:05
April 6 BOSTON 1:05
April 8 BALTIMORE 7:05
April 9 BALTIMORE 1:05
April 10 BALTIMORE 1:05
April 11 at Boston 3:05
April 13 at Boston 7:05
April 14 at Boston 7:05
April 18 TAMPA BAY 7:05
April 19 TAMPA BAY 7:05
April 23 TEXAS 1:05
April 24 TEXAS 1:05
April 26 ANAHEIM 7:05
April 27 ANAHEIM 7:05
April 28 ANAHEIM 7:05
April 30 TORONTO 1:05

May 1 TORONTO 1:05
May 7 OAKLAND 1:05
May 8 OAKLAND 1:05
May 9 SEATTLE 7:05
May 10 SEATTLE 7:05
May 11 SEATTLE 1:05
May 22 at New York (NL) 1:10
May 24 DETROIT 7:05
May 25 DETROIT 7:05
May 27 BOSTON 7:05

June 14 PITTSBURGH 7:05
June 15 PITTSBURGH 7:05
June 16 PITTSBURGH 7:05
June 19 CHICAGO (NL) 1:05
June 20 TAMPA BAY 7:05
June 21 TAMPA BAY 7:05
June 22 TAMPA BAY 1:05
June 23 TAMPA BAY 7:05
June 24 NEW YORK (NL) 7:05
June 25 NEW YORK (NL) 4:05

July 4 BALTIMORE 1:05
July 5 BALTIMORE 1:05
July 7 CLEVELAND 7:05
July 9 CLEVELAND 4:05
July 10 CLEVELAND 1:05
July 14 at Boston 7:05
July 26 MINNESOTA 7:05
July 27 MINNESOTA 7:05
July 28 MINNESOTA 1:05
July 31 ANAHEIM 1:05

Aug. 8 CHICAGO (AL) 7:05
Aug. 9 CHICAGO (AL) 7:05
Aug. 10 CHICAGO (AL) 1:05
Aug. 11 TEXAS 7:05
Aug. 13 TEXAS 1:05
Aug. 14 TEXAS 1:05
Aug. 22 TORONTO 7:05
Aug. 23 TORONTO 7:05
Aug. 24 TORONTO 7:05
Aug. 25 TORONTO 1:05
Aug. 27 KANSAS CITY 1:05
Aug. 28 KANSAS CITY 1:05

Sept. 6 TAMPA BAY 7:05
Sept. 7 TAMPA BAY 7:05
Sept. 8 TAMPA BAY 7:05
Sept. 11 BOSTON 1:05
Sept. 19 BALTIMORE 7:05
Sept. 20 BALTIMORE 7:05
Sept. 21 BALTIMORE 7:05
Sept. 22 BALTIMORE 7:05
Sept. 24 TORONTO 1:05
Sept. 25 TORONTO 1:05

Oct. 2 at Boston 2:05

All times at ET & subject to change.

In all fairness, Ken H, DTV TiVo Dealer (Robert) posted basically this information (from a D* source) two weeks ago. This was just the first reporting of that info I have found.
But your Yankees schedule is great!
There are even seven games for us National League fans to watch!

Originally posted by Ken H
The HD lineup includes all 64 home games, five road games versus the Red Sox and one road game against the Mets.

Interesting. Have they changed the # of games played this season? With a 162 game schedule, that results in 81 home games. ;)

Not all the home games on are YES.

Slightly different take, including the added bit of information that deals with other cable carriers are under negotiation. What that means in terms of whether or not Cablevision or TWC will ever see this channel, who can say?

YES Network to Air Yankees in HD
March 31, 2005
By John Consoli

The Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network (YES) will televise 70 New
York Yankees 2005 regular-season games in high definition, beginning
with Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox.

Of the 70 games televised in HD, 64 will be Yankees home games. YES has
signed agreements with cable operator Comcast and satellite provider
DirecTV for carriage of the Yankees HDTV games, and the network is also
negotiating HD carriage deals with other cable operators in the New
York metropolitan area.

For Comcast subscribers, YES HD telecasts will be seen on INHD2
(Channel 207). For DirecTV subscribers, the HD telecasts will be seen
on Channel 94.

YES

Can't wait to see what YES has been cooking up for us. It's nice to be able to see Yanks vs. Soxs games in HD and NOT be blacked out. Hopefully this will also lead to some more RSNs showing some HD baseball on D* this season.

Originally posted by rkunces
Can't wait to see what YES has been cooking up for us. It's nice to be able to see Yanks vs. Soxs games in HD and NOT be blacked out. Hopefully this will also lead to some more RSNs showing some HD baseball on D* this season.

I think it opens the door. Who needs ESPN?

I presume that D* will include this as part of the EI package?

Originally posted by Baldone01
I presume that D* will include this as part of the EI package?

I think those of us outside of the broadcast area will know the answer to this question right about the time the game starts on Sunday...

I would not expect a definitave answer any sooner than that...

D's* phones must be ringing off the hook with questions..lol

Im not gonna bother...those CSR's know nothing...

I am a D* subscriber and am not understanding where these games will appear and whether I will have to pay for them. Anyone have a channel? Do I have to subscribe to the sports package to get it?

For sure, if you are in the yankees home market and get YES in Sd, then you'll also get the HD versions of the games in HD on channel 94.

Nothing official about people not in the Yankee's market being able to see these games

Originally posted by comanche1700
I think those of us outside of the broadcast area will know the answer to this question right about the time the game starts on Sunday...

I would not expect a definitave answer any sooner than that...


We may not even know then since ESPN has exclusive rights to Sunday night games and they won't be in the EI package. We may have to wait until Tuesday afternoon. I am betting the games are in the package (based on D*'s carrying of some of the HD games in League Pass) and plan to sign up in time to get the Early Bird special after a 3-year hiatus.

Originally posted by billodom
We may not even know then since ESPN has exclusive rights to Sunday night games and they won't be in the EI package.

YES appears to have rights to Sundays game also..

At least according to the info in this thread...

I think theres a real good chance it will show up an part of EI package, but I doubt there will be any announcements...

(I guess other person asked the similar question in that closed thread.)

I am in the market of NYC in D*, in the market of Philly in Comcast. I think I can get YES HD in D*, and Philly's games in HD from Comcast.

But, can I get YES HD (INHD2, channel 207) from Comcast?

Thanks.

Why not ask Comcast?

this is yummy. :cool:

Just read a posting on the albanyhdtv.com Web site that Time Warner in Albany will be carrying YES HD starting Friday, and in fact the channel is already up and promoting the service. I'm hoping that it's true and it applies to Time Warner throughought all of New York state, me being down in HDTV-started Elmira.

Originally posted by billodom
We may not even know then since ESPN has exclusive rights to Sunday night games and they won't be in the EI package. We may have to wait until Tuesday afternoon. I am betting the games are in the package (based on D*'s carrying of some of the HD games in League Pass) and plan to sign up in time to get the Early Bird special after a 3-year hiatus.
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That would be nice, but given the sparsity of the FSN telecasts on the 90's for national carriage, I wouldn't count on it. I know somebody once posted a site that listed the FSN's that may receive some national HD exposure (anyone recall?); at that time FoxSports Bay Area was not among them. Too bad considering almost all the Giants home games and many away games are in HD this year.

Also may be relevant to consider EI's track record when compared to NBA League PASS; namely, no OTA games on EI.

Originally posted by fredfa

There are even seven games for us National League fans to watch!

This is assuming the games will be carried nationally though right?

From SKY Report,

NEWS BRIEFS: DirecTV Has Red Sox/Yankees Opener in HD
DirecTV said it will air the 2005 opening-day game between the New York Yankees and World Series Champion Boston Red Sox in high-def format. The April 3 HD telecast on YES Network will be available to DirecTV HD customers in the New York DMA

Obviously the NY area subs will get YES.
As I understand it, and I could be wrong, the MLB EI people with the HD package will also get the games if they are not blacked out by the normal MLB blackout rules.
But, obviously, we shall see.
As I say, I could be wrong -- and I often am.

Originally posted by fredfa
Obviously the NY area subs will get YES.
As I understand it, and I could be wrong, the MLB EI people with the HD package will also get the games if they are not blacked out by the normal MLB blackout rules.
But, obviously, we shall see.
As I say, I could be wrong -- and I often am.

