Does anyone know if the ACC tourney later this week will be in HD? Thanks

The games on ESPN will be in HD.

If you live in an ACC market, the games on ESPN are blacked out in favor of the Jefferson Pilot broadcasts which are not in HD.

The games on ESPN will be in HD.

If you live in an ACC market, the games on ESPN are blacked out in favor of the Jefferson Pilot broadcasts which are not in HD.


That's what I was afraid of. :mad:


Thanks for the quick reply.

if the ACC really cared about its fans, they would dump JP. you guys always get screwed by JP.

If Duke and UNC meet again, I wonder if they will have HD "lockerroom-cam" for both teams. :cool:

Wolfie

if the ACC really cared about its fans, they would dump JP. you guys always get screwed by JP.

Someone posted this link (http://www.jpsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=8&url_article_id=168&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2) to JP's page which explained that the reason they don't deliver an HD signal is because their ACC package is syndicated. Not much help for those of us that want to see the game in HD, but it sounds like a tradeoff for the amount of ACC coverage we get. As an ACC fan, I'm not sure I'd take the ACC tourney in HD over getting 2 or 3 games a week during the regular season.

--Cross
Duke fan hoping they can turn it around....

if the ACC really cared about its fans, they would dump JP. you guys always get screwed by JP.


When ESPN wants to pay the amount of money and show the number of games JP does, I am sure the ACC will consider that bid.

The ACC has changed the television rights several times in the past few decades, so there is no doubt they will do the same when the bids are there.

Someone posted this link (http://www.jpsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=8&url_article_id=168&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2) to JP's page which explained that the reason they don't deliver an HD signal is because their ACC package is syndicated. Not much help for those of us that want to see the game in HD, but it sounds like a tradeoff for the amount of ACC coverage we get. As an ACC fan, I'm not sure I'd take the ACC tourney in HD over getting 2 or 3 games a week during the regular season.

--Cross
Duke fan hoping they can turn it around....

That's JP's way of screwing the non acc territory people by blacking out those extra 2 or 3 games a week. And ofcourse full court only shows a couple of those games and not all of them.

GO NOLES!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out this thread for information on all conference tournaments in HD, including the ACC.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=649324

I'd find it hard to believe that ESPN would not bid to show 2-3 ACC games each week during the basketball season. The Big East gets 4-5 games (Big Monday, a Tuesday game, Thursday, and Saturday (sometimes multiple) per week, with the Monday, Saturday, and Big East tourney games in HD. They also have the syndication rights for the league (ESPN+) which shows most of the other games that aren't shown on ESPN or ESPN2. Of course, the Big East is a deeper league, with 10 very strong teams this year, so those TV matchups are a bit more interesting.

When it comes down to it, however, the ACC gets screwed due to the fact that they have to listen to Dick Vitale for 90% of their games on ESPN :D .

On top of this, if your Raycom affiliate is a CBS station, not only will you not get the ACC games in HD, but you wont get any of the CBS games (which will ALL be in HD this weekend) that air opposite an ACC game in high-def.

Nice. I get to see Duke lose in HD again.

The games on ESPN will be in HD.

If you live in an ACC market, the games on ESPN are blacked out in favor of the Jefferson Pilot broadcasts which are not in HD.

WDBJ7 has the RJ (JP) games in the Roanoke market. Last night on the WDBJ7 news sports segment Mike Stevens (sports anchor) said they would be carrying all the tournament games Thursday except the 7:00pm game, which is on ESPN. One would think he had good info as the 7:00 game pits the 2 local teams - UVA & VT.

Interestingly it appears this is the only game RJ will not show:
http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030506aaa.html

On top of this, if your Raycom affiliate is a CBS station, not only will you not get the ACC games in HD, but you wont get any of the CBS games (which will ALL be in HD this weekend) that air opposite an ACC game in high-def.

Your source or documentation this is true on all Raycom / CBS Stations?

I wonder if I did not have Gameplan, would I sign up for these few games. The Picture is god awful. Also, watching my Terps play so sloppy is hardly worth the cash :). Bring back Len Elmore and Tom McMillian

I'd find it hard to believe that ESPN would not bid to show 2-3 ACC games each week during the basketball season.

They do. Raycom and JP have first dibs on what games to broadcast, and they sell the rights to games they don't select to ESPN and ABC. (http://www.techsideline.com/newsarch/2004/20040520news.htm?PHPSESSID=25b6807802fe82a1a0c1f31bffe475b0) This is why one UNC/Duke game is on RJ and the other on ESPN - RJ sells the rights ($$$).

Your source or documentation this is true on all Raycom / CBS Stations?
I dont know if its true for all Raycom / CBS stations, just know its the case here in Raleigh with WRAL...basically just a heads up to anyone else that you might be left out of the loop in regards to games in HD this weekend.

I dont know if its true for all Raycom / CBS stations, just know its the case here in Raleigh with WRAL...basically just a heads up to anyone else that you might be left out of the loop in regards to games in HD this weekend.

So now your blanket statement about ALL CBS/RAYCOM affiliates is reduced to 1 Station.

Interesting how when one gets to the root of some posts, they fizzle away.

WRAL is pretty much the leading local HD station in the nation, and they arent even carrying all of those games in HD....I think its fairly safe to say they wont be the only one. How often do local stations preempt on the SD channel but not on their HD channel anyhow? So yeah, nothings fizzled, still a very valid post ;).

WRAL is pretty much the leading local HD station in the nation, and they arent even carrying all of those games in HD....I think its fairly safe to say they wont be the only one. How often do local stations preempt on the SD channel but not on their HD channel anyhow? So yeah, nothings fizzled, still a very valid post ;).

So there you go stating your speculation as fact again - with absolutely no basis for it.

2006 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
HDTV Blackouts of ESPN HD in ACC Markets

Raycom Sports and Jefferson Pilot Sports are regrettably unable to provide our viewers with games in HDTV for the 2006 ACC Basketball Tournament (March 9-12). The technology for high definition distribution of syndicated (or non-network) telecasts is not yet to the point where all of our local TV stations can pull down a HD feed, process the signal and then successfully rebroadcast it out to their local viewers. At this time, there is unfortunately no industry standard that is compatible across all television stations for this type of distribution.

Raycom Sports & Jefferson Pilot Sports are working with our stations to try and remedy this situation for future ACC Tournaments. We believe in the HD format and hope to deliver it soon to our loyal viewers across the ACC footprint. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

More HERE. (http://www.raycomsports.com/blackout.htm)

For your area Raycom/JP listings go HERE. (http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/06mbktvclear.html)

You would think that J/P could arrange that the ESPN blackout would only apply to the regular, SD version of ESPN, since ESPN HD is on a completely different channel.

