how did you watch the Super Bowl?

[Carl Spock]

There seemed to be a lot of different ways to receive Super Bowl XLII. How did you get it the best?

[Drew2k]

"how did you watch the Super Bowl?"

I watched it with my eyes. :)


Watching on my DIRECTV HR20-700 tuned to WNYW-Fox 5 MPEG4 HD. :)

And I was very happy :D :D :D

[bidger]

Recorded on both HD DVRs and watched buffered. Adjusted the padding to 1 1/2 hrs after initially padding for 3 hours.

Way to go Big Blue! BEST SUPER BOWL EVER!!!

ETA: I recorded it on ch. 88 on both DVRs, I had no idea about ch. 700/701.

[Carl Spock]

For me, it was OTA. My local Fox station just turned on to HDTV. They had been broadcasting in SD up through Tuesday. The flicked the switch that night. And I have to say their new equipment looked magnificent. It was a phenominal picture with no glitches or problems.

Way to go, Fox 25/48 La Crosse/Eau Claire! :)

[houskamp]

force of habit.. OTA.. but did check sat HD, looked fine too..

[Michael D'Angelo]

I was at a party so I had to watch it on Comcrap but I will give them a little credit for once. The PQ was very good.

[Grydlok]

OTA all the way, GREAT SUPERBOWL.

[dettxw]

Recorded OTA KOKH but generally watched in real time with no issues.
Sound was louder on 701 but can't say if it was necessarily better.

[lwilli201]

Watched the game on 88, but it was also on my HD LIL. The picture was a little better on 88. I could have also watched it on 701.

[pprather]

i watched using 701. My local fox station had some horrible video stutter for some reason, but i will say my fox feed had a more vibrant picture but the video stutter was too much.

[PoitNarf]

OTA broadcast directly from the Empire State Building :D

Although I did have the MPEG4 WNYW recording at the same time... just in case :)

[Car1181]

Was lucky enough to watch my Giants win on my NY local in HD. Thanks D*!!

[hdtvfan0001]

I voted other. I set my DVR's to record it (LIL Fox), and then just played the last 2 minutes to find out who won.

I'll go back and watch the commercials after HOUSE is over. As far as the game....no skin in it for either team.

[CJTE]

I watched on KVVU HD 5 and 701
HR20-700/H21

[Thaedron]

OTA and HD LiL were great as was channel 701. I recorded my local Fox 9 HD via Sat and watched on a slight delay. Thus, I voted HD LiL.

[vbush]

D* 700 (SD) had much better picture than LIL Fox SD. Despite having HD I was unable to access D* 701. My DMA has HD LIL but Fox hasn't agreed to allow D* to retransmit.

[Tom Robertson]

I watched OTA but I don't know for certain that was the best picture. It usually is very good.

Cheers,
Tom

[Sharkie_Fan]

I don't know if OTA was the best, but that's how I watched it. I didn't really think about watching it on any of the other channels - I just watched the local feed...

[Newshawk]

I watched it on HD LiL but bounced back and forth between the Big Game and SciFi Channel's Enterprise marathon. Thank God for SLB and the recording workaround.

[Swede]

OTA with the tuner in my TV. Great picture.

[4yanx]

Local Fox HD, via D*. Magnificent picture. Recall telling my son how lucky he is to have grown up in a time when the clarity of big time events is so damn good. Sure wish I'd have had something even close when I used to skip school to watch daytime World Series games. ;) :mad:

[EXTREMUM]

HR21-700 - flawless picture and sound.

[akhicks]

ota running thru a 622 hooked to a 37" olevai hdmi awesome picture quality!!:p
great 4th quarter!

[DCSholtis]

LiL HD then flipped on Channel 88/Fox 5 for the Giants postgame stuff since I get that channel as well as part of my package.

[phat78boy]

There is no option for "at the game". lol

[BJM]

I wish I had known about 701. Lotsa pixelation.

[Mike Bertelson]

LiL Fox channel. Good thing it wasn't on local ABC. It's a Lin station.

Mike

[finaldiet]

FoxHD32. Picture was great. Even though I don't care for either team, I picked NY to win. Everyone I kanow were picking NE. Good game.

[krock918316]

Normally would have watched it OTA, but our local Fox was off the air. Thank goodness for 701!

