Texas Bowl on NFL Network - HD? Yes.

It is unknown if this game will be in HD at this time. Last I heard they were trying to get HD equipment lined up, but have yet to annouce anything yet.

If I'm not mistaken, I think I saw in a promo ad on NFL Network that the bowl games they were carrying, including the Texas Bowl, will be in HD.

I'll call the NFL Network again tomorrow, Ken and see if they now actually have the HD truck lined up for the Texas Bowl.

Any idea if D* will carry them in HD like they do the NFL games?

Based on the following PR from Comcast, I believe the answer to this question is a resounding YES!

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061221/clth047.html?.v=75

GO RU!

Comcast New Jersey's "Got Game": All Digital Cable Customers to automatically Receive Rutgers Bowl Game

Thursday December 21, 8:00 am ET

Comcast Offers New Jersey Analog Customers 30-Day Free Digital Box and Service in Time to Connect for December 28 Match-up

EAST WINDSOR, N.J., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Cable today announced that it will provide its New Jersey customers with a holiday gift, enabling all Comcast subscribers in New Jersey the opportunity to watch the upcoming Texas Bowl game featuring the Garden State's own Rutgers University against Kansas State, at no additional cost. The Texas Bowl will be carried by NFL Network on December 28 with pre-game coverage starting at 7:00 p.m.

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Any Comcast customer with a digital box can simply tune into channel 180 to view the game. Comcast High Definition (HD) subscribers will also be able to watch the game in HD on channel 206. Comcast has carried NFL Network on a digital level of service throughout New Jersey since fall 2004. Almost 60% of Comcast subscribers in the state are digital customers, and most have already been enjoying the channel, along with hundreds of other digital channels, more than 8,000 video on demand offerings, an interactive program guide, and more.

Comcast also announced a gift for its analog (basic) subscribers or new subscribers, providing 30-days of a free digital box and Digital Plus service, enabling New Jersey residents to watch the game at absolutely no charge. Customers who do not currently have a cable box or have an analog box may visit any of more than 40 Comcast locations throughout New Jersey to pick up a free digital box and initiate their free 30-days of Digital Plus service.

To find the most convenient digital box pick-up location, customers may call 1-800-COMCAST or visit www.comcast.com and enter their home address and zip code. Comcast will try to accommodate all requests made prior to December 28, but encourages consumers to call or stop in early to ensure availability prior to game day.

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I am curious if D* will be carrying the Insight Bowl in HD via NFL Network on channel 95?

I was wondering whether the game would be on the HDSE channel or on INHD here in miami.. what do they normally put the games on?

It varies from area to area.

Sorry for the long delay, brad.

NFL Network says the Texas Bowl WILL be broadcast in HD.

Merry Christmas to Rutgers (and Kansas State) fans.

Go Scarlet Knights! Great news about HD, Fredfa. And to bradtothebone: may the best team win.

The game is listed on the HD channel in my Comcast guide.

Brad, don't thank me, thank the NFL Network for somehow finding an HD truck. They had to literally move heaven and earth (and spend a LOT!!) to get it done. A lot of NFL Network people spent a considerable amount of Christmas season time feverishly working to make the HD broadcast a reality. I didn't think (and I am not sure even the NFL Network honchos thought) they could get it done.

The NFL Network is frequently (and to my mind often correctly) criticized, but in this case, it deserves nothing but congratulations and thanks. It should be a fun game -- and a whole lot better in HD.

Too bad ESPN doesn't share the same committment. It would have been great to see the Hawaii-Arizona State shootout in HD on Christmas Eve.

By the way, the title of this thread should be changed.

There is no "probably" about this being broadcast in HD.

The NFL Network site has now been updated to confirm the news:

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9628192

But will D* carry it on 95?

Looks like it...it is showing up in my guide (wasn't there earlier).

No HD Texas Bowl for Time Warner subs. Just confirmed that.
Swanni

Let me know and I can edit.

Topic title edited.

Are you kidding me? ESPN made a commitment to broadcast 27 bowl games in HD. NFL Network is just doing whatever it can to secure an audience and make good on a repuation thats been put into serious question by their NFL coverage (not to mention most of NFL Network's adminstration and producers including game producer Mark Loomis are former ABC/ESPN employees). C'mon man just because you couldn't see the bark on a palm tree in Hawaii doesnt mean ESPN doesnt have a commitment to putting shows on the air in HD.

TGNBG*






*Thank God No Bryant Gumbel

If you were paying the bills would you authorize the $450,000 to ship a HD production truck to Hawaii via cargo plane?

This is true considering that some of these early games are barely pulling a 1.0 in the ratings, the fact that Disney has allocated as much money to the bowl season as they have, knowing full well the numbers for the San Diego Credit Union Poinsetta Bowl probably wont break any Nielsen records. Lets face it 27 games in HD should not be anything anyone on this forum is complaining about...CBS has a hard time broadcasting 27 NFL games in HD over the course of a season, ESPN/ABC is doing it in 3 weeks.

Besides there will probably be more of you complaining about macroblocking on NFL Network on D* than anyone else watching that game tomorrow considering NFL Network wont even allow ESPN isnt even allowed to show in-game highlights.

Nope, no complaint about the number of games. Now, about the picture quality of the games on ESPN/2...

Including pre and postseason CBS will do 60 NFL games in HD this season.