Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD - HDTV

[bucnasty]

does anyone else think masnhd looks like crap tonight?

[vidioteic]

Originally Posted by vidioteic

I will! As soon as I have an answer

Hmmm... well, believe it or not, it seems it the signal was good in some places and not in others, which is quite odd.

Can anyone confirm that they saw a GOOD feed last night?
Also, I don't suppose anyone might have a copy of the bad feed?

Also, in the future, please either call MASN ( 410-625-7100 ) or use the link on the website to report the issue. Believe it or not, operators ARE standing by during game hours.

Oh, and when posting issues, please note the provider and franchise!

[bwo]

MASN HD looks ok tonight (watching on Comcast 226 in Richmond)...certainally better than the SD version, YUCK!

Question anyone have any idea on why only 40 of the Nats games are in HD this year? I understand that the Orioles also have 40 MASN HD games, but 80 between the 2 out of over 300 games total is unfortanate. Is it more expensive to transmit HD games? Clearly MASN has made an investment in HD, why not have all games in HD...

I guess I'll take what I can get. Next season promises more I'm sure.

[vidioteic]

Originally Posted by bwo

MASN HD looks ok tonight (watching on Comcast 226 in Richmond)...certainally better than the SD version, YUCK!

Question anyone have any idea on why only 40 of the Nats games are in HD this year? I understand that the Orioles also have 40 MASN HD games, but 80 between the 2 out of over 300 games total is unfortanate. Is it more expensive to transmit HD games? Clearly MASN has made an investment in HD, why not have all games in HD...

I guess I'll take what I can get. Next season promises more I'm sure.

MASN is in its second year as a full time network. It is substantially more for ANY RSN to provide HD, let alone one that has TWO baseball teams, and does more live events in six months than most others do in a year. So, try to enjoy the 40/40 this year, and hope for more next year.

Public opinion goes very far. If you like what you see, make it known. If the viewers are there, more will come...

[afiggatt]

Originally Posted by bwo

Question anyone have any idea on why only 40 of the Nats games are in HD this year? I understand that the Orioles also have 40 MASN HD games, but 80 between the 2 out of over 300 games total is unfortanate. Is it more expensive to transmit HD games? Clearly MASN has made an investment in HD, why not have all games in HD...

They want to save money on the rental fees for the HD production truck and gear. It does cost extra for HD. They certainly could have done more games in HD this year with a limit of only 1 HD game a day for a single part-time MASN-HD feed. It is an improvement over last year, but MASN is still bringing up the rear among all MLB teams in number of HD games per team. A number of RSNs have all the games for their team - home and away - in HD this year. Maybe next year, we will get a full time MASN-HD channel, but I would not be surprised if we did not get a MASN2-HD for the rest of the games until 2010.

[TimGoodwin]

Originally Posted by tonyd79

MASN still broken.

Unfortunately so are the Nationals! Going to be a another long season again this year.

[Knicks_Fan]

MASN is in its second year as a full time network. It is substantially more for ANY RSN to provide HD, let alone one that has TWO baseball teams, and does more live events in six months than most others do in a year. So, try to enjoy the 40/40 this year, and hope for more next year.

If this was 1990, I'd agree with you. But MASN was born in 2005 with a cushy arrangement between Peter Angelos and MLB and has lagged constantly in video/audio quality (this still occurs today, where the sound of the ball hitting the catcher's mitt is heard 1/2 second before the ball actually gets there)

Edit: MASN tells me this is a DirecTV issue Can this be confirmed/denyed by anyone else?

as well as having any games in HD until this season (Nats and Os were two of the three teams, the other team being the KC Royals not doing HD last season). The fiasco with getting MASN on cable systems is well remembered by local area fans as well, somewhat repeating itself now with MASN-HD.

The HD telecasts are a start and are appreciated. I would like to see the Lerners get more involved showcasing their new stadium and team and encourage Mr. Angelos (who views them as competition) and MASN to show more games in HD.

Unfortunately so are the Nationals! Going to be a another long season again this year.

Ugh - then look at the calendar and see it is April 11. The Nats started 1-8 last year and played much better than expected, so I am keeping my hopes up.

[VARTV]

Originally Posted by jgantert

Wow, CNN HD looks horrible. The HD bars on the left and right and the bottom scroller are ok. But the rest (even the graphics) look like crap. Yuck. Do they actually show any HD content? Doesn't seem like a Comcast issue, just a CNN issue to me.

CNNHD looks great on DirecTV...

[machpost]

Originally Posted by vidioteic

Can anyone confirm that they saw a GOOD feed last night?
Also, I don't suppose anyone might have a copy of the bad feed?

I was at the ballgame last night, and MASN was in true HD on the TVs throughout the concourses. The first segment with Bob & Don before the game at 7 PM was shown on the big screen, also in true HD.

[Marcus Carr]

Originally Posted by VARTV

CNNHD looks great on DirecTV...