I'm figuring that the ONLY people who will get to see this game in HD on YES-HD will be those of us in the NYC YES Market. Why? Because isn't that the way that all this PITA HD viewing crap works? Kind of like Mavs games on Channel 95 or 96 being blacked out for those not in the Dallas DMA. And _EVERYONE_ knows that MLB (and to a great extent) the EI package makes this *just* as difficult as they possibly can for their fans.....:D

Also---the Sky Report post RIGHT above yours makes the comment in the last sentence that....The April 3 HD telecast on YES Network will be available to DirecTV HD customers in the New York DMA

Originally posted by billodom
We may not even know then since ESPN has exclusive rights to Sunday night games and they won't be in the EI package. We may have to wait until Tuesday afternoon. I am betting the games are in the package (based on D*'s carrying of some of the HD games in League Pass) and plan to sign up in time to get the Early Bird special after a 3-year hiatus.

Sunday's game is not a national exclusive for ESPN. If it was, the game wouldn't be on YES/NESN. You should have your answer Sunday.

Originally posted by chrisb3
Sunday's game is not a national exclusive for ESPN. If it was, the game wouldn't be on YES/NESN. You should have your answer Sunday.

I just had a chance to sit down and watch a Yanks-Tribe ST game I'd Tivo'd from 3/7. Michael Kay (Yankees announcer) commented that the "only way to see the Yanks-Sox game on opening day in the NYC area was on YES". I *guess* I took that to mean that conversely, for those outside the NYC area, YES would be blacked out.

:confused:

I think this has been discussed in every YES HD thread. The game is on Yes for the NY market, the rest of the country the game is only available on ESPN2.

PS, I don't see any evidence of the game being broadcast in HD on D*. Nothing shows up in the 90's for Sunday night at 8.

Originally posted by harlenm
PS, I don't see any evidence of the game being broadcast in HD on D*. Nothing shows up in the 90's for Sunday night at 8.

Come on...its only 2 days until the game!! (Sarcasm intended...come on D*TV, do some PR/Marketing!!) :D

Originally posted by harlenm
PS, I don't see any evidence of the game being broadcast in HD on D*. Nothing shows up in the 90's for Sunday night at 8.

FWIW, there's a NBA game on 95 or 96 tonight and it's not on D*'s website program guide.

We won't see the channel until its lit on Sunday.

Originally posted by jaypb
I just had a chance to sit down and watch a Yanks-Tribe ST game I'd Tivo'd from 3/7. Michael Kay (Yankees announcer) commented that the "only way to see the Yanks-Sox game on opening day in the NYC area was on YES". I *guess* I took that to mean that conversely, for those outside the NYC area, YES would be blacked out.

:confused:

As a general rule, YES is blacked out outside of the NYC DMA. What needs to be answered is whether or not MLB:EI subs will get to see YESHD. What has raised this question is that on D* NBL:LP subs get to see the HD RSN games that are on.

Which satellite will it be bradcast from?

YES HD is also ON TWC in Albany NY. I reported it was not exclusive to Direct TV last week. (YES HD Only on Direct TV, reliable Source)

Many questioned, your answer is here

So if I read this properly, YES HD will be on Direct in two days? I am extremely pessimistic of this occurence.

Question that wasnt answered in the original *huge* thread:

Im not officially in the NYC DMA (New Haven county, CT), however I do get YES normally (channel 622).

Does this mean that I will get YES-HD as well? Or will YES-HD be available only to those in the actually NYC DMA, and not the surrounding ones? For local channel purposes, I am not in NYC. But apparently for YES purposes, I am (I have never had a game blacked on on YES since I got D* 2 years ago, but wanted to be sure I will see Sundays game in HD).

Also, anyone happen to know the D* channel for YESHD? I didnt see anything in my guide last night about it.

Thanks!!!
-Chris

Sorry for the rant, but it will be nice when D* finally adds a HD channel that ALL SUBSCRIBERS can view. Why is D* so obsessed with the NY market? Why are they using precious bandwith on a channel that a fraction of their subs can see? What about national channels (i.e. TNT-HD, ESPN2-HD)? C'mon D*, throw us a frickin' bone here!

I guess this is great news for a Yankee fan living in NY, but once again, D* proves it could care less about the rest of the continental US.

Originally posted by kidh
Sorry for the rant, but it will be nice when D* finally adds a HD channel that ALL SUBSCRIBERS can view. Why is D* so obsessed with the NY market? Why are they using precious bandwith on a channel that a fraction of their subs can see? What about national channels (i.e. TNT-HD, ESPN2-HD)? C'mon D*, throw us a frickin' bone here!

I guess this is great news for a Yankee fan living in NY, but once again, D* proves it could care less about the rest of the continental US.

*sigh*

YESHD will not be a 24/7 channel. It will only be lit for 3 or so hours for roughly 70 games over the course of 6 months. YESHD will be no different than the FSN channels in the 90s that show NBA games for a couple hours 3 or 4 times a week.

We're also still waiting to find out if MLB:EI subs will get to see YESHD out of market on D*.

With D*'s current bandwidth situation, I wouldn't expect any national channels until the first 2 spaceway birds are up and running.

Originally posted by Ken Ross
Interesting. Have they changed the # of games played this season? With a 162 game schedule, that results in 81 home games. ;)

The rest or at least most are on UPN9

2005 New York Yankees Schedule
Date Day Start Time Opponent
04/22/05 Friday 7:00pm Texas Rangers
04/29/05 Friday 7:00pm Toronto Blue Jays
05/06/05 Friday 7:00pm Oakland A's
05/20/05 Friday 7:00pm New York Mets
05/26/05 Thursday 7:00pm Detroit Tigers
06/03/05 Friday 8:00pm Minnesota Twins
06/17/05 Friday 7:00pm Chicago Cubs
06/28/05 Tuesday 7:00pm Baltimore Orioles
07/01/05 Friday 7:00pm Detroit Tigers
07/08/05 Friday 7:00pm Cleveland Indians
07/15/05 Friday 7:00pm Boston Red Sox
07/22/05 Friday 10:00pm Anaheim Angels
07/29/05 Friday 7:00pm Anaheim Angels
08/05/05 Friday 7:00pm Toronto Blue Jays
08/12/05 Friday 7:00pm Texas Rangers
08/19/05 Friday 8:00pm Chicago White Sox
08/26/05 Friday 7:00pm Kansas City Royals
09/09/05 Friday 7:00pm Boston Red Sox
09/16/05 Friday 7:00pm Toronto Blue Jays
09/23/05 Friday 7:00pm Toronto Blue Jays
09/30/05 Friday 7:00pm Boston Red Sox

UPN will be using the yes feed (so ive heard) maybe there is a chance we'll get these games in hd too??

Originally posted by chrisexv6
Question that wasnt answered in the original *huge* thread:

Im not officially in the NYC DMA (New Haven county, CT), however I do get YES normally (channel 622).

Does this mean that I will get YES-HD as well? Or will YES-HD be available only to those in the actually NYC DMA, and not the surrounding ones? For local channel purposes, I am not in NYC. But apparently for YES purposes, I am (I have never had a game blacked on on YES since I got D* 2 years ago, but wanted to be sure I will see Sundays game in HD).

Also, anyone happen to know the D* channel for YESHD? I didnt see anything in my guide last night about it.

Thanks!!!
-Chris

If you have been able to watch Yankee games on YES, then you should get YESHD.

From all reports, the game will be on channel 94. I wouldn't expect to see it in the on-screen guide until the channel is lit.

Once the channel is up on the sat, I would think that D* would update the web guide.

Originally posted by webboy10169
UPN will be using the yes feed (so ive heard) maybe there is a chance we'll get these games in hd too??

The word as of now is no. But you never know, it could change.

Originally posted by perilous
Come on...its only 2 days until the game!! (Sarcasm intended...come on D*TV, do some PR/Marketing!!) :D

It's unbelievable the level of 'secrecy' that D* has surrounding any new channel. Here it appears that everyone else knows the broadcast will happen, but anything from D*? Nope.

Originally posted by Ken H
The network recently signed carriage agreements for the HD games with Comcast, which will air them on INHD2, and DirecTV.



DirecTV is making up BIG time for the lack of TNT-HD in my book :D

This is nice and good for YES and the yankee fans but, WTF is NESN-HD?

