[bsaitz]

The NLCS was excellent last night. The ratio wasn't a full 16x9, but the picture was stunning.


In fact it Tim McCarver a bad - he didn't look so good in HD. oh well.


fox finally gets rid of the dreck they had been slinging as "hd"

 

[Kipp Jones]

What was so stunning about 480? I thought the game looked terrible.

 

[Wilson-Flyer]

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Originally posted by kippjones What was so stunning about 480? I thought the game looked terrible.

LOL

 

[Michael Mullis]

I listened to it on the radio. I am refusing to watch it.

 

[bmello]

It wasn't 16:9, 480p in Atlanta.

 

[Ken H]

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The NLCS was excellent last night. The ratio wasn't a full 16x9, but the picture was stunning. fox finally gets rid of the dreck they had been slinging as "hd" [/b]

What I saw last night was the same as every other DTV Fox Sports broadcast: 480i upconverted to 480p, a pseudo 14:9 AR stretched, SD image. IMHO, the word excellent does not apply here at all.


I get a better image by upconverting the analog NTSC image, at least it's the correct AR.


There is no comparison between Fox Sports and CBS or HDNet native HDTV sports broadcasts, none.


Fox does not make any claim regarding HDTV. Publicly, they steadfastly insist 480p is more that good enough for the American consumer.


What may have happened, is that your local Fox station improved their upconversion.

 

[Kipp Jones]

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Originally posted by Michael Mullis I listened to it on the radio. I am refusing to watch it.

I bet it looked better on the radio compaired to Fox's broadcast!

 

[vruiz]

I think I have an idea of what he's talking about. The local NYC Fox station finally got their signal fixed and broadcast the game in native 480p 4:3 video, with no upconversion involved. Previously all sporting events had been done in that atrocious 14:9 stretched upconverted mode. For the first time since they went on the air, the digital broadcast looked better than the analog one. However, I still wouldn't call it excellent or stunning. It was just a typical SDTV picture.


HDTV is stunning!

 

[bsaitz]

ok, so maybe it was just a vast improvement.. or my TV is reallllly good