[Carl Spock]

There is no option for "at the game". lol
Was it in HD?

[finaldiet]

FoxHD32. Picture was great. Even though I don't care for either team, I picked NY to win. Everyone I kanow were picking NE. Good game.

I forgot to mention that I picked Ny to win even though NE Rodney Harrison attended our church. Sorry Rodney!

[FHSPSU67]

OTA because I didn't know about Ch 701 until this morning. I don't get HD LIL's.

[Upstream]

OTA HD would have given me the best picture.

But I still watched the game on SD cable at a friends house because that's where the food and beer were.

[JACKIEGAGA]

I was at a friends house so it was cable for me

[L2BENGTREK]

I watched OTA thru the HR20. Switched back and forth a couple of times with the DirecTV local....Colors seemed to have a little more punch. FOX is my favorite for HD anyway. FOX's HD just seems like POW! when you compare it to NBC or CBS...It's probably just me.

Very cool about channel 701 though....didn't know about that until this AM either. Good looking out DirecTV!

WAY TO GO GIANTS! Was laughing for an hour after it was over! Maybe Eli will give Tom a ride in his new Escalade!

[ub1934]

Used Ch. 88 ,audio was better then lil ch 5 WNYW NY :)

[tfederov]

I stated other. I started with LIL HD but the pic was having pixelation issues during some of the commercials so I flipped to 701.

[mhayes70]

I watched it via HD LIL Fox 2. Had minor audio dropouts and pixelation.

[Matt9876]

HD LIL Fox43 Awesome Quality !! :)

Thanks DirecTV !!!

[DBSNewbie]

Los Angeles OTA Channel 11-1 on the Center TV. (Best Picture)

D* Channel 701 on Left TV (To see differences in quality and to see if NY Local Channel would show different commercials. From time to time, they would. As far as PQ, color was a little saturated and seemed too "red")

D* Channel 212 on Right TV (For up to the second Stats)

I also switched from D* LiL and DNS 89 to check out their PQ but decided to go with OTA feed.

[jefbal99]

Most was OTA WSYM-HD, but I watched on 701 for the MPEG4 HD. Wanted to see a good HD Local feed and it was a bit more compressed than my MPEG2 OTA feed.

I didn't notice the swimming grass as much locally as I did from the 701 feed when on the 50yd cam

[redrocker]

buzzsaw was back so I watched OTA

[shollowa74]

I watched it on 88 via my HR20-700.

Fox 4 in Dallas on LiL was horrible for some reason, anyone else?

[gfrang]

Ota to tv because i had 2 recordings on dvr going on.

[phat78boy]

Was it in HD?

Other is good option I suppose.

[badhabit2112]

Fox 19 (Cincinnati) had a crappy picture - the HD looked more like a "movie" than a live event. I then tuned into 701 - the picture there was much better.

HR20-100 - I don't have an OTA antenna installed, so everything I get is spot beamed.

[deweybroncos]

It it wasn't for 701 it would have been plain old SD for me! Thanks Directv!

[dms1]

I was going to vote, but couldn't because there isn't a category for "Didn't watch it / don't care / don't know what a Superbowl is".

[bidger]

That admission is the kind of thing that will get you kicked out of Texas.

[Maruuk]

Blurrily, in 720p Fuzz-o-vision thanks to Fox. No matter how hard I squinted, I was still down a million or two pixels from 1080i. I call that "Extended Definition" at best. You guys with 720p sets, sorry...never mind. Enjoy.

[Canis Lupus]

I watched it with a big smile on my face. :grin:

And OTA. It looked great.

[randyk47]

Started and stayed with HD LIL. Sometimes OTA works better but I didn't watch every minute of the game so if there were problems I didn't see any so never switched over to any other channel. Might say I didn't have a personal favorite, neither team is on my "must watch" list, but perfectly happen with outcome. Fourth quarter was pretty interesting but that's the quarter I caught the most of after wrapping up a house project.

[jgriffin7]

My 'other' vote is sort of a 'none' vote. That is, for me in the Dallas area, the local Fox affiliate had a lot of pixelation and audio cutout. The behavior was the same on my HR10-250 via OTA, and on my HR20-700 via LIL.