Also looks great on Comcast in Baltimore.

[tonyd79]

Originally Posted by vidioteic

MASN is in its second year as a full time network. It is substantially more for ANY RSN to provide HD, let alone one that has TWO baseball teams, and does more live events in six months than most others do in a year. So, try to enjoy the 40/40 this year, and hope for more next year.

My head is dizzy from spin.

Most RSNs these days are launching with HD. The Big Ten Network does 95% live HD and it did it from Day One.

It is actually easier to get it all done up front than to retrofit an existing network.

MASN is cheap and it shows. (And this doesn't even cover the fact that its SD is the worst around....)

[jgantert]

Originally Posted by Marcus Carr

Also looks great on Comcast in Baltimore.

Well, I must admit, I only have it here at work, and I have yet to see any true HD on it during the day. We have CNN HD on from 8-5 in the lobby and in the kitchen, and so far I haven't noticed any HD content yet.

[afiggatt]

Originally Posted by jgantert

Well, I must admit, I only have it here at work, and I have yet to see any true HD on it during the day. We have CNN HD on from 8-5 in the lobby and in the kitchen, and so far I haven't noticed any HD content yet.

Read the CNN HD threads in the programming forum. Only the programs out of the New York studios are in HD. Which are most of the prime time programs. The Atlanta, Washington, and LA (Larry King most of the time) studios are not HD yet. My understanding is that the daytime stuff is mostly out of Atlanta so that is why you see SD then. The high tech primary coverage has been out of the NY studios in HD and has gotten praise for good picture quality. I don't even get CNN-HD yet (Verizon Fios), but have checked those threads.

[bigluke33]

Originally Posted by bucnasty

does anyone else think masnhd looks like crap tonight?

Yeah, I'm with Metrocast here in Southern Maryland and they just added the MASN HD channel. I watched the first Nats game in HD and thought it looked great. Then last night it looked worse to me. Almost like there was a some "strech-o-vision" going on.

[rallen]

Down here in Salisbury, the Orioles opening day game in HD looked great. Haven't watched any of the Nats games and the O's haven't had any in HD since.

[SQUIDWARD360]

Originally Posted by bigluke33

Yeah, I'm with Metrocast here in Southern Maryland and they just added the MASN HD channel. I watched the first Nats game in HD and thought it looked great. Then last night it looked worse to me. Almost like there was a some "strech-o-vision" going on.

I couldn't agree more. Although I had been drinking and didn't want to make a big deal of it as I was watching. It did look very stretched. Still much better then what is shown in SD but maybe last night was only the upconverted SD signal.

[DVDO+WESTY=1080p]

big time stretch o vision on comcast MASN HD

[Marcus Carr]

Originally Posted by afiggatt

Read the CNN HD threads in the programming forum. Only the programs out of the New York studios are in HD. Which are most of the prime time programs. The Atlanta, Washington, and LA (Larry King most of the time) studios are not HD yet. My understanding is that the daytime stuff is mostly out of Atlanta so that is why you see SD then. The high tech primary coverage has been out of the NY studios in HD and has gotten praise for good picture quality. I don't even get CNN-HD yet (Verizon Fios), but have checked those threads.

HD on CNN weekdays:

Monday through Friday:
6am-9am American Morning
12-1 Issue #1
7-8 Lou Dobbs
8-9 Election Center
10-12 Anderson Cooper

Tuesday through Friday:
1am-3am Anderson Cooper
4am-5am Lou Dobbs
5am-6am Anderson Cooper

SD shows:
CNN Newsroom 9am-12, 1-4
The Situation Room, 4-7
Larry King Live 9-10, 12am-1am, 3am-4am

That's 12 hours of HD, including reruns.

[tetu81]

Best I can tell, several HD channels have been out on Comcast's Washington, DC network for more than two days. I finally called late last night but gave up after 20 minutes on hold. I just got home from work today and they (Food Network HD 231, USA HD 235, Discovery HD 239, others?) are still out! A friend a few blocks away has the same issue...so I'm on hold again.

[bullwinklehdtv]

Originally Posted by vidioteic

Hmmm... well, believe it or not, it seems it the signal was good in some places and not in others, which is quite odd.

Can anyone confirm that they saw a GOOD feed last night?
Also, I don't suppose anyone might have a copy of the bad feed?

Also, in the future, please either call MASN ( 410-625-7100 ) or use the link on the website to report the issue. Believe it or not, operators ARE standing by during game hours.

Oh, and when posting issues, please note the provider and franchise!

I used the link on the website and never received a response.

[bullwinklehdtv]

Originally Posted by vidioteic

MASN is in its second year as a full time network. It is substantially more for ANY RSN to provide HD, let alone one that has TWO baseball teams, and does more live events in six months than most others do in a year. So, try to enjoy the 40/40 this year, and hope for more next year.

