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College Football in HD 9/1/2012

post #1 of 12
9/1/12 at 6:26am
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The following games are available in HD.
Please post which game you are viewing, what channel, your location, and how you are viewing the game (OTA, Cable, Sat, IPTV).

9:00 AM ET
Notre Dame vs. Navy CBS HD

12 noon ET
Ohio at Penn State ESPN HD
Northwestern at Syracuse ESPN2 HD
Appalachian State at East Carolina FSN HD
Western Michigan at Illinois ESPNU HD
Miami (OH) at Ohio State Big Ten Network HD
Buffalo at Georgia SEC Network HD (syndication)
Marshall at West Virginia FX HD

12:30 PM ET
Elon at North Carolina ACC Network HD (syndication)

3 PM ET
Nevada at California Pac-12 Network HD
Richmond at Virginia ACC on FSN HD (Regional)

3:30 PM ET
Miami (FL) at Boston College ABC HD (reverse mirror on ESPN2 HD)
Southern Miss at Nebraska ABC HD (reverse mirror on ESPN2 HD)
Bowling Green at Florida ESPN HD
Tulsa at Iowa State FSN HD
Iowa vs. Northern Illinois ESPNU HD
Eastern Kentucky at Purdue Big Ten Network HD
Northern Iowa at Wisconsin Big Ten Network HD

4 PM ET
Colorado State vs. Colorado FX HD

7 PM ET
Clemson vs. Auburn ESPN HD
North Texas at LSU ESPNU HD
Jackson State at Mississippi State SEC on FSN HD (Regional)

7:30 PM ET
Hawaii at USC FOX HD

8 PM ET
Alabama vs. Michigan ABC HD
Rutgers at Tulane CBS Sports Network HD
Indiana State at Indiana Big Ten Network HD
Wyoming at Texas Longhorn Network HD

10:30 PM ET
Arkansas State at Oregon ESPN HD
Oklahoma at UTEP FSN HD
Toledo at Arizona ESPNU HD
San Diego State at Washington Pac-12 Network HD
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post #2 of 12
9/1/12 at 10:00am
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Not a fan of the Fox Sports bug being used in the upper right corner of FX and FSN broadcasts.
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post #3 of 12
9/1/12 at 2:32pm
I am a Dish customer and get all my locals from Dish HD in the Flint MI DMA.

I was impressed with the ND vs Navy quality on CBS. I also thought Penn State vs Ohio on ESPN, Northwestern vs Syracuse on ESPN2, and Miami vs Ohio State on BTN looked good. FX was ok too although I didn't spend much time watching because the games weren't good.

So far everything I have seen looked good so far this season until this Nebraska game on ABC. Everything looks soft except for closeups on players. The text on the ticker is blurry when it moves. I am no picture quality expert but ABC's Nebraska broadcast is clearly inferior to every other game I have seen including last nights Michigan State vs Boise State game on ESPN.
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post #4 of 12
9/1/12 at 5:27pm
The audio and video of the Michigan/Alabama game on ABC tonight is outstanding!!! I've never really thought much of ABC's college football coverage...it was OK, but tonight it is spot on.

I've always felt that the reference standard for college football was CBS, especially on the audio side. I don't ever recall ABC having this audio mix before with the bands loud and clear in the surrounds. I don't have a rooting interest in either of these two teams but it's hard to turn the channel.

Nice job.
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post #5 of 12
9/1/12 at 5:29pm
USC game on Fox looks super soft on the main game camera. I'm not sure if it's the local (DC) affiliate or what but it's not very pretty to look at.
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post #6 of 12
9/1/12 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by Cowchip View Post

The audio and video of the Michigan/Alabama game on ABC tonight is outstanding!!! I've never really thought much of ABC's college football coverage...it was OK, but tonight it is spot on.
I've always felt that the reference standard for college football was CBS, especially on the audio side. I don't ever recall ABC having this audio mix before with the bands loud and clear in the surrounds. I don't have a rooting interest in either of these two teams but it's hard to turn the channel.
Nice job.
The audio in the Bama/Michigan game from ABC is definitely better than their efforts from last year, but the video is the same sub-par quality dreck we've been putting up with for years. I simply don't get why the video is flat and washed out compared to the crisp efforts of Fox and CBS.
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post #7 of 12
9/1/12 at 5:49pm
I hope the games I want to watch never show up on Fox. Their image quality on sports is so awful, even with NFL games.
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post #8 of 12
9/1/12 at 6:17pm
I think tonight's games on FOX and ABC both look good and ABC does sound great in 5.1 tonight. I am blown away by the quality difference between tonight's ABC game and the afternoon Nebraska game. FOX looks good to me but doesn't sound as good as ABC.
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post #9 of 12
9/1/12 at 6:36pm
PQ of HI @ USC on WNYW-DT FOX 5 (1 SD sub channel) OTA and on FIOS is horrible.
Motion artifacts and macroblocking on all player movement.
The man field cam is soft and looks 16:9 SD.
Cable cam PQ is edge enhanced..
The super wide shot from the blimp cam is all compression artifacts.

WABC-DT (1 HD and 1 SD sub channel) MI @ AL has better overall PQ.
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post #10 of 12
9/1/12 at 6:50pm
How does FOX not have a closeup shot of newly acquired Erin Andrews, isn't that why they got her - to flaunt her?
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post #11 of 12
9/2/12 at 5:09pm
The Alabama vs. Michigan on ABC HD looked and sounded amazing. Watched it OTA on WGXA in Macon. The Fox game didn't look as good as the ABC game. The Miami @ BC game on ABC HD also looked great.
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post #12 of 12
9/3/12 at 8:12pm
ESPN HD FiOS TV GT@ VT

The main field cams are soft and edge enhanced.
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