Originally posted by Hart5150
This is nice and good for YES and the yankee fans but, WTF is NESN-HD?

New England Sports Net (Red Sox Country)

That's fine and good that we don't know for sure, but the deadline is April 3 for the Early Bird on MLB EI. I guess now we have to wonder if the deadline is 12:01AM or 11:59PM so we can get on AVS and see if MLB EI innings subs are getting out-of-market games in HD or not.

Originally posted by fredfa
Obviously the NY area subs will get YES.
As I understand it, and I could be wrong, the MLB EI people with the HD package will also get the games if they are not blacked out by the normal MLB blackout rules.
But, obviously, we shall see.
As I say, I could be wrong -- and I often am.

Originally posted by Hart5150
This is nice and good for YES and the yankee fans but, WTF is NESN-HD?

It will be a while and probably not this season from what I have been told. The good news is that it is on the radar screen but have no room to add it. This is the last missing piece for me as far as HD programing on D* is concerned. I guess the other good news is that now that they have added YES we now know that NESN will be on someday

Originally posted by webboy10169
New England Sports Net (Red Sox Country)

I know what and where I just want to know when!

Originally posted by steverobertson
It will be a while and probably not this season from what I have been told. The good news is that it is on the radar screen but have no room to add it. This is the last missing piece for me as far as HD programing on D* is concerned. I guess the other good news is that now that they have added YES we now know that NESN will be on someday

That sucks, considering they have had HDTV broadcasts for over a year! Now they have added YES for their initial HD broadcast. Thanks Directv :confused:

Originally posted by SONY007
YES HD is also ON TWC in Albany NY. I reported it was not exclusive to Direct TV last week. (YES HD Only on Direct TV, reliable Source)

Many questioned, your answer is here
Hey, before your head explodes from the swelling;), I beat your post by a few minutes, the one right before yours. At least I waited till the cable systems had their equipment. It was, of course, "known" before that. Also, so far I haven't seen any official announcement from TWC. At last, Comcast and YES finally made their announcement. Michael Kay has gotten in trouble for tipping the HD news before.

Originally posted by Hart5150
That sucks, considering they have had HDTV broadcasts for over a year! Now they have added YES for their initial HD broadcast. Thanks Directv :confused:

I agree and I keep msending NESN emails trying to find out what is going on. I had asked Stephanie Campbell befor she left what was up with NESN and she said that they just don't have the room right now and even more disappointing is the fact when they add HD locals the RSN'S won't be included initially but who know maybe that will change. I also know that D* and NESN have had negotiations and Stephany did say NESN is front and center as far as adding it at some point.

I am trying to come up with a total of Yankees games in HD this year. So far, we have 64 home games and 5 road games at Fenway for a total of 69. Assuming there will be games on FOX this year, has there been any word if FOX games will be all HD as the NFL was this year? Leave a few games to ESPN and it seems as if half the season will be in HD. How about WOR? Any word if Yankees home games will be HD on WOR, and if so, will Comcast add their HD channel? At the very least, we will get an improved digital signal. All in all a good season to be a Yankees/HD fan.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but any news of Cablevision's interest in adding this channel?

Originally posted by Steve Wright
I am trying to come up with a total of Yankees games in HD this year. So far, we have 64 home games and 5 road games at Fenway for a total of 69. Assuming there will be games on FOX this year, has there been any word if FOX games will be all HD as the NFL was this year? Leave a few games to ESPN and it seems as if half the season will be in HD. How about WOR? Any word if Yankees home games will be HD on WOR, and if so, will Comcast add their HD channel? At the very least, we will get an improved digital signal. All in all a good season to be a Yankees/HD fan.

Confirmed:

70 games on YESHD
3 games on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball

Unknown:

17 games on UPN9
9 games on FOX

I would imagine that the FOX games will be in HD (I couldn't find any listings that stated it one way or the other).

UPN said no HD for their games, but now that the cat's out of the bag for home games, perhaps the home games on UPN will be in HD.

Let WWOR (UPN9) hear from you!

programming@wwortv.com

Dan

Originally posted by trekkerj
Hate to sound like a broken record, but any news of Cablevision's interest in adding this channel? An overwhelming, and deafening silence.

Hmmm...will we need the Sports Pack or just the HD Pack?

Wolfie

I just hope this isn't another ESPN2 that when orignally announced D* was going to launch it, and we still don't have it.

It would be nice to have Road games in HD too, but I guess I'm asking for too much.

Thanks Chris. Very kewl that 50% of the games are in HD this year. Who can complain? Just beg for more!

If UPN decides to change their mind and show the Yankee Games in HD Comcast would have to add it first in the NY DMA which they have not yet done .

Originally posted by chrisb3
*sigh*

YESHD will not be a 24/7 channel. It will only be lit for 3 or so hours for roughly 70 games over the course of 6 months.

ESPN2-HD and TNT-HD are not 24/7 HD channels either. I know D* has bandwidth problems, but obviously they have a certain amount available to show some additional HD content. Why not add ESPN2-HD that ALL of the subs can watch?

Sorry, I'm just crabby about the fact that this is the 9th consecutive HD channel that D* has added that does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR ME. Maybe it's time for me to "move" -- wink, wink -- to New York!

Originally posted by chrisb3
As a general rule, YES is blacked out outside of the NYC DMA. What needs to be answered is whether or not MLB:EI subs will get to see YESHD. What has raised this question is that on D* NBL:LP subs get to see the HD RSN games that are on.

NBA League subscribers get to see some some of the HD RSN games, but not most of them. Is that not correct?

Originally posted by Wolfie
Hmmm...will we need the Sports Pack or just the HD Pack?

Wolfie If you're outside NYC DMA, at minimum you will need the MLB package ($149 for the season). It may be that you will also need the HD package, though I don't believe that's been required for the NFL HD in the past.

Even with both MLB:EI and HD package, you may be SOL if MLB decides to allow YES-HD to only the NY region (possible due to conflict with InHD commitment).

Originally posted by willwhdtv
If UPN decides to change their mind and show the Yankee Games in HD Comcast would have to add it first in the NY DMA which they have not yet done . Although WWOR 9 does broadcast digitally OTA for those who have HD receivers. Dan

Originally posted by trekkerj


For Comcast subscribers, YES HD telecasts will be seen on INHD2
(Channel 207). For DirecTV subscribers, the HD telecasts will be seen
on Channel 94.

I just got my weekly schedule from INHD and there are no Yankees games through next Sat. on either INHD2 or INHD. The only MLB game is on INHD 4/7 between A's and O's.

Anyone know why no Yanks?

Duh, it's only for new york!

It has nothing to do with INHD, that's just the channel that comcast will be prempting to show the YES games on

Well, duh, sorry, the announcements I read here and in the news links posted did not specify that. They said the games would be carried by Comcast on INHD2. Nice little world y'all live in in NY (and PBG). Share it sometime!:D

Originally posted by kidh
ESPN2-HD and TNT-HD are not 24/7 HD channels either. I know D* has bandwidth problems, but obviously they have a certain amount available to show some additional HD content. Why not add ESPN2-HD that ALL of the subs can watch?

Sorry, I'm just crabby about the fact that this is the 9th consecutive HD channel that D* has added that does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR ME. Maybe it's time for me to "move" -- wink, wink -- to New York!

While ESPN2HD and TNTHD may not have HD content 24/7, they are channels that are required to be on 24/7 as per the contracts for those channels.

I think it's a pretty safe bet that we'll see those channels and more once the spaceway birds are up and running.

Anyone know if it is decided that YesHD will NOT be proivided with EI, will the station be on a sopt beam to the NYC area? Im am in the NYC area, yet not really there. Wondering if I will not get this channel. Interestingly enough, when the Knicks are shown in HD on 95 or 96 that channel is blocked for me, yet if it is an two random other teams the pic comes through.

Thanks in advance!

DpR

It wont be on a spot beam.

Do you have NBA LP now? if so the reason to knicks would be blocked out is because you say you live in their home market, and since the rsn is not the new york one for NBA, it gets blacked out.

Will Jersey City, NJ DirecTV subscribers get the YES HD Yankees/Red Sox game Sunday on channel 94? If not, can they get it buy purchasing the MLB Package?

Thanks!

Originally posted by bgall
It wont be on a spot beam.

