Anyone else getting this fight on Sat. night?

Yeah Baby, I cant wait. Directv HDPPV I hope.

Should be a good one!

I am on the fence whether to pay $65 for it, or watching a free stream of it.

Need to talk to some friends to see if they want to split it

Boxing is crap,MMA rules now!

How many rounds are scheduled? I think my friends and I are going to do this.

Will TWC have this in HD?

It is scheduled for 12 rounds

Local cable company Time Warner has fight for $54.95, in HD.
Dish Network (my provider) has fight for $54.95, in HD
DirectTV has fight for $64.95, in HD

Why does D* charge $10 more? Not bashing, just wondering.

Local cable company Time Warner has fight for $54.95, in HD.
Dish Network (my provider) has fight for $54.95, in HD
DirectTV has fight for $64.95, in HD

Why does D* charge $10 more? Not bashing, just wondering.

At least youre lucky enough to get it in HD, Cox New England doesnt even offer PPV in HD. I am kind of upset that this happen knowing that I am missing so much. Watching an SD PPV is like looking though foggy glasses :mad: I am still going to get the fight just becasue I am a big fan of boxing though, its just a shame on how I have to watch it.

Soundqcar you mention a free streaming of the fight, where might one find a free streaming of tomorrow's fight? In the past, the week after the PPV, HBO has replayed the fight on HBO HD. It is not listed in their guide for next week, has anyone heard or seen anything alluding to a possible replay?

TimeWarner NY is NOT showing the fight in HD - but is still charging $54.

why no HD????

This is absurd! If I lived in some rural community, then I would understand, but I live in Manhattan.

errrrr....
:mad:

If I order this PPV from Direct Tv can I watch it thru the whole house or just on the box I order it from??

Does anyone know if Comcast is carrying this in HD? Any idea how to check besides calling?

Soundqcar you mention a free streaming of the fight, where might one find a free streaming of tomorrow's fight? In the past, the week after the PPV, HBO has replayed the fight on HBO HD. It is not listed in their guide for next week, has anyone heard or seen anything alluding to a possible replay?

The scheduling is usually not done until AFTER the fight.

On the Tyson/Lewis fight (the last BIG PPV I saw) It was to have aired on HBO since Lewis won but Showtime would have the delay if Tyson won.

im kinda man, $10 more for HD wtf

TimeWarner NY is NOT showing the fight in HD - but is still charging $54.

why no HD????

This is absurd! If I lived in some rural community, then I would understand, but I live in Manhattan.

errrrr....
:mad:
Ok, I'm confused. The TWC website shows the fight available in both SD and HD. However, I called to ask how I can order the fight in HD, and the girl said it wasn't being broadcast in HD. She said it wasn't TWC that wasn't broadcasting it in HD, it was the source. So I asked her why the website showed it available in HD, and she had no clue. Is it possible they have the HD version of the fight listed on the website because they will rebroadcast it in HD? But, if it's not originaly shot in HD, how can they rebroadcast it in HD. I'm confused.

Soundqcar you mention a free streaming of the fight, where might one find a free streaming of tomorrow's fight? In the past, the week after the PPV, HBO has replayed the fight on HBO HD. It is not listed in their guide for next week, has anyone heard or seen anything alluding to a possible replay?

I bet free streaming refers to someone who bought the PPV and will stream via Sopcast or TVU.

How much does this cost in the US?

Sky Box Office HD in the UK are charging £14.95 (just under US$30) for both the live and repeat showings. At least we're getting it in HD in the UK.

His fight is in the early hours of the morning over here - but he is one of ten candidates for BBC Sports Personality of the Year (big Sunday night show) - if he wins it might improve his chances...

Does anyone know if Comcast is carrying this in HD? Any idea how to check besides calling?

the comcast website under events says its being broadcast in hd and hd box required to recieve the hd broadcast. however a call to the office informed me its only on 401 ppv which is not the hd ppv channel so i dont know if only certain markets have it in hd but no such luck here in atlanta

I have Comcast in Montgomery County, MD, and I'm about to order it in a few minutes. It's available in HD. If it was only in SD, I would catch a replay later somehow.

I have Comcast in Montgomery County, MD, and I'm about to order it in a few minutes. It's available in HD. If it was only in SD, I would catch a replay later somehow.

what channel on your box?

How much does this cost in the US?

Sky Box Office HD in the UK are charging £14.95 (just under US$30) for both the live and repeat showings. At least we're getting it in HD in the UK.


Not to mention, before the main event they're showing about three or four other boxing matches!

Sounds like you guys are getting shafted if you're paying $50+ just for the main event, while we pay $30 for potentially five matches (all in HD)!

