Cardinals denied again (No HD broadcast)

[Vito]

Just like last year:
I buy all this equipment, pay for Sunady Ticket and Superfan (which Direct TV) did refund after I complained last year, and today they list all the NFL games and what HD channel they will be on.

And the Cardinals are one of the only games to be braodcast in Standard Definition. Of course I am going to call and complain.

Good luck today Cardinals and their fans..

 

[SeattleCard]

Yeah, ticks me off too, Vito. Cards always get ripped off. Stupid DTv.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

that's odd because the local broadcast is in HD

 

[gusmahler]

Only 9 of the Sunday Ticket games are in HD. I assume it's because of bandwidth issues on the satellites.

 

[Vito]

I called DTV to complain, they tell me it's the NFL, then I watch the last few sseconds of the Cowturd's game. It ends and they switch to the Card game which is in HD!!!. Those lying bastiges at Direct TV!

 

[Lloydian]

It is not due to bandwidth issues. All games that are produced in HD are provided by DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket in HD. And as was stated above, the game was not in HD (not even what you saw in the Dallas-Jacksonville broadcast).

It is not due to the NFL. While the NFL owns the rights to the games, they cannot insist upon HD production by the originating network.

It is entirely due to the fact that Fox does six games in HD, CBS does even less (though the count is not always consistent). If you watch the game over the air on the digital channel, however, all Fox games are presented in widescreen format even when not in HD. CBS games that do not get the HD treatment are presented in 4:3 ratio, even on digital channels.

If you want to complain, send your complaint to CBS and Fox Sports.

 

[Derm]

I called DTV to complain, they tell me it's the NFL, then I watch the last few sseconds of the Cowturd's game. It ends and they switch to the Card game which is in HD!!!. Those lying bastiges at Direct TV!

Note to Vito: go to the game - it's in HD all the time

 

[Rats]

Note to Vito: go to the game - it's in HD all the time

It was in High Def at my tailgate

 

[Mike Olbinski]

that's odd because the local broadcast is in HD

That wasn't HD, it was Fox Upconverting...

If you can't tell the difference between what the Cards game was, and what real HD is, you need a better TV, or just not have HD at all

Mike

 

[Mike Olbinski]

I called DTV to complain, they tell me it's the NFL, then I watch the last few sseconds of the Cowturd's game. It ends and they switch to the Card game which is in HD!!!. Those lying bastiges at Direct TV!

Again, the gamee was not in HD.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

It is not due to bandwidth issues. All games that are produced in HD are provided by DirecTV and NFL Sunday Ticket in HD. And as was stated above, the game was not in HD (not even what you saw in the Dallas-Jacksonville broadcast).

It is not due to the NFL. While the NFL owns the rights to the games, they cannot insist upon HD production by the originating network.

It is entirely due to the fact that Fox does six games in HD, CBS does even less (though the count is not always consistent). If you watch the game over the air on the digital channel, however, all Fox games are presented in widescreen format even when not in HD. CBS games that do not get the HD treatment are presented in 4:3 ratio, even on digital channels.

If you want to complain, send your complaint to CBS and Fox Sports.

Exactly, well said.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

it looked a lot better than the feed I was was getting from the non-high def games on the ticket (i used an off air atenna to pick up the local fox broadcast)

was also 100x better than the analog broadcast below it

the picture looked great - so if all they did was upconvert then that's great - because it looked much better than the stuff that wasn't and even if it wasn't true HD - it looked pretty dang close