Do you have NBA LP now? if so the reason to knicks would be blocked out is because you say you live in their home market, and since the rsn is not the new york one for NBA, it gets blacked out.

I do have NBA league pass, however I get the Knicks games on MSG through my regular programming package. Knicks games are often blacked out on the LP station and only shown on 622.

I think I get what you are saying - when the Knicks are blacked out for me it is becasue DTV is using the RSN of the team the Knicks are playing rather than MSG. Thanks!

I actually didnt know any channels were on spot beam until I noticed my parents who live in NJ got UPN and WB while I didnt. Thi got me worried about Yes being broadcast the same way.....

Originally posted by Rick7777
Will Jersey City, NJ DirecTV subscribers get the YES HD Yankees/Red Sox game Sunday on channel 94? If not, can they get it buy purchasing the MLB Package?

Thanks!

The answer seems to be....that if you get ch 622 now and were not blacked out of Yankee games last season, you will get 94. Otherwise, it has not yet been satidfactorily answered if MLBEI will give you access.

Do I need to see a New York City DMA map to find out if Jersey City, NJ will not be blacked out?

Where can I find one?

Thanks!

do you get yes as your RSN? then the answer is yes.

How can I tell if YES is my RSN?

I got YES in Tulsa but the Yankee games were blacked out.

I get YES now in Jersey City, New Jersey but I have not had the chance to see if the live Yankee games are blacked out.

Originally posted by fredfa
Why not ask Comcast?

Well, I called Comcast. CSR doesn't know anything yet.

Would channel 94 even show up nationally if it's only availble in the NY area?

Originally posted by Cudahy
Would channel 94 even show up nationally if it's only availble in the NY area?

This is the question nobody yet knows.

Originally posted by Hart5150
This is nice and good for YES and the yankee fans but, WTF is NESN-HD?

Perhaps it will show up on HD later, but as of now of the 20 Fox Sports regional networks, only five will have HD baseball coverage (the only teams in HD on Fox Sports Net are the Astros, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Twins. (Either this refers to national coverage or the listings are outdated because the Giants, for example, are telecasting all of its home game and many of its road games in HD on Fox Sports Bay Area). This can be found
here (http://msn.foxsports.com/story/1528357)

The Fox Sports Net HD schedule for April is here (http://msn.foxsports.com/name/HD)

The 20 Fox Sports Networks are identified

here (http://www.ncta.com/guidebook_pdfs/FoxSportsNet.pdf)

Now we'll have to see if any or all of these games will be in the 90's for national carriage.

Originally posted by Rick7777
How can I tell if YES is my RSN?

I got YES in Tulsa but the Yankee games were blacked out.

I get YES now in Jersey City, New Jersey but I have not had the chance to see if the live Yankee games are blacked out.

Relax. You will get them game. You can spit and hit NYC from Jersey City.

Originally posted by igreg
Perhaps it will show up on HD later, but as of now of the 20 Fox Sports regional networks, only five will have HD baseball coverage (the only teams in HD on Fox Sports Net are the Astros, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Twins; too bad for Giants fans since every home game and many road games are in HD). This can be found
here (http://msn.foxsports.com/story/1528357)



The FSN for the SF bay area will be showing over 80 Giants and A's games in HD this year, but only on Comcast. :rolleyes:

I should say only on Comcast systems that get INHD, which leaves out over 16% of the SF bay area.

Originally posted by Ken Ross
It's unbelievable the level of 'secrecy' that D* has surrounding any new channel. Here it appears that everyone else knows the broadcast will happen, but anything from D*? Nope.


I emailed a few friends who i know with D* and HDTV about this. I said something about not only do we have our big4 networks but now we'll get yes too.

One guy wrote me back- pissed off like no other that we had ABC and he didnt even know.

D* seriously needs to learn to market new channels.

94 just showed up on Directv as "To Be Announced" on my OSG.

Originally posted by igreg
only five will have HD baseball coverage (the only teams in HD on Fox Sports Net are the Astros, Brewers, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Twins
Cardinals, FSN Midwest

Originally posted by dm145
94 just showed up on Directv as "To Be Announced" on my OSG.

JACKPOT


I just looked, mine says "upcoming: red sox @ yankees"! 4/3 8:00 pm.

Yup mine too

I hate Cablevision.

Channel 94 now showing Red Sox at Yankees; but will it follow pattern of tonight's Grizzlies at Bucks game on channel 95 tonight? Grizzles at Bucks is blacked out for national purposes. So my guess is that Sunday night, except for NY residents, we will see the message, "Program not available in your area".

Since we can get the Grizzlies/Bucks game in SD with League Pass, anyone know the justification for blacking out the HD telecasts?

Further, in light of the fact that a few RSN games in HD are now being shown nationally in the 90's, how or who decides which HD games to black out?

Maybe its similar to the reason they black out the replays of MLB games even though the live game was shown. I have yet to figure out a good reason for that one either.

Explanations?

Originally posted by trekkerj
I hate Cablevision.

got a clear view of the southern sky?

The 300 or whatever D* charges new subs for the HD box sucks but at least you can get the Yanks.

I cant figure why D* still holds onto that $300 charge for the HD box- its such a barrier to entry for HD subs. Maybe at this point they dont want many more- just that many more to swap in the coming year.

Maybe they get a clue with the new MPEG4 system and really try to compete with cable and ditch that fee like they have for SD boxes and DVR's. But that wont help anyone for now. Probably not even until the holiday buying season...

Originally posted by igreg
...
Maybe its similar to the reason they black out the replays of MLB games even though the live game was shown. I have yet to figure out a good reason for that one either.

Explanations?

money

Thats my vote.

MLB is trying to figure out how to nickle and dime the poor out of market people for every last cent. Hopefully for the out of town fans they realize you can only get so much blood from a stone.

It likely has more to do with copyright rules.

So, MLB wants more $$$ if DirecTV wants to show replays of games already shown live, and the NBA wants more $$$ if it allows DirecTV to show the SD games in HD? If so, that's being very petty.

Originally posted by trekkerj
I hate Cablevision.

Join the party my friend. I'll bring the koolaid :) Thank goodness for D*

Nope, no view, and even if I did, the only place I can legally have a dish would be inside pointing out a window, which is not gonna work anyway. I'm stuck with Cablevision and no YES-HD. Dealt with no YES period for an entire year, they may never pay for YES-HD.
Originally posted by michaelk
got a clear view of the southern sky?

The 300 or whatever D* charges new subs for the HD box sucks but at least you can get the Yanks.

I cant figure why D* still holds onto that $300 charge for the HD box- its such a barrier to entry for HD subs. Maybe at this point they dont want many more- just that many more to swap in the coming year.

Maybe they get a clue with the new MPEG4 system and really try to compete with cable and ditch that fee like they have for SD boxes and DVR's. But that wont help anyone for now. Probably not even until the holiday buying season...

" the only place I can legally have a dish would be inside pointing out a window, which is not gonna work anyway"

It does work, i do it every year i go down to Fl, signal is in the 90's

Doesn't matter, like I said, even with the window, there's trees and a building blocking the direction I would need. Plus, with the HD dish, you need to hit 3 satellites.

Originally posted by michaelk
got a clear view of the southern sky?

The 300 or whatever D* charges new subs for the HD box sucks but at least you can get the Yanks.

I cant figure why D* still holds onto that $300 charge for the HD box- its such a barrier to entry for HD subs. Maybe at this point they dont want many more- just that many more to swap in the coming year.

Maybe they get a clue with the new MPEG4 system and really try to compete with cable and ditch that fee like they have for SD boxes and DVR's. But that wont help anyone for now. Probably not even until the holiday buying season...
I am a D* subscriber due to the fact that Cablevision did not have the 1st season of YES and the Yanks. The Dolans made me get the dish ! I am perfectly happy with D* and would love to completely sever my ties to Cablevision. Problem is that the Optimum Online service is too good.

This probably has nothing to do with this stuff (as in being left out and not getting to see the game in HD), but I live in eastern Iowa, and when [for example] watching a game between the Yankees-Mariners on EI during the season, and the game is either on YES or FSN NW, I get the game from YES on EI 95% of the time.

Could this help my chances any on Sunday night??