Public opinion goes very far. If you like what you see, make it known. If the viewers are there, more will come...

I understand the people at MASN are doing the best they can with what they have and I'm sure they're committed to improving their product. I don't think you're going to get much sympathy from anyone in Washington, including me, because we're being held hostage from excellent television coverage by Peter Angelos.

[maestro73]

I noticed this yesterday when I came home from work. HGTV programming is now all stretch-o-vision. Yesterday and tonight. IIRC their shows in prime time were actually HD. Anyone else notice or am I mistaken? Have they (the network) changed their feed, or is Comcast screwing with it?

Also, I'm sure a lot of you are following bfdtv's thread on Comcast HD Quality Reduction: Details, Screenshots. Also when I got home yesterday, I noticed my box had been reset (powered it on and it was at channel 01). After flipping though some channels I thought Comcast HD looked better than usual. More contrast, less washed out, even on the non-compressed channels like ESPN (though more so on the Disc, CNN type channels). I figured it was me b/c no one commented on it today but I'm curious if others noticed the same, or if it's just my wishful thinking.

I'm in Alexandria.

[bullwinklehdtv]

Originally Posted by maestro73

I noticed this yesterday when I came home from work. HGTV programming is now all stretch-o-vision. Yesterday and tonight. IIRC their shows in prime time were actually HD. Anyone else notice or am I mistaken? Have they (the network) changed their feed, or is Comcast screwing with it?

Also, I'm sure a lot of you are following bfdtv's thread on Comcast HD Quality Reduction: Details, Screenshots. Also when I got home yesterday, I noticed my box had been reset (powered it on and it was at channel 01). After flipping though some channels I thought Comcast HD looked better than usual. More contrast, less washed out, even on the non-compressed channels like ESPN (though more so on the Disc, CNN type channels). I figured it was me b/c no one commented on it today but I'm curious if others noticed the same, or if it's just my wishful thinking.

I'm in Alexandria.

Its not Comcast, both HGTV and Food Network started simulcasting their SD and HD feeds in mid-March and are stretching the non-HD material.

[SQUIDWARD360]

Originally Posted by tetu81

Best I can tell, several HD channels have been out on Comcast's Washington, DC network for more than two days. I finally called late last night but gave up after 20 minutes on hold. I just got home from work today and they (Food Network HD 231, USA HD 235, Discovery HD 239, others?) are still out! A friend a few blocks away has the same issue...so I'm on hold again.

Many people in Loudoun had an issue with Mojo on Comcast. Come to find out while they were moving old Adelphia accounts to Comcast packages there were some issues. Once they gave me a correct Comcast package my Mojo came back. They even said my bill would be $5 cheaper now. I'll believe it when I see it.

[maestro73]

Originally Posted by bullwinklehdtv

Its not Comcast, both HGTV and Food Network started simulcasting their SD and HD feeds in mid-March and are stretching the non-HD material.

Yeah, I remember reading that, but I swore certain shows on HGTV were actually in HD, like Designed to Sell, which is on 8 tonight. My girl and I always make fun of that goof ball designer, and i don't remember him being stretched. Maybe I'm losing it.

[bullwinklehdtv]

Originally Posted by maestro73

Yeah, I remember reading that, but I swore certain shows on HGTV were actually in HD, like Designed to Sell, which is on 8 tonight. My girl and I always make fun of that goof ball designer, and i don't remember him being stretched. Maybe I'm losing it.

Hidden Potential is in HD right now on Directv

[uspino]

When, oh when, are we going to get CNN-HD in Montgomery County?

[gomo657]

Originally Posted by tetu81

Best I can tell, several HD channels have been out on Comcast's Washington, DC network for more than two days. I finally called late last night but gave up after 20 minutes on hold. I just got home from work today and they (Food Network HD 231, USA HD 235, Discovery HD 239, others?) are still out! A friend a few blocks away has the same issue...so I'm on hold again.

Did anyone get this prob resolved? I finally got through this morning a they didn't know the cause of the problem. FOOD is working but USA, SCIand TLC aren't.

[jcdrisco]

USA and SciFi (235 and 236) went back on for me sometime in the last hour (12:00-1:00 p.m. on Saturday). DSC (239) is still out. I didn't call it in, so maybe they're responding to the general problem that you and others reported.

[tetu81]

Originally Posted by jcdrisco

USA and SciFi (235 and 236) went back on for me sometime in the last hour (12:00-1:00 p.m. on Saturday). DSC (239) is still out. I didn't call it in, so maybe they're responding to the general problem that you and others reported.

I gave up last night after 90 minutes on hold. I can confirm Discovery HD 239 is still out I guess it's time listen to hold music again. Wheeee!

Update: a pre-recorded message acknowledges the outage on channels 239 and 240 and that technicians are working on it. I guess an outage takes 3 days to correct. Or more! No ETA was given.