[Jackson Gary]

Watched the Super Bowl on Channel 88. OTA & SD or HD Locals are not an option in my area in WV. Picture quality was excellent. Thank goodness it was not broadcast by NBC as I cannot get a waiver for the NBC HD DNS feed.

[Radio Enginerd]

Watched our HD LIL affiliate on packfan909''s HR21-700.

Had terrible encoding errors throughout the game. Both macro blocking and the audio woodpecker effect. Not the best viewing experience.

Affiliate:
Fox 40 KTXL
Sacramento, CA

[n3ntj]

We need to be able to choose more than 1 option. I watched part of the game OTA, part on my local HD LIL, and part of it on 701 just to compare how each looked regarding PQ. All 3 looked great in beautiful HD.

[highheater]

This poll conflicts with all those reports that nobody uses OTA anyway ... Still the best way to get the best picture

[TBoneit]

Yup Fox Channel 5 NYC Looked good. Via Basic Cable QAM TV. For Backup, and sub channels, and of course for the Other HD NYC Channels Plus NJN.

[sdicomp]

WHBQ FOX 13 Memphis....I knew nothing about 701 until today. Would have checked it out if I did. Memphis local 13 had some issues...not unwatchable, but could have been better.

[SDizzle]

There is no option for "at the game". lol

Plus ALL your travel expenses:lol: :lol: The hotel stay must have killed you:lol:

[SDizzle]

Watched our HD LIL affiliate on packfan909''s HR21-700.

Had terrible encoding errors throughout the game. Both macro blocking and the audio woodpecker effect. Not the best viewing experience.

Affiliate:
Fox 40 KTXL
Sacramento, CA

Interesting.....I didn't notice any issues until it was in the 4th quarter? But, I will agree, Fox40 has issues quite often during primetime shows:nono2:

[bobnielsen]

I watched it mainly on the Seattle LiL, but when I checked out ch. 701 it looked equally good.

[phat78boy]

Plus ALL your travel expenses:lol: :lol: The hotel stay must have killed you:lol:

I live in Phoenix, so that made it an easy choice for me. What a great Superbowl to have happen the year your city gets the game.

[armophob]

I am in the 2% who did not watch it.

[PicaKing]

So--I pay all this money for Directv, I have a beautiful plasma tv, and where was I? In Miami watching the game at my daughters apartment at college. She has Comcast (comes free with the apartment). Man was that picture lousy. Still had fun with the kids--but I did miss my Directv!!

[SDizzle]

I live in Phoenix, so that made it an easy choice for me. What a great Superbowl to have happen the year your city gets the game.

I know you do.....thus why I made the statement:lol: I have family there, so had I chose to go, I could have saved some travel expenses as well.. And yes, what a great game to see in person!!!!!!

[chunkysoup]

other I didn't watch it.

[fineware]

There's only one way to watch the Giants bash Pretty-boy Tom Brady on Fox:
via WNYW (Ch 5 in NYC) on DirecTV ch 701, of course!


BTW: Since when is Ernie Anastos on channel 5?

[jazzyd971fm]

I watched it via HD LIL Fox 2. Had minor audio dropouts and pixelation.

+1

[cbeckner80]

Hate pro football. didn't watch it.:D

[Keeska]

What's a "super Bowl"? :-)

Seriously my wife and I have zero interest in it and did not watch.

[Radio Enginerd]

Interesting.....I didn't notice any issues until it was in the 4th quarter? But, I will agree, Fox40 has issues quite often during primetime shows:nono2: Ok, the Italian in me may have over exaggerated. I only watched the 4th quarter. :sure:

I was playing poker during the earlier part of the game and assumed the encoding issues continued throughout.

[spartanstew]

Don't know.

Whatever they had at Mandalay Bay.

[cover]

This poll conflicts with all those reports that nobody uses OTA anyway ... Still the best way to get the best picture

Well said.

[chrisexv6]

Watched first half OTA and second half MPEG4 local. They both looked excellent, but Im always partial to the OTA signal (OTA running on a 65" vs MPEG4 on a 37", so if it looks good on the 65 OTA is definitely better).

I really REALLY liked the outcome :)

-Chris

[TBoneit]

There's only one way to watch the Giants bash Pretty-boy Tom Brady on Fox:
via WNYW (Ch 5 in NYC) on DirecTV ch 701, of course!


BTW: Since when is Ernie Anastos on channel 5?