(Too bad the game isn't originating from FSN NE or MSG... I never get blacked out when watching professional game replays [like NBA] on them the next day [MLB & NFL only professional sports packages I sub to on D*]. And now that the MLB is starting up again, I'll probly get to see 80% of all the next-day game replays on; MSG, YES, NESN, & FSN NY, as well as my "local" RSNs; FSN MW, FSN N, & ComCast Chicago)

" Problem is that the Optimum Online service is too good."


Yes your right, last april i took the $99 offer for optonline, silver package, and voip,that ends april 11, they want to raise to 135 + tax, im going to wait till the 11th, and try to work something out. Ilike the option of having cable hd, but, not at that price, i also really dont need the voip service.The optonline is a must have for me tho .

Originally posted by HDTVwannabe
I live in eastern Iowa, and when [for example] watching a game between the Yankees-Mariners on EI during the season, and the game is either on YES or FSN NW, I get the game from YES on EI 95% of the time.

Could this help my chances any on Sunday night??



I would say that by looking at the EI schedule its not gonna help you since the YANKS-RED SOX game is not on the EI schedule at all.

If Sundays game was part of the EI schedule I would think there would be a good chance that all subs would be eligible to watch it in HD on channel 94.

I think the fact that the game is not on the EI says it all for Sunay though; If youre not in the NY DMA you wont get the game anywhere but from ESPN2 SD on Sunday night.

Originally posted by comanche1700
I would say that by looking at the EI schedule its not gonna help you since the YANKS-RED SOX game is not on the EI schedule at all.

If Sundays game was part of the EI schedule I would think there would be a good chance that all subs would be eligible to watch it in HD on channel 94.

I think the fact that the game is not on the EI says it all for Sunay though; If youre not in the NY DMA you wont get the game anywhere but from ESPN2 SD on Sunday night.


Figures.

I don't have anything against the people in the NYC DMA [or in the Dallas DMA for Mavs games, etc], but what is the real use of using bandwidth for individual games that only a small percentage of America can actually see??

IF ESPN2HD were available, I could see it necessary as those in the NYC DMA would be blacked out, so would need to include them as well, but instead of 100% of D* HD viewers getting to see the game, only those in a specific DMA get it.


Yes, I'm just bitter. Sorry.

Originally posted by HDTVwannabe
Figures.

I don't have anything against the people in the NYC DMA [or in the Dallas DMA for Mavs games, etc], but what is the real use of using bandwidth for individual games that only a small percentage of America can actually see??
IF ESPN2HD were available, I could see it necessary as those in the NYC DMA would be blacked out, so would need to include them as well, but instead of 100% of D* HD viewers getting to see the game, only those in a specific DMA get it.
Yes, I'm just bitter. Sorry.

They have to start some place and NYC is the #1 DMA in the country.
Maybe they will add other RSN's or Superstations soon.
RSN's in HD are what keeps many people from jumping to DBS.
This YESHD deal will keep me from going back to Cablevision.

I just want to thank you guys for this thread and the info, however contradictory it may be. I live in Montana on a farm and have subscribed to YES and MLEI on D* for years. The Yankees are the only sports team I care about and even with the blackouts, etc. it's been heaven to get most of their games every season.

After reading this thread, I called my D* provider for YES HD info. They told me that they know of no new HD channels that are to be added. I told them about channel 94 and got the typical "You know more than we do" response but they said that if 94 is lit up, I'd get it. Thanks a lot for the comprehensive info, D*! This is what I get for $125 a month.

Thank God for this forum. I'm waiting on pins and needles for Sunday night and/or Tuesday as I suspect a YES blackout on Sunday. Oh, by the way, it'll be the Yanks in six over the Red Sox in the ALCS this October after which they'll demolish whover the NL sends to the World Series.

Sorry to burst your bubble Oldfred, but you still may not get it.
I see tons of programs in my guide that I do not get.

dm145, yeah, I realize I might not get 94 HD. But I definitely will get the SD YES feed and doesn't the gist of this thread state that the HD feed should be available to those who subscribe to EI and YES on D*? Even those of us who live outside the New York area? Then again I may have misread the previous posts and of course it all seems to be speculation at this time.

Doggone it, I want my Yankees in HD!

The MLB EI part has all been speculation based on the fact that D* is currently allowing folks with NBA LP to get the reginal HD games D* has been showing.

You'll just have to wait until April 5th and see if you get the Yes game.

I just received an email reply from D* in answer to this query:

"I've heard rumors & I'm interested to know if the Extra Innings package (which I've subscribed to for years) will include games in High Def, i.e. the YES HD games? I've heard that it might be done as the League Pass NBA package that included some hi def games in the 90's channels. I'm hoping that I don't have to live in the NY DMA in order to view the YES games in hi def. Please advise & thank you."

Here's the reply:

'Thank you for writing. We are pleased to hear of your interest in high definition baseball. We do not have any information regarding specific games that will be broadcast in high definition. However it will be similar to the NBA package.

Thank you for your inquiry and for your continued support of DIRECTV.'

Clears it right up for me! NOT!

Last year the season opened on SUNDAY with the RedSox/Baltimore game on both ESPN and NESN. I watched it on NESN which was not blacked out(here in California). I don't remember if it was officially listed as an EI game on or before that day. the only difference this time is that it isn't even on ESPN but just ESPN2. The Yankees agreed to move the game to Monday, why would they agree to have it blacked out for Yankee fans outside of NY?

Originally posted by Cudahy
Last year the season opened on SUNDAY with the RedSox/Baltimore game on both ESPN and NESN. I watched it on NESN which was not blacked out(here in California). I don't remember if it was officially listed as an EI game on or before that day. the only difference this time is that it isn't even on ESPN but just ESPN2. The Yankees agreed to move the game to Monday, why would they agree to have it blacked out for Yankee fans outside of NY?

What are you talking about? Monday? The game is Sunday.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bgall
[B]The MLB EI part has all been speculation based on the fact that D* is currently allowing folks with NBA LP to get the reginal HD games D* has been showing.



Not necessarily true. For example, last night's Grizzlies/Bucks game was blacked out, Dallas games on FoxSportsNet have been blacked out, etc. I don't know the reason some games are shown and some are blacked out, but just a select few are in the 90's.

Originally posted by Baldone01
I just received an email reply from D* in answer to this query:

"I've heard rumors & I'm interested to know if the Extra Innings package (which I've subscribed to for years) will include games in High Def, i.e. the YES HD games? I've heard that it might be done as the League Pass NBA package that included some hi def games in the 90's channels. I'm hoping that I don't have to live in the NY DMA in order to view the YES games in hi def. Please advise & thank you."

Here's the reply:

'Thank you for writing. We are pleased to hear of your interest in high definition baseball. We do not have any information regarding specific games that will be broadcast in high definition. However it will be similar to the NBA package.

Thank you for your inquiry and for your continued support of DIRECTV.'

Clears it right up for me! NOT!


Forget asking DirecTV. I bet you could ask them AFTER we know, and they still wouldn't know.

Originally posted by Lew_b
I am a D* subscriber due to the fact that Cablevision did not have the 1st season of YES and the Yanks. The Dolans made me get the dish ! I am perfectly happy with D* and would love to completely sever my ties to Cablevision. Problem is that the Optimum Online service is too good.

Funny you mentioned that. I have the same problem :). I also changed to D* after the YES fiasco. Cablevision TV services won't get my money again

Originally posted by HDTVwannabe
but what is the real use of using bandwidth for individual games that only a small percentage of America can actually see??



Those games actually last 3hrs tops. D* doesn't have the capacity to add 24/7 channels. I'm sure when those channels are on (90's) some PPV channels are turned off.

Shouldnt the title read "Yankees in HD from YES on DirecTV, Comcast, and Time Warner" due to the recent announcement from TW Albany?

Stop rubbing it in.

Sure would be nice to know if the EI will include HD broadcasts other than the Yankees to make it worth the 150.00. Watching baseball in SD on a 61 inch HDTV is ugly stuff

feel bad for cablevision subscribers but this NEWS IS GREAT for us across the river on Comcast :)

MLB.com is showing tomorow nights Yankee-RedSox game as blacked out nationally. Guess fans outside of the Northeast will have to watch it on ESPN2.