EDIT: Anyway, the in studio shots look nice so far

http://www.image-load.eu/out.php/t12191_boxxxxx.jpg (http://www.image-load.eu/out.php/i12191_boxxxxx.jpg)

And the brief wide shots of the MGM Grand + ring looked nice too, looking forward to the PQ of the main event.

Here in Indy I have Comcast channel 501. No HD yet.:mad:

what channel on your box?

I must've spoken too soon. The HD PPV feed is listed for me on two separate channels, and neither one is working. This is the same thing that happened to me for the recent Cotto vs. Mosley PPV. I'm now assuming they're listing the HD PPV feed, but not actually carrying it. Does anyone know? I tried calling my Comcast office, and literally keep getting a busy signal. When I previously called about the Cotto/Mosley problem, I got a lady who did nothing but frustrate me more. I'm pissed, but I'm not ordering the SD feed.

The HD channels are listed as 230 or 510.

ordering options on Comcast in Atlanta only showed up on 401 (the sd PPV channel) but i called and they were actually pretty helpful, they said ordering it on 401 would also activate the HD 801 channel, and it did. Looks a little compressed/pixelized on 801 in HD but it's better than SD!

Anyone getting this in HD on Comcast in Chicago? I only found it on 801, which seems to be SD??

:mad::mad:

Comcast charging 55$ for "HD".. Says HD on the channel, and is advertised on their website as HD, only its not showing in HD, ch.801 is the only one they have, and according to them the advertising is a mistake, but its obviously Comcast just ripping people off. ch.801 here on the west coast is definitely showing the fight in SD, including grey side bars, not black.

http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Programming/Comingevents.ashx?lid=3ProgrammingPPVEvents&lpos=Nav

Whats hilarious is for sure this will replay next week in HD.. so people paying $55 for it get SD, people who wait for it on rebroadcast with HBO.. HD.. Wtf? haha

edit*
Just for kicks, I called to see their response, everything from

"No one is getting this fight in HD" :rolleyes: , to,

"because its' live, thats why it's not in HD, but next week it will be rebroadcast therefore it will be in HD" :rolleyes: ...

I couldnt help but laugh at the salespeople, they're completely clueless. I had them make a special note in my account, for i will certainly complain more, im trying to just enjoy crappy SD right now.. argh.

Pauly - tell them to call the Comcast Atlanta offices....it's in HD here. not the best HD i've seen (kind of looks like NBC football - lots of motion compression artifacts).

i'm actually shocked Comcast Atlanta did it right.

Hey, Thanks for the info,

Interestingly, even the SD here doesn't look up to standard to be honest, even for crappy SD quality..

Conspiricy theories could run wild, perhaps theyre saving $$ by having the undercards in crappy SD quality? hah I dont see how they would save, but if they can, I'm sure they'd try.

Im still hoping theres a small chance the main fight expands slowly like the curtains at a movie theater and presents itself in HD... hahah jk. ;)

Apparently Mayweather Hatton is available in HD in "selected" areas, but the San Francisco Bay Area is not one of them, despite the "HD" tag in my guide description. Say what you want about CMCA's not making this available in HD, but the false advertising is what really gets me. My complaint has been filed. Too bad I didn't read this thread before I pulled the trigger.

I am in Detroit and the Mayweather Hatton undercards are in SD. Anyone know if this will switch. This sucks!!!

65 bucks for sd? Been looking for an HD pay per view channel- and the only channel I could find is SD. Not to mention that I paid for a black screen from 8:30 to 9:50 until the channel turned on in the middle of the second fight.

Anyway out there in this area (Monmouth County NJ with Comcast) thats getting this fight? Can;t get through to the comcast line its been busy since 8:30. Man comcast sucks. If you're out there and you know if there's an HD channel let me know. This was advertised as HD- yet I got sold SD

My main PPV channel is 501 in SD. Does anyone know if there is a channel 801 in detroit like there is in atl?

Here in Seattle they advertised it as being in HD, got it on channel 801 and it's terrible SD, I called and they have a recording saying it's only in SD..

I'm gonna get my money back, it was false advertising, I'm really dissapointed..

How can this be shown in HD over seas for a much better price while the locals get bent? No wonder why people are losing interest in boxing here.

Not sure what the policy on spoilers for live fights is, so just a warning that I'll be doing just that in the next few sentences...
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Good fight. I had Hatton up on the score cards (5 rounds to 3 with 1 tie), but Mayweather clearly showed up for the final part of the match.

Very good performance by him.

Thank goodness the fight didn't go to the cards. The judges were WAY off. Two judges had Mayweather up 89-81, and the other 88-82.:eek:

HD quality here in Atlanta vastly improved as the main event started, which was good because the earlier fights were macroblocking bad.