Hmmm... I didn't catch that. I did see him, I don't usually watch channel 9 or 11 or 5 news... Wasn't he on WWOR before?

[Dr_J]

OTA. Had no choice with the local Fox station owned by LIN. If I had known about channel 701, would have went with that so I wouldn't have to watch the LIN station promos.

[Italfra1]

Absolute flawless picture on KTVU Ch. 2 HD Bay Area. Perfect lip sync, no picture break up or audio dropouts. I couldn't of been happier and I'm a New Yorker who loved every second of seeing Brady on his ass most of the game. Yeah, baby.

[MikeR7]

On the edge of my seat. It was the best ever. :lol:

I can't believe the Vikings beat the Gnats 41-7. Manning was awful that day. Who would have thought after that game that he would be Super Bowl MVP! :lol:

[phat78boy]

I know you do.....thus why I made the statement:lol: I have family there, so had I chose to go, I could have saved some travel expenses as well.. And yes, what a great game to see in person!!!!!!

Missed that...my bad. :D

[fineware]

Hmmm... I didn't catch that. I did see him, I don't usually watch channel 9 or 11 or 5 news... Wasn't he on WWOR before?

After the game, WNYW went into their evening news for about 10 minutes before DirecTV shut down 701.

Going back about 20 years: I remember Ernie Anastos on channel 7 with Katy Tong, after Bill Beutel and Roger Grimsby finally retired (and long after Tex Antoine got kicked off the air for a non-PC remark after a rape story). Channel 9 really had nobody notable, except for Lloyd Lindsey Young doing loud obnoxious weather forecasts before/after Mets games. Closest thing channel 11 ever having to a news team at the time was a burning log on Christmas. Besides Scooter, Frank Messer, and Bill White announcing Yankee games.

[sumguyinfl18]

I watched it on Canal Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans. Couldn't have been better; beer, mardi gras parade and super bowl projected onto the side of the Marriot Hotel and loudspeakers set up for sound.
But if I was at home it would have been on 701. :)

[TBoneit]

Well I was watching Fox on NYC locals being in that area. I seem to recall that after the game it wasn't so much a news broadcast as they then moved on to House and then the much delayed 10PM News.

I must be getting old I remember all those names fineware mentioned. I even remember taking the bus to the Port Authority and then catching the subway to the World Fair which was where Shea Stadium is now. The Big stainless steel globe near Shea was put there for the fair as I remember it.

Of course that was then.

[ActiveHDdave]

Watched at a friends party. He has 3 HD TVs on the Dish network and none are in HD. Meanwhile I have both the HD TV and the D* HD service. Go figure.

[Jaysv]

Our local Fox affiliate (WYDO) barfed (atmospheric conditions interfered with microwave transmission or something like that) during the Superbowl, luckily someone tipped me of the channel 701, I know other Directv customers who suffered needlessly.

[EXTREMUM]

Watched at a friends party. He has 3 HD TVs on the Dish network and none are in HD. Meanwhile I have both the HD TV and the D* HD service. Go figure.


ohthatsux

[curt8403]

I did not get a chance to watch, I was too busy

[jasonblair]

There is also no option for "hung over"

[EXTACAMO]

OTA FOX WFXV in Utica,NY. They did a awsome job. No problems what so ever. :D

[Upstream]

I even remember taking the bus to the Port Authority and then catching the subway to the World Fair which was where Shea Stadium is now.

Pretty soon Shea Stadium won't be there anymore. But the Unisphere still will.

[pogo]

There seemed to be a lot of different ways to receive Super Bowl XLII. How did you get it the best?Indeed there were. I used OTA. Since I only watched it once, and only from one source, how could I answer the question? Was the poll "How did I watch the SuperBowl?" or "Which source was best?". I have to confess to being easily confused -- especially by the confused.

[bigpuma]

I voted other because I watched it in Hawaii on vacation at a resort which I believe used DISH Net.

[terryfoster]

Fox 19 (Cincinnati) had a crappy picture - the HD looked more like a "movie" than a live event. I then tuned into 701 - the picture there was much better.

HR20-100 - I don't have an OTA antenna installed, so everything I get is spot beamed.

D* had an encoding problem with WXIX-DT (Fox 19). WXIX-DT looked EXCELENT through my HR20 from the OTA source.