HDTVFanAtic, you seem to be very angry at me...not sure why. I never stated anything as fact, only that I felt it was a fairly safe bet considering the given information. Safe bet != fact. That being said, WRAL has apparently reconsidered and will be doing a separate HD broadcast of the CBS games, so who knows?

Yeah I agree with that. If they regret being unable to do HD, let the folks who have HD watch ESPN-HD, the number of viewers that would be is still small enough not to be significant

You would think that J/P could arrange that the ESPN blackout would only apply to the regular, SD version of ESPN, since ESPN HD is on a completely different channel.

Yeah, keep dreaming. If they did that they would lose all viewers in ACC areas with HDTVs. A growing number.

On top of this, if your Raycom affiliate is a CBS station, not only will you not get the ACC games in HD, but you wont get any of the CBS games (which will ALL be in HD this weekend) that air opposite an ACC game in high-def.

HDTVFanAtic, you seem to be very angry at me...not sure why. I never stated anything as fact, only that I felt it was a fairly safe bet considering the given information. Safe bet != fact. That being said, WRAL has apparently reconsidered and will be doing a separate HD broadcast of the CBS games, so who knows?

Very simple. Reread what you posted again .The first shows a statement of fact - not speculation for all CBS/Raycom affiliates.

First Mickey Dora aka Killroy STATED AS FACT that CBS was forcing ALL CBS AFFILIATES to carry 4 games in SD at once and none in HD so all would look like crap.

This "FACT" was then quoted in other threads as FACT.

I had to stay up the entire night with the head of CBS Programming and Operations who were in Japan at the time (thus the time difference) getting to the bottom of the total misinformation - of which the mods finally had to step in and put an end to the incorrect info. I don't intend to spend another overnight because someone decided to make up a "FACT".

You then went on to state that ALL CBS/RAYCOM affiliates would not show the any games in HD.

When push came to shove, you were talking 1 station - and as I have known Jim Goodmon for 20+ years - as I suspected - he would try to accomodate - which it appears he has.

I am mad at statements made as FACT when in fact they were in both cases, local decisions at one station - and they are then taken to other sites and threads as fact and repeated over and over as such.

Bottom line - in both cases they were wrong and considering the ridiculousness of what had to be done to correct, yes, I will call out something bad - as I would hope someone would do if I am not complete with a post - or make an error.

As I would rather have the correct information out there - regardless.

And if it makes me or another double check the facts before hitting submit - GREAT!!!!

In the end it will result in better information for all.

And in the above puzzle that started this all, the CORRECT MATRIX if using only 1 TV Station would be to put the CBS HD feed on .1 as normal and the ACC Raycom games in SD on .2 even though it will be on the primary analog channel.

As the ACC games are in SD on Raycom, there is no reason to use the HD Channel for them when CBS has HD games available.

A 3rd SD channel at very low rez could show another CBS SD Game if the station actually had that many encoders/control rooms available and wanted to do so - bottom line - most DO NOT have that capability.

If you have a second TV station as Capitol does, you utilize that for overflow.

If not, many stations will buy time from an independent UHF and utilize their signal for conflicts such as this.

The Charter cable feed out of Hickory, NC (50 miles north of Charlotte) carried the Virginia/Virginia Tech game (7:00 p.m.) on ESPN HD last night but switched to West Virginia/ Pitt for the late game. If I recall, this was in the master HD schedule posted earlier. I wonder why JP made an exception to allow that one game to be carried by ESPN in an ACC market. I hope UNC vs Virginia will be on ESPN tonight, but somehow I doubt it.

I was able to catch the VT-UVa game on ESPNHD last night much to my surprise. I am in a JP market.

You were able to get UVA/Va Tech on ESPNHD last night because Raycomm/JP didn't air it at all. Don't get your hopes up.

Nice. I get to see Duke lose in HD again.


I felt the same way yesterday while watching UCONN play.

You were able to get UVA/Va Tech on ESPNHD last night because Raycomm/JP didn't air it at all. Don't get your hopes up.

It was also on the ESPN SD channel. JP/Raycom sold the rights to that one game to ESPN. ESPN used to have rights to the 8/9 games before the expansion.

You were able to get UVA/Va Tech on ESPNHD last night because Raycomm/JP didn't air it at all. Don't get your hopes up.


Well, now I don't feel special :D

fwiw, on ESPN2-HD tonight, during the BC game, they got so bored they switched to another game for parts of it.

So, the Greensboro Coliseum dropped a bunch of money prepping the arena for this year's tourney, including new 16x9 video boards on the overhead scoreboard.

WHat was on the video boards all day yesterday? Raycom/JP's 4:3 broadcast vertically squeezed into the 16:9 frome. Brilliant!

Duke's cheerleaders look even shorter and fatter than they are in real life.

So, the Greensboro Coliseum dropped a bunch of money prepping the arena for this year's tourney, including new 16x9 video boards on the overhead scoreboard.

WHat was on the video boards all day yesterday? Raycom/JP's 4:3 broadcast vertically squeezed into the 16:9 frome. Brilliant!

Duke's cheerleaders look even shorter and fatter than they are in real life.

Be careful. I comment like that was the start of (former UNC coach) Matt Doherty's downfall. Truth is not a defense.

For those that don't know the story, in his first year, Matt Doherty's Tar Heels won all of the games the first time through the ACC schedule. In the middle of the first Duke game (in Durham), during a time out to relax his too tense players, he commented that Duke still had the ugliest cheer leaders in the ACC. The players all laughed and went on to win the game. Someone overheard and reported the comment. There was a big stink, requiring an apology. UNC began losing some games and made an early exit in the NCAA tournament. The next year was the pits, and the rest is well known.

^ Dude, I'm a State fan. We can't get any worse than getting bitched by the worst team in the league twice in a week.

Well, I just read the beginning of this thread, so at least I know what's going on, but that really sucked when it hit 1:00 PM, and my ESPNHD on D* went black.

Now enjoying the sh**ty UPN feed on my 27", rather than HD on the projector :mad:

This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of -- for the ACC FINAL!!!

At least you guys dont have to listen to Dooky V and Patrick blather on all game about duke. Best line so far was after redick got fouled, Dick V said "AUTOMATIC TWO BABY". Then redick proceded to miss BOTH foul shots. Ahhh classic.

These two should be banned from covering Duke games. I doubt either could name the starting 5 on BC without looking at their cheat sheet.