This is even "Upcoming" on my On Screen Guide, on my Non HD D* receiver, either a mistake or their way of advertising, the description reads "MLB HD"

Originally posted by Cudahy
MLB.com is showing tomorow nights Yankee-RedSox game as blacked out nationally. Guess fans outside of the Northeast will have to watch it on ESPN2.

No sir. The game will be available on YES in NY market, NESN in Boston market. And ESPN2 nationally. Anyone in the US that doesnt get YES or NESN will watch on ESPN2. The MLB.tv blackout is for U.S., Japan, South Korea, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I believe out of NY DMA SPORTS Pack customers will also get the Yankee YES Network broadcast games in HD. Not 100% sure but most likely.

Someone out of the NY DMA who subscribes to the SPORTS Pack please post the definitive answer when the game starts.

-Robert

Originally posted by DTV TiVo Dealer
I believe out of NY DMA SPORTS Pack customers will also get the Yankee YES Network broadcast games in HD. Not 100% sure but most likely.

Someone out of the NY DMA who subscribes to the SPORTS Pack please post the definitive answer when the game starts.

-Robert

I can't imagine ESPN, which owns the national rights to this game (and are showing in on ESPN2/ESPN2HD) would allow this.

Yeah, that's the only part I can't agree with Rob on.

All MLB is blacked out in the sports pack because you need to purchase MLB EI.

And there is no MLB EI for this game, so anyone not in the Yankees home market has to watch it on ESPN2.

Originally posted by lowmazda
No sir. The game will be available on YES in NY market, NESN in Boston market. And ESPN2 nationally. Anyone in the US that doesnt get YES or NESN will watch on ESPN2. The MLB.tv blackout is for U.S., Japan, South Korea, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

And UPN WSBK-DT 38.1 in the Boston Market (In HD)

So in other words the early bird discount is probably going to expire with no confirmation one way or the other from D*'s HD broadcast of this game.

Sigh.

Originally posted by bgall
And there is no MLB EI for this game, so anyone not in the Yankees home market has to watch it on ESPN2.

Agreed in the response to this. Sports pack has never had pro sports out of market.

Originally posted by bgall
All MLB is blacked out in the sports pack because you need to purchase MLB EI.

Originally posted by cliftonmets
Shouldnt the title read "Yankees in HD from YES on DirecTV, Comcast, and Time Warner" due to the recent announcement from TW Albany?
My own Magic 8 Ball says that unless it is available to ALL TWC systems, it WON'T be available on ANY. That's the hard way to say that it would be extremely unlikely for just Albany TWC to have YES HD. Of course, TWC could sign a deal today and have all TWC systems on board, but that's not what we've read on AVS yet...

Originally posted by hphase
My own Magic 8 Ball says that unless it is available to ALL TWC systems, it WON'T be available on ANY. That's the hard way to say that it would be extremely unlikely for just Albany TWC to have YES HD. Of course, TWC could sign a deal today and have all TWC systems on board, but that's not what we've read on AVS yet...

Hmmm isnt that not the case? Havent other chnnels shown up on TW systems but not on others. ESPNHD comes to mind, along with HDNET.

But are you thinking that beacuse it a regional event?

Originally posted by MnGuy
I can't imagine ESPN, which owns the national rights to this game (and are showing in on ESPN2/ESPN2HD) would allow this.

I totally agree, the maority of us will be watching SD ESPN2. That being said, D* in the past has offered a freeview of the EI package for the first week of the season.

Originally posted by MnGuy
I can't imagine ESPN, which owns the national rights to this game (and are showing in on ESPN2/ESPN2HD) would allow this.

Didnt they just buy the right to show the game? Doesnt national rights mean it must be on a channel that has close to or over 100 million viewers?

Ive never seen an exclusive (baseball) game on ESPN2 ever.

Originally posted by webboy10169
Didnt they just buy the right to show the game? Doesnt national rights mean it must be on a channel that has close to or over 100 million viewers?

Ive never seen an exclusive (baseball) game on ESPN2 ever.

Exclusive nationally, but not in the local market. When have you seen a national ESPN2 game that was also available on another nationally available outlet? How many viewers does ESPN2 have?

Originally posted by MnGuy
I can't imagine ESPN, which owns the national rights to this game (and are showing in on ESPN2/ESPN2HD) would allow this.

ESPN does not hold the national rights to this game. If they did, it would be on ESPN2 in NY & Boston instead of YES/NESN.

This game is like any other MLB game that ESPN/ESPN2 carries that isn't "ESPN Sunday Night Baseball". There are 3 ESPN exclusive Yankees games (2 vs BOS, 1 vs NYM) this year. Tonight is not one of them.

I guess we'll find out what the deal is in about 8 hours...

Originally posted by MnGuy
Exclusive nationally, but not in the local market. When have you seen a national ESPN2 game that was also available on another nationally available outlet? How many viewers does ESPN2 have? I guess i didnt even understand what i was trying to say.

Never would be the answer.

I explained earlier what I meant by national rights in this case. I meant they own exclusive rights OUTSIDE of the local markets. Maybe I am wrong. When ESPN2 shows a game, can the RSN feed be shown outside of local markets on EI? I guess I assumed that ESPN would have an exclusive outside of the local markets, except on Sunday when they have national exclusive rights.

Wow...you guys are still discussing the EI issues for Sunday...

That game is not even on the EI schedule...

Anyone outside of the NY DMA will not be watching that game in HD tonight..

And Id have to call that a guarantee....

You heard it here first...guaranteed...lol

Isnt it obvious enough since the game is not even on the EI schedule?

Lets discuss something else like TNTHD and ESPN2HD and INDHD...WE want our HD sports D*!!!!!!!!!

Wow...you guys are still discussing the EI issues for Sunday...

That game is not even on the EI schedule...

Anyone outside of the NY DMA will not be watching that game in HD tonight..

And Id have to call that a guarantee....

You heard it here first...guaranteed...lol

Isnt it obvious enough since the game is not even on the EI schedule?

Lets discuss something else like TNTHD and ESPN2HD and INDHD...WE want our HD sports D*!!!!!!!!!

After Months of people posting about this game being on ESPN2HD i see a rainout and the game will be played tomorrow night on ESPNHD

Originally posted by Dinger23
After Months of people posting about this game being on ESPN2HD i see a rainout and the game will be played tomorrow night on ESPNHD

With only a drizzle all day and a chance of showers around 10pm I'd say you are dead wrong

http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/fcst-hrly.html?locid=USNY0172

Originally posted by Dinger23
After Months of people posting about this game being on ESPN2HD i see a rainout and the game will be played tomorrow night on ESPNHD

I'm looking outside my window right now and it looks like its starting to clear up. No drizzle just overcast.

Either Directv screwed up in not listing the game as an EI game or it was somehow part of the agreement to move the game from Monday to Sunday.
The former is more likely.

This Sox fan was upset that I wouldn't be able to see opening day in HD, so on a lark I flipped through the guide and this shows up on channel 94. Do you think we will actually be able to see it??

All your answers can be found here.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=526085

This game was move for reasons that escape me. But if i remember it was moved sometime around when the expos were renamed to the nationals. Dont ya think they really should have been called the senators anyway?

Originally posted by Dinger23
i see a rainout and the game will be played tomorrow night on ESPNHD

You can see that from Arizona ? :eek:

I'm about 20 miles from the Stadium and it's not raining :D

Anyone notice channel 708 on their TWC-NYC guide listed as YES HD? Does this mean we might see the game tonight on Time Warner in HD after all?

Anyone notice channel 708 on their TWC-NYC guide listed as YES HD? Does this mean we might see the game tonight on Time Warner in HD after all?

Anyone know if MLB EI is cancelable? If I don't get the HD Yankee games, I don't want it! If it's not cancelable, I'll wait 'till we know for sure if the HD games will be shown and spend the extra $20.

If it's in your guide isn't that obvious, duh...

Originally posted by webboy10169
All your answers can be found here.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=526085

EIGHT pages of conjecture, speculation, innuendo and rumor.

Absolutely NOTHING official from Directv.

Originally posted by cdimase
Anyone notice channel 708 on their TWC-NYC guide listed as YES HD? Does this mean we might see the game tonight on Time Warner in HD after all?
Still says HD Specials in my guide, but maybe there's a glimmer of hope here...

With the date being April 3 in the thread title it looks like the game will be in 4:3 HD.
It took me a minute to figure out it was just the date.

