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post #1 of 19
7/14/07 at 4:14pm
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This game was not listed as an HD broadcast, but it sure looks good.
Is this an example of the FOX upconvert from 480?
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post #2 of 19
7/14/07 at 5:27pm
Yes, it was an upconvert. Unfortunately, the Cubs/Astros game looked like a 480p upconvert even though it was supposedly in HD.
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post #3 of 19
7/15/07 at 4:38am
Upconverts are from 480i.
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post #4 of 19
7/15/07 at 1:58pm
I think it was in HD It looked as good as the All Star Game did. The ASG was in HD and it was broadcast from San Francisco. So I figure they should have the ability to show the game in HD.
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post #5 of 19
7/15/07 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by cube799 View Post

I think it was in HD It looked as good as the All Star Game did. The ASG was in HD and it was broadcast from San Francisco. So I figure they should have the ability to show the game in HD.


http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5619630

It wasn't....


Sure... they have the ability to do more than 1 game in HD.... they just chose not to (probably because the cost isn't justified)
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post #6 of 19
7/15/07 at 9:43pm
The game was in HD in L.A.
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post #7 of 19
7/15/07 at 9:55pm
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Originally Posted by valleytvguy View Post

The game was in HD in L.A.

yes it was in hd the picture quality was jawdropping. btw go dodgers
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post #8 of 19
7/15/07 at 9:57pm
If you guys thought it was HD....... then we're all screwed...

Fox wins...
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post #9 of 19
7/16/07 at 5:19am
LA vs SF WAS NOT IN HD on FOX. The only FOX HD game was Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs.
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post #10 of 19
7/16/07 at 6:25am
This exemplifies why true HD pretty much remains a fond memory for the foreseeable future. Once you see a non-compressed non-bitstarved 19.39 HD telecast, 14 or 15, much less 8 or 9 Mbps, has completely inferior PQ!
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post #11 of 19
7/16/07 at 6:59am
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Originally Posted by Berk32 View Post

If you guys thought it was HD....... then we're all screwed...

Fox wins...

No kidding! Maybe they were watching on very small screens. Clearly (or not so clearly) the St. Louis/Phillie game was not in HD.

Get with the program Fox! It's not like football has already started!
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post #12 of 19
7/16/07 at 8:52am
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Originally Posted by Berk32 View Post

If you guys thought it was HD....... then we're all screwed...

Fox wins...

I have a 50" Panny and I think I know what HD is. Now maybe NYC didn't show it in HD, but in L.A. you now have 2 people saying it was in HD.

Sorry you can't believe us.

GO DODGERS
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post #13 of 19
7/16/07 at 8:59am
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Originally Posted by valleytvguy View Post

I have a 50" Panny and I think I know what HD is. Now maybe NYC didn't show it in HD, but in L.A. you now have 2 people saying it was in HD.

Sorry you can't believe us.

GO DODGERS


We also have a FOX engineer confirming in this thread that it wasn't even shot in HD. Not to mention the foxsports link indicating that the LA/SF was not the HD game of the week.
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post #14 of 19
7/16/07 at 9:32am
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Originally Posted by pcgraffy View Post

We also have a FOX engineer confirming in this thread that it wasn't even shot in HD.

But probably shot with HD cameras, which can better utilize the 601 bandwidth.
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post #15 of 19
7/16/07 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by valleytvguy View Post

I have a 50" Panny and I think I know what HD is. Now maybe NYC didn't show it in HD, but in L.A. you now have 2 people saying it was in HD.

Sorry you can't believe us.

GO DODGERS


Only saw in-game highlights (and Bonds ABs) - definitely not HD... considering I could easily compare it to the actual HD broadcast of the Cubs/Astros game.
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post #16 of 19
7/16/07 at 11:25am
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Originally Posted by TVOD View Post

But probably shot with HD cameras, which can better utilize the 601 bandwidth.

Maybe so. Either way, it wasn't broadcast in HD.
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post #17 of 19
7/16/07 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by valleytvguy View Post

Now maybe NYC didn't show it in HD, but in L.A. you now have 2 people saying it was in HD.

I didn't see what LA had on the air, but I did see it from the SF FOX affiliate, and it was widescreen SD. Why would FOX produce the game in HD, but then only provide that to KTTV, giving everyone else SD?? KTTV gets FOX from the satellite feed as everyone else.
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post #18 of 19
7/16/07 at 6:26pm
At least now Fox is using component backhauls. The previous season's composite backhauls were very easy to identify as WS SD.
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post #19 of 19
7/16/07 at 6:57pm
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As the OP to this thread, let me clarify that this broadcast did look pretty good.
I was not implying that it looked to be HD quality, but I have seen some supposedly HD broadcasts look much worse than this.
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