I'm with you, hokie. They were at their classic best, and by that I mean sickening. I suspect Dickie V set the record for saying, 'special,' in one telecast. At least we don't have to deal with those two for the next 3 weeks.

What a great game! Of course I'm glad Duke won, but that was a slugfest.

My local C'ville station carried the game and I was still able to get the ESPN-HD feed. :D

I'm not sure who's worse.....Patrick or Billy Packer. Patrick is a drama queen and Packer is just plain clueless. I have a hard time with either of them.

BTW... chalk up another ACC tourney win for the Blue Devils. 7 of the last 9 and most ever in ACC tourney history.....just incase you weren't sure. :D

I have started a petition targeting WRAL-TV in hopes that those of us with HDTV's will be ALLOWED to watch the ACC Tournament in HD if ESPN HD is broadcasting it. Lets not forget that we pay for each and every channel we get, that includes ESPN HD. The fact that WRAL-TV blacks that channel out and forces standard definition down our throats makes me absolutely furious.

Well before the tournament next year this petition will be hand delivered to WRAL-TV's offices. It will also be presented to RJ Sports to demonstrate to them the amount of disgust there is for their inferior broadcasting capabilities.


Please sign my petition at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/253838901


Thanks in advance!

Actually, everyone pays for ESPN whether they watch it or not.

The fact that ESPN takes everyone's money as a matter of contract with providers makes lots of people furious.

Why don't you petition the real culprit: the ACC? It is the entity which sold WRAL the TV rights (and presumably with veto power over other signals encroaching into its area).

I have started a petition targeting WRAL-TV in hopes that those of us with HDTV's will be ALLOWED to watch the ACC Tournament in HD if ESPN HD is broadcasting it. Lets not forget that we pay for each and every channel we get, that includes ESPN HD. The fact that WRAL-TV blacks that channel out and forces standard definition down our throats makes me absolutely furious.

Well before the tournament next year this petition will be hand delivered to WRAL-TV's offices. It will also be presented to RJ Sports to demonstrate to them the amount of disgust there is for their inferior broadcasting capabilities.


Please sign my petition at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/253838901


Thanks in advance!

Let me get this straight....you want Jim Goodmon after spending an incredible amount of money to get the rights to the ACC to allow you to watch the ACC games on ESPN owned by ABC/Cap Cities/Disney which also owns WTVD?????

ROFLMAO.

You'll have more success selling ice to eskimos.

Not to mention the fact that Jim was very loyal to ABC during the early days when ABC had no ratings - and Cap Cities came in pulled his network affiliation? Remember, CBS had the Tiffany network and WRAL had the news - an unbeatable combination - but Jim stayed loyal to ABC the entire time - only to be shafted in the end.

Have fun wasting your time.

In all seriousness, WRAL has shown itself a friend to HDTV from Day 1. You would be better advised to ask them to spearhead an effort to produce the ACC Tourney in HD. With the HD Facilities of ESPN there, the cost would come down considerably.

WRAL isnt the real culprit behind this...Raycom are the ones producing the broadcasts in SD, WRAL is only airing that broadcast in the Raleigh market. Plus, even if WRAL decided it was to allow this market to receive the ESPNHD broadcast, Im not even sure they have the option of "calling off" the blackout....thats probably the ACCs decision only (its not just local WRAL-sold ads in that broadcast, but Raycom-sold ads, most of which are ads from ACC partners). WRAL is well aware of the problem and have pressured Raycom to get on the ball with HD. Even so, there are a lot of issues that would need to be resolved. Even if Raycom sits down and decides what they need in order to "piggyback" on what ESPN has set up, who is to say ESPN will be cooperative? And even if they do, how are you going to get that broadcast to all of the different stations involved? Im sure WRAL would invest in what they needed to receive it, but I doubt most of the smaller market stations would.

So yeah, a petition is a good idea, but I think it needs to focus on Raycom. WRALs part in this fiasco is rather small.

WRAL isnt the real culprit behind this...Raycom are the ones producing the broadcasts in SD, WRAL is only airing that broadcast in the Raleigh market. Plus, even if WRAL decided it was to allow this market to receive the ESPNHD broadcast, Im not even sure they have the option of "calling off" the blackout....thats probably the ACCs decision only (its not just local WRAL-sold ads in that broadcast, but Raycom-sold ads, most of which are ads from ACC partners). WRAL is well aware of the problem and have pressured Raycom to get on the ball with HD. Even so, there are a lot of issues that would need to be resolved. Even if Raycom sits down and decides what they need in order to "piggyback" on what ESPN has set up, who is to say ESPN will be cooperative? And even if they do, how are you going to get that broadcast to all of the different stations involved? Im sure WRAL would invest in what they needed to receive it, but I doubt most of the smaller market stations would.

So yeah, a petition is a good idea, but I think it needs to focus on Raycom. WRALs part in this fiasco is rather small.

Agreed, but WRAL should become the advocate to push for HDTV, instead of alienating WRAL. They clearly carry a lot of weight as the Coaches and Deans watch them every day and night.

Personally I find it both absurd and sad that anyone would question WRAL's dedication to HD.

The station has walked the walk far longer than any of us have talked the talk.

Personally I find it both absurd and sad that anyone would question WRAL's dedication to HD.

The station has walked the walk far longer than any of us have talked the talk.

Exactly. They would go out of their way to push the HD for the ACC Tourney. That's why the OP should work with them - not against them.

Let me get this straight....you want Jim Goodmon after spending an incredible amount of money to get the rights to the ACC to allow you to watch the ACC games on ESPN owned by ABC/Cap Cities/Disney which also owns WTVD?????

ROFLMAO.


Its all about numbers. Enough negative opinion brings about change. Viewers far out number the idiots in charge who are restricting progress and destroying our viewing experience. We have the power to force those in charge to do what we want. But only if people concentrate on fixing the problem instead of making fun of those who are trying.

Personally I find it both absurd and sad that anyone would question WRAL's dedication to HD.

The station has walked the walk far longer than any of us have talked the talk.


WRAL is an affiliate that is supporting LF Sports. Therefore they are part of the problem. Its like watching someone beat someone on the street. Sure, you're not actually doing the beating, but you're part of the problem since you won't lend a hand. And no, I don't consider this situation as bad as beating some helpless pedestrian, but I do consider it an unacceptable situation.

WRAL does not want to hear complaints anymore than any other company wants to hear complaints. They know their viewers are unhappy with what is going on with this. Our complaints to them result in them complaining to LF Sports even more. Lets just say that the petition against WRAL gets a significant # of signatures. That's fuel for their argument with LF Sports! "Hey, SD idiots, we're getting tons of complaints because of your pathetic services. Please PLEASE stop being failures at your only purpose."