My guide lists the channel as "YES HD" but the programming line shows only "HD Specials", so it's not exactly clear.

My guide lists the channel as "YES HD" but the programming line shows only "HD Specials", so it's not exactly clear.

Originally posted by webboy10169
With only a drizzle all day and a chance of showers around 10pm I'd say you are dead wrong

http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/fcst-hrly.html?locid=USNY0172


Well watching Baseball tonight this morning it looked like rain and after just viewing your link I might not be "dead wrong"
Hey I want this game played just am much as you today. Got the steaks ready for the grill, Beer is on ice and just relaxing by the pool waiting until 5pm

Has anyone considered this possibility for D*?

If I understand it correctly, D* has already signed an agreement giving them rights to ESPN2HD. So, shouldn't they technically have the right to broadcast this game nationally if they choose (even if they are not broadcasting ESPN2HD 24/7 yet)?

I'm still waiting on the answer on the "YES-HD outside of NYC/MLB EI" question, but it might be possible that the game tonight is not even related to that issue.

Originally posted by jambroni
EIGHT pages of conjecture, speculation, innuendo and rumor.

Absolutely NOTHING official from Directv.
when was the last time D* announced anything reguarding new channels with the exclusion of locals.

In case its too hard to figure out Yes-HD has been picked up by D* as a special events programming in the NY DMA market. What that means is If you are in NY Yankees Territory you will get The Yankee Games (71 of them) in HD.

Speculation... you need to learn who's information is real and who know's nothing.

Originally posted by webboy10169
Dont ya think they really should have been called the senators anyway?

Tom Hicks (owner of the Texas Rangers) owns the rights to the team name and wouldn't allow the new DC team to use it.

As I put in the other thread, I am also getting this on my guide, and I have a Hughes non-HD D* user, either a mistake, or their way of advertising. The description reads "MLB HD" With all this, it is still unclear on who will get the game, an announcement giving all the requirements and restrictions would have been nice, as it would have with NBA and any future MLB games

ch 207 INHD2 on comcast now showing YESHD test patterns

Can somebody out of NY market post if you are getting the game on YESHD and say what subscriptions you have, please?

I have MB EI, but I dont have the sports pack. I'd like to know whether having the sports pack makes any difference, if so, I'll call to order it, hopefully in time to watch the game in HD.

appreciate any feedback

thanks

Originally posted by webboy10169
when was the last time D* announced anything reguarding new channels with the exclusion of locals.

In case its too hard to figure out Yes-HD has been picked up by D* as a special events programming in the NY DMA market. What that means is If you are in NY Yankees Territory you will get The Yankee Games (71 of them) in HD.

Speculation... you need to learn who's information is real and who know's nothing.
I am in "NY Yankees Territory" and my D* guide for channels 94 thru 98 shows: "DTV: Title Not Available".
I hope that changes at 8.

ch 174 INHD1 on comcast showing YESHD test patterns

ch 174 INHD1 on comcast showing YESHD test patterns

ch 174 INHD1 on comcast showing YESHD test patterns

It should be on everyone's guide (do you have a HD receiver?), even showing up on my Hughes non-HD receiever on channel 94. Just because it shows up on the guide, doesn't mean you'll get it. That would also be a nice thing from D*, a way to show only the channels you will receive without having to manually do it with the favorites, similar to E* and the subchannel option.

Straight from the online D* Guide (I'm in the central time zone):

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/570/437sf.jpg

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/BasicSearchAction.do?search_criteria=&zip_code=60108&start_date=20050403&start_time=1800&time_zone=cst&channel_type=all&category=00%2C01%2C02%2C03%2C04%2C05&year=2005&sort=viewer_channel&date_display=Sun+Apr+3&time_display=6%3A00+-+8%3A00&ampm_display=PM&timezone_display=Central&time_frame=&timeframe_display=

http://img107.exs.cx/img107/7022/430qw.jpg

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/PopUpAction.do?program_id=4440474796&time_zone=cst

TWC in Manhattan has YES-HD active on ch. 708 now. Lots of video and audio breakups so far, though.

Here is a petition to try and get Cablevision to add YES-HD. Just created it, hopefully we can get a good number of signatures. Tell people you know.

http://www.**************.com/cvyeshd/petition.html

I can't believe Cablevision is doing this again with YES.

Just spoke to a CSR from TWC in Staten Island and advised her that customers in Manhattan report seeing YES HD on channel 708. She put me on hold to speak to a supervisor, came back and insisted they can't be TWC subscribers because if 708 was YES HD tonight they would know about it. Good grief!!!!

YES HD is up on ch.1867 on TWC in Albany, NY. Pregame is SD though.

Originally posted by beatles6
Just spoke to a CSR from TWC in Staten Island and advised her that customers in Manhattan report seeing YES HD on channel 708. She put me on hold to speak to a supervisor, came back and insisted they can't be TWC subscribers because if 708 was YES HD tonight they would know about it. Good grief!!!! Well I have TWCNY in Queens NY and I must be high cause the pregame is on 708 YES-HD!:D

Originally posted by Dinger23
Well watching Baseball tonight this morning it looked like rain and after just viewing your link I might not be "dead wrong"
Hey I want this game played just am much as you today. Got the steaks ready for the grill, Beer is on ice and just relaxing by the pool waiting until 5pm

Arghh I may have to eat crow on this one doesnt look to promising for a "complete game".

No supprise with TWC having it on in certain area's They are by far the worst cable company. I'm so glad i moved out of there area and went with SAT.

How stupid of the rangers owner to stop a piece of history by not letting the name go.

Oh yeah D* 94 not light yet. Service in SI,NY.

Amazing that we are all part of TWCNYC, Manhattan and Queens have YES HD and Staten Island does not. Luckily I can watch it on Direct TV at 8PM.

New graphics it looks like with YES.

ok folks, whip up some screenshots :)

One for ESPN2
One for YES
and one for UPN in Boston

Doesn't mean anything - obviously - but I have the blue HD "DIRECTV" screen on 94 right now, w/ music.

Originally posted by HDTVwannabe
Doesn't mean anything - obviously - but I have the blue HD "DIRECTV" screen on 94 right now, w/ music.
Thats the screen right before it says......... showing on alternate station.

so does anyone know if this game is actually in HD tonight?

just FYI
I have NY sd/hd feeds for my locals and do not live in NY area, last year when the local Fox (maybe CBS) was showing a Yankees game I received it via the sd local but it was blocked on the HD version since I was not in the NY DMA.
So who really knows about tonight? ;(
jamie

Also one other thing to consider, isn't extra innings free this week as a preview? If so maybe this will allow everyone to get the game?
Just an idea. We should know in about ten minutes

Jamie

Originally posted by jlasoon
so does anyone know if this game is actually in HD tonight? Yes, it is actually in HD tonight.

Originally posted by jamiecrane
Also one other thing to consider, isn't extra innings free this week as a preview? If so maybe this will allow everyone to get the game?
Just an idea. We should know in about ten minutes

Jamie

This game won't be part of the EI schedule. The game will be televised nationally via ESPN2 which the exception of MA and NY DMA.

Originally posted by Ken H
Yes, it is actually in HD tonight.

Just to reiterate Ken's point to Jlasoon, yes, the game is in hd tonight on YES! :)

Originally posted by jlasoon
so does anyone know if this game is actually in HD tonight?

YES has this game in HD tonight. Still waiting for MLBEI.

Originally posted by thaxx
Thats the screen right before it says......... showing on alternate station.


Yeah, I know... but at least I get to see the blue screen. :rolleyes:

Thanks looking forward to it guys should be a good one.

Ok, game off of my nonHD receiver, let us know where you are, what you subscribe too, and if you can get the game on 94!

In 1 minute we ought to hear a collective awhhhhhhhh from all of the people outside of the NYC and Boston dma whom would like to watch this game in hd.

It came on then went off, said YES HD in the corner. My subscription is out of Southeast Georgia (Rural provider, ie telephone company)
I have NY and LA HD locals, NO sports or EI
Oh Well
Jamie

edit for locatio and package info

Originally posted by AFH
Just to reiterate Ken's point to Jlasoon, yes, the game is in hd tonight on YES! :)

Also on ESPN2-HD

Well, enjoy the HD game you select few in NY/NJ and those in CT with ESPN2 on Adelphia Cable.