Fight recap here:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/12/08/mayweather.round.ap/index.html

HD quality here in Atlanta vastly improved as the main event started, which was good because the earlier fights were macroblocking bad.

I noticed the same thing on TWC / Desert Cities (La Quinta, CA). I am not sure it was worth $54, but it was in HD... :D

Watched it on Dish HDPPV. Picture was so-so, certainly not as crisp as I would have liked.
The referee, Joe Cortez, played too great of a role in the first few rounds, not allowing Hatton to fight his inside fight when he was fresh. The ref should not influence the fight to this extent IMO.

here in DC, the fight was in HD on Comcast. Even though the fight was good, i was highly disappointed in the pixelation and occassional hiccups throughout the night. Thankfully it dissapated when the main event started, but it started to happen more frequently again, especially during the final interviews

The referee, Joe Cortez, played too great of a role in the first few rounds, not allowing Hatton to fight his inside fight when he was fresh. The ref should not influence the fight to this extent IMO.

It's boxing though, not wrestling. In England, Hatton has often gotten away with wrestling moves should have been a foul.

Good fight. I had Hatton up on the score cards (5 rounds to 3 with 1 tie), but Mayweather clearly showed up for the final part of the match.

Very good performance by him.

Thank goodness the fight didn't go to the cards. The judges were WAY off. Two judges had Mayweather up 89-81, and the other 88-82.:eek:

Every single person I talked to and every article I have read indicates that the judges had it right. Have you seen the punch stats? I am puzzled as to why you were under the impression that Hatton won 5 rounds.

Every single person I talked to and every article I have read indicates that the judges had it right. Have you seen the punch stats? I am puzzled as to why you were under the impression that Hatton won 5 rounds.

i can't speak for Russ but maybe it's because the HBO scorecard had Hatton winning a lot of those early rounds.

for the first 5 pr 6 rounds it seemed like Hatton was in complete control of the tempo and had Mayweather on the ropes a lot. of course this didn't end up meaning anything in the end.

I went with E* over D* as E* didn't charge a premium for what they claimed was HD. PQ sucked, no doubt about it and I felt I was robbed. Undercards were as boring as they get.

Looking to the future, I am trying to figure out how HBO has the guts to attempt to charge (PPV) for the January ROY JONES fight. I think I will sit this one out.

I went with E* over D* as E* didn't charge a premium for what they claimed was HD. PQ sucked, no doubt about it and I felt I was robbed. Undercards were as boring as they get.

Looking to the future, I am trying to figure out how HBO has the guts to attempt to charge (PPV) for the January ROY JONES fight. I think I will sit this one out.

+1 Well actually I CAN see it. as I have seen much much worse PPV cards then the Jones Trinidad. That is one fight that can wait until the next weekend and Ill catch the replay of it in HD.

HBO needs to get their act together or risk losing its boxing fans.

I subscribe to HBO not for the lame movie lineup, not for the Real Sports, but for the boxing. It frosts me that so many of the fights are PPV events. I can deal with an occasional PPV "superfight", but now it seems any fight with a known combatant goes to PPV.

When I do shell out my $55 for a PPV fight I get slapped around further by three hours of horrible undercard matchups, and by misadvertised lack of HD.

Boxing may be a dying sport, and it's death is being speeded along by the powers that be.

funny update... I would recommend anyone who also paid and saw the advertisement at Comcast.com for the fight being in HD.. CALL Comcast and complain, if it was given to you in SD..

You shouldnt feel bad about complaining, the simple fact is, if you were like me, you were paying for an HD fight, the fight starts and its not in HD...? What should you do? Call and cancel your order? Youre already watching it!.. Its not like there was a notification previous to.

it took me a lot of effort but they gave me a 10$ discount, not acceptable by me, but ok, considering I did watch it even in SD.. I almost felt sorry for the sales rep who is made to lie to complete her allegiance to comcast... lol

basically i was given the run around, being told everything from, it never said HD.. haha to there was a disclaimer saying not in all areas directly after the line of HD.. both total lies...

They claimed the page was outdated, Unfortunately what they do not realize is I have a Print Screen of the actual Advertisement page, as the fight was happening, you cant get much more up to date then that... :rolleyes:

Note, they will claim the visitor agreement, its at the bottom, (picture the fine print in Willy Wonka) which will take you to an external link, basically covers their a&&... I say NO WAY, its an external page, and is nowhere in view as the actual AD for the fight which was of course at the top. And even then I'm not sure that agreement gives them the right to make a blanket claim of broadcasting in HD, when in some maybe many areas.. it was not.

I called on Monday and they said they couldn't do anything until the charge hit my account but noted I called, I called today and they gave me a full refund since it was not in HD like they had advertised.
Glad I didn't have to fight them over it.