I feel that we should complain loudly to anyone involved in this absurd restriction of viewing choices even if it is misdirected. It can only bring more complaints to LF Sports and can only raise more public awareness of how we're getting screwed.


There is another petition that I just created, as I posted earlier, that is targeted primarily at LF Sports. This one should draw less criticism I hope and will have a broader audience. If you didn't see the link, here it is again:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/628055438

I urge you to sign it to help show the public distaste for our lack of viewing options and the unfair irony of not being able to watch certain ACC games in HD if you live in ACC markets. It definitely can't hurt anything.

ENDContra,

Its nice to read a constructive response:)

WRAL is held by a company that by its mandate gives 50% of its profits to charity.

WRAL has been a friend to HDTV.

As Freda says, WRAL has done more to further the cause of HDTV than you can ever dream of. The only thing they could do under your scenario is to refuse to bid for the games in protest next time. That would only take money away from the charities. Nice move giiif.

I choose to put my efforts behind things that can be changed. You go off on your clueless adventures for things that you cannot change, even with 1,000,000 signatures.

Have fun chasing windmills and trying to take money out of the pockets of your local charities.

Has Raycom made any announcements concerning their ability to do HD for the upcoming season or is it going to be the same story all over again?

I emailed Raycom last night:

>Thank you for your feedback. Currently, Raycom Sports and Lincoln
>Financial Sports are testing "non-network" HD delivery of our ACC
>Basketball telecasts with our local stations throughout the ACC
>Territory. If the tests are successful, we have plans in place to
>produce and deliver the entire ACC Basketball Tournament in HD.

>Thank you,
>Raycom Sports & Lincoln Financial Sports

That is awesome! I was just thinking the same thing over the weekend! Will keep my fingers crossed!

http://www.hdsportsguide.com/

Should be definitive word very soon.

Great news for you guys, I hope at least the major cities in ACC territory with the bigger stations and proper equipment to send out HD do indeed show them in HD.

You won't see any games on ESPN on Thursday, the Big East has ALL 11 games on ESPNHD this year.

I sent an email off to my local Raycom affiliate (WRBW-Orlando) to inquire about their ability to broadcast the tournament in HD. The response was 1) they want to broadcast the games in HD and 2) technical limitations are currently keeping them from doing so. They seemed to imply that this Fox-owned station (720p) may not be able to recieve a 1080i from Raycom.

Whatever the case, I am glad that Raycom is at least talking about producing the tournament in HD.

I'll believe it when I see it.

I believe it for sure, would almost bet on it.

The BC/Miami game from a couple weeks ago was shown in HD on WSBK in Boston, they even mentioned on the air that the game was being broadcasted in HD.

The BC/Miami game from a couple weeks ago was shown in HD on WSBK in Boston,

Yes, it was. and it looked VERY good. :)

Yeah I posted about the BC-Miami game a couple of weeks ago and only one person replied...really thought more people would care.

Yeah I posted about the BC-Miami game a couple of weeks ago and only one person replied...really thought more people would care.

People won't care until the first tournament game starts and their local Raycom outlet for some reason or another won't or can't broadcast the game in HD and then they will complain about how ESPN is doing it ;-)

Go Hokies!

/ducks

Raycom-Lincoln Financial Sports have announced they will produce the 2007 ACC Tournament in HD... :)

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/16664153.htm

WOW!!! :eek: I didnt think this day would ever come..... thanks for the info!

Looking forward to seeing the PQ of their broadcasts via WRAL-DT 5-1

Is this the first HD endeavor for Raycom-Lincoln? If so, what are the odds that they will get it right? Seems to me they would broadcast wome other things in HD first, in order to get their feet wet. However, I am happy they are going to try.

Is this the first HD endeavor for Raycom-Lincoln? .

No, they did the recent Miami-Boston College game in HD. It was a respectable presentation given a first effort. :)

I saw a couple of clips of that game on WRAL's HD news last night as they discussed the story..... it looked pretty good. :D

That is excellent news! I am looking forward to the tournament even more than I was since it will be in HD.

Of the 35 stations that get ACC basketball from Raycom/Lincoln Financial, about a third will be equipped to receive the HD feed by tournament time.

That doesn't sound encouraging.

I sent an email off to my local Raycom affiliate (WRBW-Orlando) to inquire about their ability to broadcast the tournament in HD. The response was 1) they want to broadcast the games in HD and 2) technical limitations are currently keeping them from doing so. They seemed to imply that this Fox-owned station (720p) may not be able to recieve a 1080i from Raycom.

Whatever the case, I am glad that Raycom is at least talking about producing the tournament in HD.


An engineer for the Baltimore Raycom affiliate (WNUV-54) posts regularly on the Wash-Balt thread and he said they don't have the capability either. He said they could do the video but not video + audio (which actually would be fine with me).

If the Baltimore nor DC affiliates can't do it (and I am even more skeptical about DC since it is a MyTV affiliate that only recently went HD), I'm SOL.

Up on the ACC's website, they have a "ACC-HD --- Tentative HD Availability" listing. Unfortunately, the PDF they have linked to is not on the site. I'll be interested to see just how many affils can/plan on showing the tourney in HD (esp. since mine will not).

http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/07rlfschedule.html

I emailed JP after the last UNC-dook game. They emailed me back and said the ACC tourney will be in HD.

Yeah I posted about the BC-Miami game a couple of weeks ago and only one person replied...really thought more people would care.


Nobody cares about BC or Miami. Easy answer :)

No, they did the recent Miami-Boston College game in HD. It was a respectable presentation given a first effort. :)


I am mixing the ACC tourney for LF and Raycom in Tampa. We did indeed "practice" at a game in Boston in January. The presentation should be smooth, as they have hired engineers who do HD shows with some regularity. I expect one or two 'bumps', but I think things are coming together for a good package of shows. We'll be in stereo. I couldn't sell them on 5.1, because the affiliates all use different delivery menthods from their regular networks. But we'll go crazy with mics there.

Of course, LF/Raycom will air on stations in the footprint of the ACC. ESPN will carry the rest of the nation.

I'll log on to see how we are doing.

Wendel

Here you go. The listing of the Raycom/Lincoln Financial HD affiliates is up on the ACC web page.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/rlf07tourhd.pdf

Raycom Sports and Lincoln Financial Sports are pleased to announce
that this year's ACC Tournament will be produced in HD. Please check
with your local ACC Basketball station for HD availability in your area.