You're the lucky ones.

it was on for 2 seconds then blacked out

Superior, WI

I have the HD package and EI. DAMNIT! Hopefully its just cause of ESPN

Gotta like the Ozzy playing with the blue Directv logo screen. Blacked out for baseball though. :(

Blackout in the Cleveland DMA on Chan 94....Damnit

Game on D* Chan 94 - very nice intro !

It came up for a brief second in Detroit, but then was blacked out. I don't have the sports package or EI.

Up on D* 94 in NY..looks good. Yes HD logo a little below the screen.

"Program not available in your area"

Thanks for nothing, Directv.

Looks like a sweet HD PQ to me...

Oh Yeah!!!!!

Looking great in HD on 94 in jersey........GO sox

i am in NY area. have EI package no sport package and am able to view on ch94.

Looking great here on D* in NYC :)

Take that CVC.

yeah its blacked out but it is blacked out on channell 622 also so i think there treating this as a sunday night exclusive because i have the EI package, hope for the rest of the season still.

This sucks with the blackouts. i hope this is just for tonight and not the whole season - the yankee fans get it all i guess. Where is espn2 hd??????

No Ch 94 in Green Bay, WI...damn!

I guess I am going to watch Hooper on HDNet Movies
Not quite the same but the Cardinals Home opener is in HD on the local WB friday afternoon so at least I have that, wait I have to work:(

Jamie

I just sent Directv a "You **** because you don't have ESPN2HD" email.

Originally posted by jambroni
"Program not available in your area"

Thanks for nothing, Directv.

D* does not make the rules, they just follow 'em. Be mad about ESPN2 HD, but nothing they can do about this one.

Don't forget now that all of us outside of the "choosen" DMA's are screwed out of the game, that there is that very compelling matchup on ESPN in HD from the Women's Final Four.

Boooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg

Originally posted by AFH
In 1 minute we ought to hear a collective awhhhhhhhh from all of the people outside of the NYC and Boston dma whom would like to watch this game in hd.

or numerous expletives.

Now the question is will Nets home games be in HD if they make the playoffs?

PQ in Channel 94 from YES-HD is amazing. I love the fact that they don't have annoying bugs all over the place. A well suited YESHD in the lower right corner looks very good.

WOW no HD in Canuckistan (canada) shouldnt this be a no brainer? Isn't this like the biggest rivalry in sports? pretty disapointed here.:mad:

MLB EI and SPORTS pack, no HD tonight in Colorado!

Doesn't make any sense. If it's not availabe in my area in HD why are they showing it to me in SD on ESPN2?

Topics merged.

Oh yeah, and I'm not buying any bandwith constraint excuses. I don't think anyone would complain if the HD PPV channel were turned off for a few hours. Seriously who's watching Surviving Christmas right now anyway? :)

Originally posted by edlav
Doesn't make any sense. If it's not availabe in my area in HD why are they showing it to me in SD on ESPN2?

b/c the feed on ch 94 is from a NY metro RSN.... not ESPN2.

Comcast really needs to get Espn2HD.... BUNCHA ***** THEY ARE

Originally posted by edlav
Doesn't make any sense. If it's not availabe in my area in HD why are they showing it to me in SD on ESPN2? It makes all the sense in the world.

ESPN2 is a different provider than YES. DirecTV can only offer YES in specific areas, e.g. in the Yankee home TV market.

If DirecTV had ESPN2 HD on the air, then you could watch it in HD.

Originally posted by edlav
Doesn't make any sense. If it's not availabe in my area in HD why are they showing it to me in SD on ESPN2?

The game on channel 94 is a YESHD game, not an ESPN2HD game

oh well I guess I'll watch the Women's Hoops Final 4 in HD

this was fun to read all the waa's and boo's and hisss :)

YES HD is on TWCNYC in Staten Island..channel 708!!

PQ looks fantastic compared to anything I've seen other than HDNet on D*.

Up in HD in central NY on D* 94. I normally get SD-YES here.

57" display, SD game from 9 feet? Barely watchable. In HD? Sweet.

I not getting it on TWC ch. 708 in Manhattan. It says YES HD but there's just a grey screen. Anyone else?

PQ is outstanding. Anyone know if this is 1080i or 720p?

What is this non-sense, when they zoom in on David Wells it goes to SD. I cannot believe that camera angle is not HD.

Otherwise the HD is crystal clear and great colors.

Originally posted by beatles6
PQ is outstanding. Anyone know if this is 1080i or 720p?

1080i.

Rod, that is the REAL travesty in all of this. Women's Basketball instead of the highly anticipated MLB opener between the Unit and David Wells? This game should be on ESPN HD and this thread wouldn't even exist. And no one would have the balls to start one complaining about lack of Female BB.

This PC crap is way out of hand. There's no way Women's BB outdraws this Baseball game.

espn really ******* the pooch on this one

Love all the brought to you by DirecTV spots. a screw you to cablevision...

only a gray screen on ch. 708, TWCNYC, for me.

Originally posted by webboy10169
Love all the brought to you by DirecTV spots. a screw you to cablevision...

Me 2 :D

Im pretty disapointed here lol, I expected 2 much I guess.

Originally posted by webboy10169
Love all the brought to you by DirecTV spots. a screw you to cablevision...

What else will Cablevision screw us out of.

Picture quality is astounding via TWC Albany. Easily rivals HDNet presetations.

I know I'm a year late but isn't D* out of bandwidth to carry HD channels? So how did they manage to carry the Yes feed? Is it a full time HD channel?

Originally posted by Greg099
There's no way Women's BB outdraws this Baseball game. Sure there is.

we should all send a congratulations email to ESPN for their wise decision.

I guess they want to sell espn2. dirty move.

Originally posted by Greg099
Rod, that is the REAL travesty in all of this. Women's Basketball instead of the highly anticipated MLB opener between the Unit and David Wells? This game should be on ESPN HD and this thread wouldn't even exist. And no one would have the balls to start one complaining about lack of Female BB.

This PC crap is way out of hand. There's no way Women's BB outdraws this Baseball game.

I know I'm a year late but isn't D* out of bandwidth to carry HD channels? So how did they manage to carry the Yes feed? Is it a full time HD channel?

Originally posted by Panth1
I know I'm a year late but isn't D* out of bandwidth to carry HD channels? So how did they manage to carry the Yes feed? Is it a full time HD channel?

other channels are compressed even more while they show the yes game. Since it's only temporary, they can do it, where as they wouldn't do it for a 24/7 channel

Originally posted by Panth1
Is it a full time HD channel?

No.

Great PQ ...AND.... DD 5.1 sound, too........ Man, I'm gonna cook up some hot dogs, get me a beer and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

Thanks a bunch YES and D*.

:D :)

womens BB outdraw baseball?hogwash

WTF?

I live in the Boston Area. I have ESPN-HD and NESN-HD... but I'm watching this on SD on WSBK? WTF?

Who's at Fault on this? Charter? Nesn? Somebody is getting a nastigram on this.

nice rob of a HR by Matsui and whats up with the SD bug showing up from time to time?

Game is on INHD2 in south NJ a friend has informed me. Comcast.

Any out of NY DMA DIRECTV HD customers that subscribe to SPORTS Pack get the game on channel 94?

-Robert

Originally posted by 95se
WTF?

I live in the Boston Area. I have ESPN-HD and NESN-HD... but I'm watching this on SD on WSBK? WTF?

Who's at Fault on this? Charter? Nesn? Somebody is getting a nastigram on this.

it's only HD on Boston's UPN, not NESN, so it's your cable's fault for not having UPN I guess. You should get an OTA set up.

Originally posted by DTV TiVo Dealer
Any out of NY DMA DIRECTV HD customers that subscribe to SPORTS Pack get the game on channel 94?

-Robert

No, Robert, as many of us had stated earlier when you suggested we would all get the game if we had Sports Pack. YES only can show this game in the NY DMA. ESPN2 has the rights outside of that area, and would never allow YES to be shown outside the NY DMA.

Originally posted by MnGuy
No, Robert, as many of us had stated earlier when you suggested we would all get the game if we had Sports Pack. YES only can show this game in the NY DMA. ESPN2 has the rights outside of that area, and would never allow YES to be shown outside the NY DMA.

Interesting then how is the game in INHD2 in NY DMA?