TV Market Station Affiliate
Atlanta, GA WATL My Network TV
Boston/Springfield/Holyoke, MA WSBK Independent
Charlotte, NC WBTV CBS
Charlotte, NC WJZY CW
Charlottesville, VA WVIR NBC
Columbia, SC WOLO ABC
Columbus, GA WLTZ NBC
Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC WFMY CBS
Greenville/New Bern/Washington, NC WCTI ABC
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL WBFS My Network TV
Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC WWMB CW
Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC WPDE ABC
Providence/New Bedford, RI WLWC CW
Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, NC WRAL CBS
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA WDBJ CBS
Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota WTOG CW
Washington, D.C. WDCA My Network TV
West Palm Beach/Ft. Pierce, FL WTVX CW


The ACC tournament will be broadcast in HD in 16 of 42 ACC markets.

Here you go. The listing of the Raycom/Lincoln Financial HD affiliates is up on the ACC web page.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/rlf07tourhd.pdf



The ACC tournament will be broadcast in HD in 16 of 42 ACC markets.

Out of curiousity, do we know if the game will be native 720p or 1080i as there is a mix of affiliates?

Out of curiousity, do we know if the game will be native 720p or 1080i as there is a mix of affiliates?

Games will originate in 1080i via Harris Unicoder. I'll transcode for WOLO-DT to 720p using Teranex cross conversion. Tests with the MIA-BC game yielded excellent results per viewer comments. Wendell's stereo Audio will be upmixed to 5.1 here.

Thanks for all of the updates. Looking forward to Thursday. So will it be up to the local stations to upmix the stereo audio into a 5.1 format? I am on WFMY in Greensboro, and was interested to know if the Dolby Digital will be kicking all weekend long?!

Either way, hats off to Raycom/LF for getting their act together for this year!

So will it be up to the local stations to upmix the stereo audio into a 5.1 format?

Yes, but I can't comment as to any other station's ability to do so other than my own. NOT all stations Upmix nor have the ability to do so. Remember, upmixing to 5.1 is NOT equivalent to true 5.1. We basically put PL2 decoding in a 5.1 wrapper (FOX Method) to prevent the decoders from pop/clix/mutes and annoying mode changes.

I'm sure that Wendel's mix will be fine whether regardless of how you listen. :)

Out of curiousity, do we know if the game will be native 720p or 1080i as there is a mix of affiliates?

It's leaving Tampa as 1080i.

WS

Yes, but I can't comment as to any other station's ability to do so other than my own. NOT all stations Upmix nor have the ability to do so. Remember, upmixing to 5.1 is NOT equivalent to true 5.1. We basically put PL2 decoding in a 5.1 wrapper (FOX Method) to prevent the decoders from pop/clix/mutes and annoying mode changes.

I'm sure that Wendel's mix will be fine whether regardless of how you listen. :)

Gee, the pressure is on. It'll leave Tampa as PLII.

WS

Greetings from Tampa, and Lincoln Financial/Raycom's first ever HD tourney. Should be fun. I saw the graphics (replay wipes, etc.) today and they spent some time and money rendering nice, new 16x9 material. Someone went out and shot very nice HD scenics of Tampa. The mobie unit is NCP8. Today was cable day, and we ran a lot of it, getting connected to the building and to ESPN to share feeds. Audio-wise, we are putting out some 50 mics, which includes announcers, crowds, bands, and hoop sounds.

I'll look in on Thursday and see how we are doing. Enjoy what should be a great tournament.

Wendel

Greetings from Tampa.....
Wendel
Thanks Wendel for the great insider information.

Greetings from Tampa, and Lincoln Financial/Raycom's first ever HD tourney. Should be fun. I saw the graphics (replay wipes, etc.) today and they spent some time and money rendering nice, new 16x9 material. Someone went out and shot very nice HD scenics of Tampa. The mobie unit is NCP8. Today was cable day, and we ran a lot of it, getting connected to the building and to ESPN to share feeds. Audio-wise, we are putting out some 50 mics, which includes announcers, crowds, bands, and hoop sounds.

I'll look in on Thursday and see how we are doing. Enjoy what should be a great tournament.

Wendel

It's leaving Tampa as 1080i.

WS


I had wondered about the resolution for the simple fact that ESPN was there and figured they would share some feeds - but upon being told it was to be 1080, I assumed no sharing of feeds.

Now that I see your reference to the same, it seems LF/R will be forced to convert ESPN feeds to 1080 - and I would think that would put most likely create a time lag - no matter how short it is - which would create timing issues along the way as timing issues have always been critical in HD Telecasts - especially Sports (a reason why wireless was not used up until recently).

I realize audio is your thing but I am curious about this.

Any light you can share?

Also, do you know what LF/R is using for the backhaul?

I had wondered about the resolution for the simple fact that ESPN was there and figured they would share some feeds - but upon being told it was to be 1080, I assumed no sharing of feeds.

Now that I see your reference to the same, it seems LF/R will be forced to convert ESPN feeds to 1080 - and I would think that would put most likely create a time lag - no matter how short it is - which would create timing issues along the way as timing issues have always been critical in HD Telecasts - especially Sports (a reason why wireless was not used up until recently).

I realize audio is your thing but I am curious about this.

Any light you can share?

Also, do you know what LF/R is using for the backhaul?


Just asked my Enginner...all we are sharing video-wise are four Fletcher Robotic Cameras. They are native 720p, controlled by ESPN. We get them, cross-convert them and have to frame sync them. They are about 1/10 of a second later than our cameras. I will compensate for that in the router for replays from those sources. As far as live, they may be a little out of sync if they cut 'em in live on free throws. I will beg them not to. :)

Hope that answers your question.

WS

We insert the commercials in the truck so there is no backhaul. It leaves here ready to go. (You know how many Geico commmercials I watch in four days??) We have an SD uplink here and are using VYVX to ship a backup path to Upsouth (they uplink another SD path). We have an HD uplink here in the parking lot. We have only one HD path out.

WS

I can live with the GEICO commercials but for gods sake get someone to kill that president's day commercial for whatever car dealer (im hoping that offer finally ran out)

Finally glad to be seeing this in HD.

SNF Mixer,

Really encouraging news! I'm excited to see the games this weekend.

Have you heard any discussion about JPs plans for HD regular season games next year (football and basketball)? There are some BIG games in during the regular season that it would be great to see in HD next year.

Just curious if you're hearing anything...

SNF Mixer,

Really encouraging news! I'm excited to see the games this weekend.

Have you heard any discussion about JPs plans for HD regular season games next year (football and basketball)? There are some BIG games in during the regular season that it would be great to see in HD next year.

Just curious if you're hearing anything...

Nothing yet. I think that eventually the bigger games wil be HD, but that's just an opinion. I think a lot depends on how well things go this weekend. Our HD test with the affiliates went well yesterday though.

WS

5:31am....hmmmmm.....seems that Wendell must have visited Tampa's finest strip clubs overnight - nothing else would have him up this early :D

5:31am....hmmmmm.....seems that Wendell must have visited Tampa's finest strip clubs overnight - nothing else would have him up this early :D

I wish. Couldn't sleep. Still have a decent sized checklist to whittle down when I get to the truck. Lots to get done. Nothing like a mediocre hotel breakfast to get you going.

WS

Its up on WRAL in Raleigh....looks great...

Scorebug is a little far right though...Im not complaining myself, but Im sure the SD viewers arent exactly thrilled and will show their hatred for all of us cool HD viewers :).

PQ looks very good....well done!

time to tell the boss I'm not feeling well and go home to "get some rest". :D

On WCSC in Chareston it is SD on TWC.

No problems here with WOLO-DT.. AFAIK..

Also fine on WBTV-DT what little I've watched them

really Nice distribution feed. :D

Graphics are fine on my set.

Up on WFMY Greensboro and WDBJ Roanoke.

Looks like you guys see us!

WS

Up on WFMY Greensboro and WDBJ Roanoke.
Don't you have any say at WCSC?

Don't you have any say at WCSC?

Probably not since WCSC is owned by Lincoln-Financial. ;)

Once again directv gets the shaft....no hd games in my acc market besides espn later on.

Watching on WDCA over FiOS here. There are some pretty serious (but thankfully only intermittent) audio problems. It's hiccuping/breaking up and can get pretty annoying, and has been going on for the last hour or more. It's happening during the commercials too, so I'm not sure what that means.

Picture looks great though. Better than nearly every CBS games I've watched.

Watching on WDCA over FiOS here. There are some pretty serious (but thankfully only intermittent) audio problems. It's hiccuping/breaking up and can get pretty annoying, and has been going on for the last hour or more. It's happening during the commercials too, so I'm not sure what that means.

Picture looks great though. Better than nearly every CBS games I've watched.

Hmmm. Interesting. Is this only his station?

WS

time to tell the boss I'm not feeling well and go home to "get some rest". :D

I'm saving that for the Masters.. :p

Now someone keeps playing with the volume level. This is getting seriously annoying.

OTA on WFMY is very good. PQ ranging from very good on 88" DLP FP, due to conversion to 720p; to excellent on a 27" CRT. Sound is as good as any live broadcast I've heard. Good LFE and mix of crowd/cheerleaders and announcers. A couple of Thornton's dunks in the first game actually echoed in my theater.

Way to go Noles.....!!!!!

Looks great so far on WATL in Atlanta, just wish LF was doing the SEC tourney in HD too :D

Hoping to see at least one HD game of the week like FSN does next football/basketball season...

I guess it is his affiliiate then. Thanks.

WS

Well, hope you guys are not trying to monitor it off the Affilliate in Tampa as they aren't even showing the game and they were one of the ones listed as showing it in HD :confused:

Looking great OTA on WNUV-Baltimore.

Can't wait to get home to watch tonight. I just pray NCSU can sneak past Duke so I can watch tomorrow night! Glad to hear the broadcast looks and sounds nice. I was a little afraid of Raycom's first attempt.

Way to go guys, and SNF Mixer, keep up the good work! You have a great job!

813 on Comcast here in Atlanta. HD working fine. Just saw Climpson lose, I hate it for them. :)

Way to go guys, and SNF Mixer, keep up the good work! You have a great job![/QUOTE]


It's a living. :)

What is interesting is that the picture looks noticeably better for 1080i WNUV-DT CW 54 in Baltimore than it does for the 720p WDCA-DT MNT 20 in DC. This is for OTA. I can only get WDCA-DT 20 via Verizon Fios and Fios looks the same as OTA, so the comparison is strictly OTA. This is on a 42" 1024x768 plasma, so the difference between 720p and 1080i should not be that obvious.

The game is being sent out as 1080i, so WDCA-DT has to convert to 720p. WDCA may want to look into either tweaking their current converter setup or getting a better one.

ESPN2 is giving us a look in on the end on the Miami v Maryland game, but its not HD :(

Bastages!

Nice. I get to see Duke lose in HD again.

Always a welcomed sight in my book! :D

Question, why are all the outside/beauty shots of Tampa at a different framerate? When the broadcast first started this just jumped out at me. Everything live looks fantastic (probably even better than what Id be getting with ESPN), but the outside shots just look weird.

Don't you have any say at WCSC?

I have no say with WFMY or WDBJ either.

Question, why are all the outside/beauty shots of Tampa at a different framerate? When the broadcast first started this just jumped out at me. Everything live looks fantastic (probably even better than what Id be getting with ESPN), but the outside shots just look weird.

I showed your post to our producer, Rob Reichley. He said it was "a look, although probably a bad call." Hindsight is 20/20.

WS

I showed your post to our producer, Rob Reichley. He said it was "a look, although probably a bad call." Hindsight is 20/20.

WS
Wow, not only taking care of the audio but also customer service work with the viewer feedback. I'm impressed :)

Good work today on what I heard from the ESPN2 cutins to your game.

Wow, not only taking care of the audio but also customer service work with the viewer feedback. I'm impressed :)

Good work today on what I heard from the ESPN2 cutins to your game.

Just wish those cut ins had been in HD. Will SportsCenter show the highlights in HD from the early games?

Just wish those cut ins had been in HD. Will SportsCenter show the highlights in HD from the early games?

Dunno. I can only keep track of my show. :)

Dunno. I can only keep track of my show. :)

I understand. The cut in I saw of the Miami v Maryland game sounded great.

Just wish those cut ins had been in HD. Will SportsCenter show the highlights in HD from the early games?
Knowing how ESPN treats these things, if they were taking the HD feed we would have seen it on air during the cutins. I would be surprised but not shocked to see HD highlights from these games tonight on Sportscenter.

haha someone forgot to make a bracket graphic


im glad NC State won, wooo

and ESPN will always show highlights in HD, almost always, sometimes the cut in doesn't get switched over to HD


by the way i figured that framerate thing was on purpose, ESPN does that too when its outside the arena.. that always annoys me, but yeah it was definitely a lower frame rate


also, is anyone else's on screen scoreboard giving off a little bit of flicker? (ever so slightly, annoying if your looking at it directly)

No highlights in HD, sucks.

Wow, my hat is off to Raycom/LF. The production last night was first class all the way. The Wake-GT game was unbelievable, probably one of the best opening round days ever. Hope the quarterfinals are half as exciting today!

Thanks to SNF Mixer for the updates. Hope you guys got some sleep last night. I was VERY impressed with the production. Watching on WFMY in Winston-Salem, the Dolby Digital light was on, but I only had rear sound coming out of one speaker. So not sure how they are coding it.

But the mic placement is great. I kept hearing the coaches talking to the refs last night and also caught some of the dialogue between the refs and players along the baseline. Really made you feel like you were there.

I was expecting a 5-6 on the quality scale for the first outing, and it was definitely a 9-10! Way to go!

Will definitely be sending out some thank you e-mails to all parties to let them know we appreciate it.

But the mic placement is great. I kept hearing the coaches talking to the refs last night and also caught some of the dialogue between the refs and players along the baseline. Really made you feel like you were there.



I think it helped that the Forum was only 1/10 full at that point. ;) It was pretty cool hearing the coaches though.

Wow, my hat is off to Raycom/LF. The production last night was first class all the way. The Wake-GT game was unbelievable, probably one of the best opening round days ever. Hope the quarterfinals are half as exciting today!

Thanks to SNF Mixer for the updates. Hope you guys got some sleep last night. I was VERY impressed with the production. Watching on WFMY in Winston-Salem, the Dolby Digital light was on, but I only had rear sound coming out of one speaker. So not sure how they are coding it.

But the mic placement is great. I kept hearing the coaches talking to the refs last night and also caught some of the dialogue between the refs and players along the baseline. Really made you feel like you were there.

I was expecting a 5-6 on the quality scale for the first outing, and it was definitely a 9-10! Way to go!

Will definitely be sending out some thank you e-mails to all parties to let them know we appreciate it.

Just wanted to second these thoughts. The whole broadcast was awesome on WNUV-DT out of Baltimore, the mic placement was great, the mixing was fantastic, and the video was sharp. Being able to hear the refs, coaches, and players brought me a side of the game that I'd never experienced. Not only was this not bad for a first run, this was great! Thanks to all involved, I really appreciate your work!

Good morning from Tampa. What a Thursday! Only four games to mix today. Good reading your posts. I think we did well for our first outing. I'll look in today during Geico, Budweiser, and Chick-Fil-A commmercials.

Wendel

I think it helped that the Forum was only 1/10 full at that point. ;) It was pretty cool hearing the coaches though.

1/10th is a generous estimate. :)

WS

No one watching today??

No one watching today??

Sorry at work but will tonight and look forward to it.

No one watching today??

Yea.. fine here... :)

I was watching the 2nd half of the FSU/UNC game and it was excellent. Great job on the HD, Raycom!!

Hey Wendell.... go wake-up ol' Chaz Moye.. :cool:

No one watching today??

I'm watching but in a market with only SD :(

Hey Wendell.... go wake-up ol' Chaz Moye.. :cool:

He's running around here somewhere.

I am getting bad static noise on WFMY in Winston-Salem. It goes away on some commercials (I am assuming local) but exists on others. It is very distracting. Any ideas what is causing it?

I am getting bad static noise on WFMY in Winston-Salem. It goes away on some commercials (I am assuming local) but exists on others. It is very distracting. Any ideas what is causing it?

Did this issue clear up?

WS

Did this issue clear up?

WS

I just got home a few minutes ago. It is still there. I hear it during the game and the commercials. Sound comes from the left/right speakers, I do not hear it from the center. I am also watching via WFMY. It is present OTA and D*.

It is still there. *.

Distribution feed is fine. :)

Ok on WOLO-DT via OTA..

Looks great OTA on WNUV-DT (Baltimore). Wendel, could you please tell the commentator to stop calling us the "Virginia Tech Cavaliers"? Not... Cool... :) He's done it at least twice that I can remember.

Thanks again for a great broadcast, now let's hope for a great game and great outcome!

Looks great OTA on WNUV-DT (Baltimore). Wendel, could you please tell the commentator to stop calling us the "Virginia Tech Cavaliers"? Not... Cool... :) He's done it at least twice that I can remember.

Thanks again for a great broadcast, now let's hope for a great game and great outcome!


He was scolded. Believe me.

Looks great OTA on WNUV-DT (Baltimore). Wendel, could you please tell the commentator to stop calling us the "Virginia Tech Cavaliers"? Not... Cool... :) He's done it at least twice that I can remember.

Thanks again for a great broadcast, now let's hope for a great game and great outcome!

I cranked your pep band in a time out. Does that make up for it?

I cranked your pep band in a time out. Does that make up for it?Yes. :)

A little late coming back for the 2nd half, eh? At least we didn't miss anything notable.

A little late coming back for the 2nd half, eh? At least we didn't miss anything notable.

Nah. You missed nothing. We got a little behind.

Very tired....zzz....

Very tired....zzz....
Haha, hang in there man... listen to the crowd and the Hokies chants, maybe that will help you stay awake?

Haha, hang in there man... listen to the crowd and the Hokies chants, maybe that will help you stay awake?


I will make it. But the game needs to slow down. We have to fill until midnight. :(

I will make it. But the game needs to slow down. We have to fill until midnight. :(
Yeah I'm not sure it'll even last till 11:30.

Very tired....zzz....
What a great time for a 47 hour weekend with Daylight Savings Time starting up.

Hahaha, these poor guys are really stretching to make the last ten minutes, huh? :D

What a great time for a 47 hour weekend with Daylight Savings Time starting up.

Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks for the reminder.


Great job the PQ is outstanding with the exception of some blurriness in some of the fast actions shots. This by far blew ESPN telecast out of the water.

anyone have any screen captures of the Raycom/LF broadcasts for those of us who haven't seen it yet? My local ABC (WLOS) is too cheap to pick up equipment to do HD feeds, so I'm stuck with SD because of the blackouts. I'd be curious to see what the on screen material looks like, etc though

Morning from Tampa. Three games to go.
(Go Tar Heels.)

Morning from Tampa. Three games to go.
(Go Tar Heels.)


I am watching the rest of the Tourney with the mute button on to protest! ;)

I am watching the rest of the Tourney with the mute button on to protest! ;)


Fine. No criticism.
:)

Atlanta through Comcast WATL on a 57" crt. Wonderful presentation and sound. Main camera is actually much sharper than the CBS game currently going on as well. Kudos to LF and i hope this is a sign of future things to come (football anyone?).

Thanks to Wendel for the insider look as well. Quite a rare treat.

Another great Job really looks good I think you could give CBS a lesson today as their 2nd game looks like crap

I'm absolutely disgusted by anyone and everyone involved in any of this decision making. It amazes me to no end that people outside the ACC territory can enjoy an HD telecast on ESPN while I try to suffer watching a poor quality standard definition telecast. I can't believe the ACC and schools would allow such non-sense!!! I've written them all to express my frustration. If some local affiliates can't receive an HD feed then don't blackout ESPN to solve the problem so none of us can get an HD picture. I'd encourage everyone to write the ACC and complain, perhaps then they'll get the message.

Fantastic pic quality from WBTV as others have said. But even more impressive is that this has to be the best SOUNDING series of games that I have witnessed (or heard, I guess.) Wonderful job by Wendel and others on the tech crew for such a wonderful production. Job well done!

Tell that to your local affiliate, raycom has done everything they can do

haha i still see nobody bothered to make a good bracket CG

I'm absolutely disgusted by anyone and everyone involved in any of this decision making. It amazes me to no end that people outside the ACC territory can enjoy an HD telecast on ESPN while I try to suffer watching a poor quality standard definition telecast. I can't believe the ACC and schools would allow such non-sense!!! I've written them all to express my frustration. If some local affiliates can't receive an HD feed then don't blackout ESPN to solve the problem so none of us can get an HD picture. I'd encourage everyone to write the ACC and complain, perhaps then they'll get the message.

I would normally agree whole-heartedly on this, but luckily I can receive WBTV ota even though I am not in their market. I place at least part of the blame on stations like WLOS and others that cannot re-broadcast the HD feed from Raycom/LF. I would much rather watch Raycom's presentation here than the same game on ESPN-HD.

I would normally agree whole-heartedly on this, but luckily I can receive WBTV ota even though I am not in their market. I place at least part of the blame on stations like WLOS and others that cannot re-broadcast the HD feed from Raycom/LF. I would much rather watch Raycom's presentation here than the same game on ESPN-HD.

I agree the PQ is awesome on OTA

Two of the people I watched the game with mentioned the great sound - specifically being able to hear the coaches - especially Roy. Great Job!

Go Heels!

Thanks for the kind words. I grew up in NC, watching this tournament every spring. I have gotten a chance to learn and practice my craft at Jefferson Pilot Sports (and now Lincoln Financial) for more than a dozen years, and am very grateful to them. I treat this event like a Super Bowl every year, and I was glad to be a part of the first HD effort.

WS

Well you did a great job and deserve several cocktails to celebrate

Well you did a great job and deserve several cocktails to celebrate

Wait 'til tomorrow evening...still one more game to go! ;)

That JP pdf file showing the markets wasn't entirely correct. For the ATL market it shows WATL but in the first round every game except GT/Weak was on ESPN 2. I've been able to see the other games since then on WATL. Now today Titantv list the championship game on WATL and ESPN for my zipcode so which one will I get?

Oh and go Heels! Hope Roy wears a decent tie today :)

The Raycom HD feed has been real good. It looked better than CBS's presentation of the Pac-10 final.

Good morning from Tampa. Should be a fun day. Go Heels. I will look in here during commercials to see how we are doing. Thanks.

Wendel

Good morning from Tampa. Should be a fun day. Go Heels. I will look in here during commercials to see how we are doing. Thanks.

Wendel
I am sure it will be just as good as it has been you guys have really set the bar very high with your presentations this week.

Thank again for all the hard work as it really shows

Anyone watching?

i am. dick vitale's voice annoys me

i am. dick vitale's voice annoys me

Not my show. :)

Anyone watching?
I'm watching. The PQ looks good. Better than what CBS gives for college basketball.

I hope we get some regular season Raycom games in HD next year. The old SD broadcast didn't look that good.

I'm watching. The PQ looks good. Better than what CBS gives for college basketball.
I'm watching both the Fla-Ark game on CBS-HD Local via Antenna and channel 20HD via D*. I can't pick up my local 20 with my antenna to compare the two.

Both through D* CBS is slightly better, Antenna CBS is much better. Today anyway

Watching via Wolo-DT and TWCSC. Their conversion to 720p appears to be working correctly. This game looks much better than what I have seen on ABC or ESPN. The sound is also very good in the DD 5.1 passage. My only complaint is the placement and the quality of the onscreen graphics. The score graph is flickering on my 720p plasma, but seems ok on my HD-ila but it is not as crisp as the other networks.


Nice to see a game with red uniforms that are not artifacting like crazy(CBS :rolleyes: )

I have RCN cable in Allentown PA. The final game on ESPN HD just started at 2:00pm. Lousy feed. stops and starts. Unwatchable. Had to watch the first half on SD ESPN since the game started at 1:00 pm. Wonder if the DST bug is to blame.

The ESPN HD feed just switched to the live second half action as I was watching the first half at 2:15 PM. It was the strangest thing. PQ is perfect now.

I'm watching. The PQ looks good. Better than what CBS gives for college basketball.

I agree looks great again and CBS has issues of some type hope they are fixed by Thursday

Looked great to me. Watching on WFMY 2.1 OTA. Much better PQ than CBS NCAA BB from the same station. Good Job Everybody at Raycom/Lincoln/Etc. Thanks for the hard work!!!

Well I did get the game on my JP affiliate in HD! I was comparing the Fla/Ark game and the CBS feed seemed dark, like the screen had been tinted. The UNC/NCST game was nice and crisp, very good color.

I watched the UNC-NC State game today, and some of the preceding ones, OTA via WBTV Charlotte. Even though I'm not an ACC fan (I'm a transplant from the Midwest), I enjoyed it for the excellent picture quality. Moving on to the Big Ten game this afternoon was a disappointment. CBS's picture is noticeably softer, even on the same channel.

I watched the UNC-NC State game today, and some of the preceding ones, OTA via WBTV Charlotte. Even though I'm not an ACC fan (I'm a transplant from the Midwest), I enjoyed it for the excellent picture quality. Moving on to the Big Ten game this afternoon was a disappointment. CBS's picture is noticeably softer, even on the same channel.


I agree 100% with you

Sitting on the floor of the Tampa airport, waiting to go home. Thanks for your feedback. I will pass on some of them to the powers that be. See you next time.

Wendel

I too thought that the broadcast was very well done..... PQ was crisp and indeed looked better than the CBS games this weekend.

I never thought I'd see the day that we'd get the ACC Tourny in HD here in the Carolinas(ESPN's coverage is blacked out in this area).... kudos to all involved in making this a reality, and give yourselves credit for doing a superb job! :cool: