NFL Sunday Ticket HD GameMix (was "HD Gamemix looks Awesome!")

[Hdhead]

On my 106" projector! 8- 24" games at in one!

[JACKIEGAGA]

On my 106" projector! 8- 24" games at in one!

Lets see pictures

[Crypter]

yea...even on my measly 65" 1080p HDTV it looks AWESOME!!

[bonscott87]

Looks fantastic even on my 43". Sweeet!

[Canis Lupus]

This is a HUGE improvement over the SD from last year. Looks great on my 50. Thank You DirecTV.

[joshjr]

I have to agree the gamemix channel looks awsome. Thank you DirecTV.

[zimm7778]

I have to agree the gamemix channel looks awsome. Thank you DirecTV.

I have a 30-something inch. All still too small.

[TheRatPatrol]

YES it does!! :grin:

I noticed you can rewind it too, but when you do, you lose the yellow box.

Yeah, pictures, we want pictures of that 106". :D

[glorman]

Heres a picture of my football heaven. The picture doesn't really do it justice!:)

[b00stedeg]

Looks amazing, I cant wait for the day when mlb and nba gamemix is in HD also

[LameLefty]

Looks fabulous on my measley 56" :p

[joshjr]

It does indeed on my 105" pj screen. all eight games are like 32", if I zoom out the bogus jets/dolphins and whatever is under it, i can get 6 games @ 37".

I have noticed here that when i move the yellow cursor from game to game the sound takes a good 5 or 6 seconds to sync up. Anyone else having this problem?!?
Im not the volume moves automatic for me.

[davemayo]

Heres a picture of my football heaven. The picture doesn't really do it justice!:)

Can I come over? My 60" seems so inadequate...:(

[TheRatPatrol]

Looks amazing, I cant wait for the day when mlb and nba gamemix is in HD also
And NHL too. :D (if we ever get one that is)

It does indeed on my 105" pj screen. all eight games are like 32", if I zoom out the bogus jets/dolphins and whatever is under it, i can get 6 games @ 37".
COOL :D

I have noticed here that when i move the yellow cursor from game to game the sound takes a good 5 or 6 seconds to sync up. Anyone else having this problem?!?
No issues here.

Anyone else notice the screen saver kick in?

[UCLABru1ns]

Im not the volume moves automatic for me.

+1 syncs up automatic on my end as soon as I move over the yellow box. Must be because you've got that gargantous screen LOL

[scuba_tim]

Looks great!!! I like using trick play on 8 channels at once (though audio gets stuck on which ever station you're on at the time).

[turbo_oasis]

The game mix look fabulous...this is a good sign of a great ST season :)

[TheRatPatrol]

Looks great!!! I like using trick play on 8 channels at once (though audio gets stuck on which ever station you're on at the time).
Yes, like I stated above, the yellow box goes away and you can't switch games.

So this channel would be good in a sports bar with a big or projection TV. :)

[glorman]

This is my first year with this. what happens later when there's only 4 games? do they have 4 larger windows?

Grant

ps davemayo, come on over!!

[fluffybear]

Heres a picture of my football heaven. The picture doesn't really do it justice!:)

Quite impressive!

[texasmoose]

In order to really take advantage of the HD game mix you better have bigger than a 40" screen otherwise you have to sit up really close. My other TV is 37" and is way too small. I have a 105" PJ screen which makes all 8 games effectively 32" each(when zoomed). I can drop(zoom), see attached image, the games on either left or right and the 6 remaining games will each almost be 40". Zooming in also gets rid of the cheezy filler @ the top/bottom of screen too. http://www.geocities.com/texas.moose/DTvHDmix.gif

[Greg Alsobrook]

Heres a picture of my football heaven. The picture doesn't really do it justice!:)

What are those weird looking square things on each side of your projector??? :lol:

J/K... You setup looks awesome! :)

How big is your screen?

[glorman]

That looks great! I'll have to try the zoom on my PJ.

[texasmoose]

That looks great! I'll have to try the zoom on my PJ.

How big is your PJ screen?

[glorman]

What are those weird looking square things on each side of your projector??? :lol:

J/K... You setup looks awesome! :)

How big is your screen?

Thanks

The screen in 98"

Those weird square things allow me to do my own mini game mix on Saturdays! :) Maybe someday I can upgrade them to rectangles.


texasmoose
Thanks for the zoom idea! I can put the six games on the pj, the other 3 on the regular tvs and all the screens are about the same size.

[VegasDen]

In this case...size does matter!!!!! :)

[DBSNewbie]

Maybe someday I can upgrade them to rectangles.




You'll get there. :)

As a big time sports nut, I went through a similar journey, myself.

Started off with two receivers and used PIP. Then got two SD TVs and placed them on the left and right. Eventually, replaced those two with a couple of HD LCDs. And now I got a 60" for the main TV and 5 40" LCDs all around.

http://www.dbstalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15534&d=1220814522

[Stealth87]

^^^^^^ OMG!!! That setup is awesome.

[glorman]

dbsnewbie, i bow to you. either you are single or have a very understanding wife!

[Greg Alsobrook]

DBSNewbie.... your setup makes me want to kick in the screen on my 60"... :lol: :D

Very cool stuff... keep the pics coming guys! I still wanna see a pic of the OP's 106"... :)

[tonyd79]

I can't try this right now because I am at a game but can't you force a reload of the interactive layer by hitting the guide and reselecting the channel? That should get the audio choice back but probably only on live TV, not back in the buffer.

[DBSNewbie]

dbsnewbie, i bow to you. either you are single or have a very understanding wife!

My wife and I had a deal. She decorated the Living Room, Dining Room, Bedrooms and Bathrooms. She even picked out the appliances for the Kitchen and takes 99.99% of the closet space. In exchange, I got to set up the Den any way I want. :)

[inkahauts]

My wife and I had a deal. She decorated the Living Room, Dining Room, Bedrooms and Bathrooms. She even picked out the appliances for the Kitchen and takes 99.99% of the closet space. In exchange, I got to set up the Den any way I want. :)

Smart man...

[UCLABru1ns]

DBSNewbie, I see you live here in LA too.. where exactly so I can come over and catch tomorrow's MNF double header? LOL

[vollmey]

I wonder if it's possible for Direct TV to change the eight games boxes to four.

That would be nice for the 4:00pm est games, there are rarely more than 4-5 games through the season.

Other than that, game mix in HD is very, very nice.

[Kdiddy]

Arrrgggg my game mix channel isnt working...just get a 771, searching for signal. the others work fine. and they reset the damn player tracker that i filled out a few days ago...

[Hdhead]

By popular demand - 106" of action! :D

[joshjr]

Now thats impressive!!!!

[KAL]

LOL and I thought I had it good with my 40 incher. its very humbling to see the setups of some of you gods.

[JACKIEGAGA]

Guys great pictures and nice setups for Sunday Football great job:goodjob:

[R8ders2K]

You'll get there. :)

As a big time sports nut, I went through a similar journey, myself.

Started off with two receivers and used PIP. Then got two SD TVs and placed them on the left and right. Eventually, replaced those two with a couple of HD LCDs. And now I got a 60" for the main TV and 5 40" LCDs all around.

OMG, indeed. You are definitely THE man and your wife/GF/SO is AWESOME for letting you have such a setup! :goodjob:

[R8ders2K]

By popular demand - 106" of action! :D

Out of curiosity, how big is each individual frame?

[R8ders2K]

Is anyone getting the GameMix is HD, now...?

[VegasDen]

Is anyone getting the GameMix is HD, now...?

Yepp... HD

[trilidar]

OK, apparently I'm an idiot.

What's the channel number, because I can't seem to find it?

Much thanks.
tril

Oh yeah and DBSNewbie: your setup's AWESOME.

[Hdhead]

Out of curiosity, how big is each individual frame?

About 2 feet wide, maybe a bit more.

[DBSNewbie]

... keep the pics coming guys! ...

I didn't take a picture of it earlier while Game Mix was actually up and running, but the new HD mix looks just as good on a small screen.

To give you guys an idea, here's how it looks on a PSP, which I use during bathroom breaks. :D :grin: :)

The attached photo doesn't really do it justice, though. The images of the eight games are really quite sharp.

http://www.dbstalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15538&d=1220832693

[R8ders2K]

About 2 feet wide, maybe a bit more.


Now, that's what I'm talking about... :D

[R8ders2K]

I didn't take a picture of it earlier while Game Mix was actually up and running, but the new HD mix looks just as good on a small screen.

To give you guys an idea, here's how it looks on a PSP, which I use during bathroom breaks. :D :grin: :)

The attached photo doesn't really do it justice, though. The images of the eight games are really quite sharp.

http://www.dbstalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15538&d=1220832693Okay, maybe I missed it, but how did you get the GameMix on your PSP...? And I thought I was the gadget guy. I yield my title... :D

[DBSNewbie]

Okay, maybe I missed it, but how did you get the GameMix on your PSP...? And I thought I was the gadget guy. I yield my title... :D

PSPs are also "Location Free" players (Sony's Wireless AV term). I have a Location Free Base Station/ transmitter hooked up to one of my D* receivers via component and I just simply assign that transmitter to the PSP. Similar to setting up a wireless router to a PC or other wireless device.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644479777

[R8ders2K]

PSPs are also "Location Free" players (Sony's Wireless AV term). I have a Location Free Base Station/ transmitter hooked up to one of my D* receivers via component and I just simply assign that transmitter to the PSP. Similar to setting up a wireless router to a PC or other wireless device.

Copy that, cool... :D

[spartanstew]

On my 106" projector! 8- 24" games at in one!

It didn't look to shabby on my 126" screen either. Only got to watch a couple of hours though (basically first 3/4 of the first games), as I spend most of my time on the weekends with the wife and kids. I did watch the last 30 minutes of the Chargers game in the living room after we got done shopping and the Mix looked just as impressive on the 65" screen.

[TheRatPatrol]

And don't you guys think the MPEG4 HD looks great too? :)

[Greg Alsobrook]

It didn't look to shabby on my 126" screen either.

:eek2:

[ccr1958]

i thought everything looked excellent....including supercast

[texasmoose]

And don't you guys think the MPEG4 HD looks great too? :)

MPEG 4 is looking really good, last year didnt look as crisp as this year's feed. Gr8 job D*:)

[dtv757]

yes the game mix and all the other channels this year look really good!!!

i saw that someone on page 2 posted his setup so here my lil NFL setup
its a lil improved from last year lol.

2007-
http://i16.tinypic.com/8fcavq0_th.jpg
http://i16.tinypic.com/8fcavq0.jpg

2008--
http://i34.tinypic.com/1zpscb8_th.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/1zpscb8.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2empehl_th.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2empehl.jpg

[spartanstew]

so here my lil NFL setup
its a lil improved from last year lol.


Dude, what's the living arrangement there. It's like a mix of teenager and grandma.

[dtv757]

^ yea you pretty much nailed it lol.

[jake14mw]

So they didn't change the Game Mix channel to show bigger pictures for the late games? That is annoying. I wish they would come up with 6 picture and 4 picture configurations, based on the number of games on. Maybe they will at least have a 4 game config for most of the year where there are no more than 4 late games at a time. Going from 8 to 4 would be a big difference, where I guess going from 8 to 6 would not be that big.

[bryanw3535]

So they didn't change the Game Mix channel to show bigger pictures for the late games? That is annoying. I wish they would come up with 6 picture and 4 picture configurations, based on the number of games on. Maybe they will at least have a 4 game config for most of the year where there are no more than 4 late games at a time. Going from 8 to 4 would be a big difference, where I guess going from 8 to 6 would not be that big.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Although the ideal would be to let the viewer choose between 2, 4, 6, or 8 games in any combination we want.

I liked on the Red Zone channel when they would show two games at once if two teams were about to score. That was about as small as I can take on my smaller 42" DLP.

The Gamemix was watchable, but on a 42" it's more of a novelty than something I could actually stand for an entire game.

[nitty316]

Heres a picture of my football heaven. The picture doesn't really do it justice!:)

I never post, but wanted to congratulate you on such a glorious setup. I have 5 different boxes and then brought down two TV's and hooked up a regular antenna. Watched 7 games yesterday and used my computer to follow the other 2. It was fantastic.

[nitty316]

Although the ideal would be to let the viewer choose between 2, 4, 6, or 8 games in any combination we want.

Totally agree here.

[DBSNewbie]

The new NFL HD Mix Channel makes all the other Mix Channels practically unwatchable.

Other than the obviously crisper image the HD feed brings, the wider aspect ratio of the individual game feeds allow the "scoreboards" to not block the actual broadcast footage and graphics.

Unlike the MLB Game Mix, for example, where graphic information, such as Batting Avg. (which is shown on the actual game broadcast when a batter comes up to the plate) is partially blocked (sometimes completely depending on which broadcast feed is shown) by the blue MLB Game Mix Banners for the bottom games, which shows the Outs, Inning, Base Runners, and Score. The MLB EI Channel numbers on the Mix Screen also get in the way.

Hopefully, we will soon have HD Feeds for MLB Game Mix, News Mix and Sports Mix. HD Feeds for all D* exclusive Major Sports Events (Golf, Tennis, Mega March Madness) will be nice, as well.

[DCSholtis]

Mega March Madness was all HD last year if I remember correctly.

[DBSNewbie]

Mega March Madness was all HD last year if I remember correctly.

Although the individual game channels were in HD for MMM, I think the Four-Game Mix Channel with the "other game scores" on the left hand side of the screen was in SD only. If I'm remembering incorrectly, I do apologize.

On a side note, for this year's Masters coverage, I think D* did have an HD feed of their Mix Channel. I hope that's a sign of what's to come for future Majors coverage.

[Ben_jd]

You'll get there. :)

As a big time sports nut, I went through a similar journey, myself.

Started off with two receivers and used PIP. Then got two SD TVs and placed them on the left and right. Eventually, replaced those two with a couple of HD LCDs. And now I got a 60" for the main TV and 5 40" LCDs all around.

So you have 12 tuners in the den? I'm guessing that there's not much you wish to record that gets conflicted out! Color me impressed (ie, envious).

[DBSNewbie]

So you have 12 tuners in the den? I'm guessing that there's not much you wish to record that gets conflicted out! Color me impressed (ie, envious).

Strangely enough, it is on the rare occasion that anything gets recorded on one of the den receivers. Programs that are recorded are usually done on the DVR in the Bedroom.

The DVRs in the den are used primarily for their Pausing and Rewinding capabilities, as we watch multiple sports programming on six different screens in the den, and will do a quick "instant replay" when a highlight-worthy play occurs on one of them.

[Hdhead]

Strangely enough, it is on the rare occasion that anything gets recorded on one of the den receivers. Programs that are recorded are usually done on the DVR in the Bedroom.

The DVRs in the den are used primarily for their Pausing and Rewinding capabilities, as we watch multiple sports programming on six different screens in the den, and will do a quick "instant replay" when a highlight-worthy play occurs on one of them.

By chance are you a Bookie? :grin:

[TheRatPatrol]

This weekend there are 8 early and 7 late games. Perfect for the game mix channel. :)

[spartanstew]

Not the greatest picture quality as I have a crappy camera, but here's how I watch the game mix in the theater. That's my 5 year old son standing there for some perspective.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/spartanstew/P1010043.jpg

[DBSNewbie]

Not the greatest picture quality as I have a crappy camera, but here's how I watch the game mix in the theater. That's my 5 year old son standing there for some perspective.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/spartanstew/P1010043.jpg

Very nice :)

It kind of reminds me of Marty, Jr. in the year 2015 watching TV in Back to the Future Part II, with all those channels bunched together on one big screen. :)

[TheRatPatrol]

HOLY BIG SCREEN TV BATMAN! :eek2:

[tcusta00]

Not the greatest picture quality as I have a crappy camera, but here's how I watch the game mix in the theater. That's my 5 year old son standing there for some perspective.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/spartanstew/P1010043.jpg

Down in front!!


Looks awesome, man.

[texasmoose]

Game Mix would be BETTER if it allowed us to pick which games populate the screen or a way to shuffle them around in an order that would allow us to "ZOOM" in from 8 to 6 or 4. Some of the games are so far gone it's not worth it to be in the mix. If I zoom in from 8 to 6 to 4, each toggle makes the individual games bigger. Many of us have "Zoom" capabilities and Directv needs to give us more "USER" friendly tools to maximize our viewing
experience that allows us to tailor this to meet our individual needs.

[texasmoose]

Zoom example.http://www.geocities.com/texas.moose/STNFLGM.gif

[Kavh]

I wish that they would put the second round of games in the middle of the screen rather than going across the top and then starting again. It would be alot easier to focus in if the games werre all in same area of the screen. Right now if I zoom my projector I see the red zone game two other games and a giants win sign. Why not have four of the five games currently being played in the middle of the screen.

[glorman]

I wish that they would put the second round of games in the middle of the screen rather than going across the top and then starting again. It would be alot easier to focus in if the games werre all in same area of the screen. Right now if I zoom my projector I see the red zone game two other games and a giants win sign. Why not have four of the five games currently being played in the middle of the screen.

Can your Pj only zoom to the center? On mine i can move around the zoomed area so that i had the sf/sea,atl/tb, mia/ari, and redzone.
You might want to check if there's a way to move it around. I had to figure out on mine that I have press the "pointer" button then move the cursor around
(or plug a mouse into the pj).

I do agree with you though it would be nice if they clustered them rather than running across the top.

Grant

[texasmoose]

Here's an example of what DTV should do for the later slot games. Photoshop edit is weak, but you will get the idea.
http://www.geocities.com/texas.moose/strythis.gif

[Kavh]

Here's an example of what DTV should do for the later slot games. Photoshop edit is weak, but you will get the idea.
http://www.geocities.com/texas.moose/strythis.gif

Exactly what should happen, I would only put red zone in a corner.

[tonyd79]

Last week, we discussed trickplay on the Mix channel and I have done some experimenting.

You need to exit out of the interactive layer, which will leave the last channel you had audio on as the only audio during trickplay, so pick the game you want to hear first.

You can perform all the trick play you want on the entire screen, with the audio you went into trick play being the audio track.

You can change the audio track in one of two ways:

1) At any time during trick play, use the yellow button and pick the audio track from the popup menu. The tracks are pretty obvious. 1 is the first box, 2 the second, etc. The yellow box will not come up but all tracks are buffered/recorded.

2) Reload the active layer (easiest way is to hit guide and then select to reselect the channel). The interactive layer will reload and you can pick whatever audio track you want. Of course, when you do this, trickplay is disabled. To reenable, hit exit again.

I used this a couple of times today. Pretty useful to catch what was going on in another box than the one you were listening to.

[TheRatPatrol]

What we need is DLB+PIP on the HR's, that way we could have watched the end of the SD/DEN game in one screen and SF/SEA in OT in the other screen side by side. :D

[kikkenit2]

What we need is DLB+PIP on the HR's, that way we could have watched the end of the SD/DEN game in one screen and SF/SEA in OT in the other screen side by side. :DWhat I need is to be able to previous(swap) between 2 recording games and also display the 50/50 split screen that our competitor has. Then you wouldn't miss dlb so much.
I dont trust the buffer because its too easy to accidentally erase.:p

[tonyd79]

What I need is to be able to previous(swap) between 2 recording games and also display the 50/50 split screen that our competitor has. Then you wouldn't miss dlb so much.
I dont trust the buffer because its too easy to accidentally erase.:p

I have that. Two DVRs and a Sony TV that does picture and picture.

[TheRatPatrol]

I have that. Two DVRs and a Sony TV that does picture and picture.
Does your TV do dual HD PIP pictures though? Mine doesn't.

[joshjr]

Gamemix would not switch to the game I was clicking on. The screen would go black and the audio would stay on the screen until the gamemix would repop up with the cursor again. Anyone else seeing this?

[joshjr]

It appears to be working now.

[texasmoose]

We paused the "GameMix" today, so my wife could dye her hair. When we hit resume/play and attempt to switch between games the audio takes about a minute to sink up. And now the Yellow highlighted box is nowhere to be found, and the game mix audio is stuck on the "Texan/Titan" game. My wife is getting ready to throw the remote she's so po'd. Also, If I hit the left arrow key it brings up the DTV 'guide', wtf?!?! Anyone know how to bring the Yellow highlighted edge box/cursor back on screen? At this rate we're gonna have to go back to Andrew Siciliano/RedZone Channel, at least until they work out the bugs on gamemix.

[joshjr]

I would of gueses that you would have problems with GameMix if you wanted to pause it for an extended time period. How would your DVR be able to have audio stored for stations you were not tuned to? In my opinion that is why you are stuck with the one audio. You had the cursor on that game I am guessing. I highly doubt that will ever change. Your asking for alot from a channel and a DVR.

[texasmoose]

I would of gueses that you would have problems with GameMix if you wanted to pause it for an extended time period. How would your DVR be able to have audio stored for stations you were not tuned to? In my opinion that is why you are stuck with the one audio. You had the cursor on that game I am guessing. I highly doubt that will ever change. Your asking for alot from a channel and a DVR.

We had it on the default game initially(top left corner), but we had limited success with 4 or 5 games over the first 10 minutes. But now it's locked on the HOU/TEN game. I kinda of figured it would be asking a bit much for it to buffer all that time on the gamemix channel.

We've since changed over to RedZone channel and back and the yellow cursor is back. Although, it still takes 3-5 seconds for the audio to sync up.

[texasmoose]

Can they move the Redzone and "Bucs Win" over to the far right please? So I can take advantage of my PJ zoom and concentr8 on just the active 6?!?!?!
Eventually they might replace the wasted square of "Bucs Win" with Fantasy Stats or something useful!

[TheRatPatrol]

Last week, we discussed trickplay on the Mix channel and I have done some experimenting.

You need to exit out of the interactive layer, which will leave the last channel you had audio on as the only audio during trickplay, so pick the game you want to hear first.

You can perform all the trick play you want on the entire screen, with the audio you went into trick play being the audio track.

You can change the audio track in one of two ways:

1) At any time during trick play, use the yellow button and pick the audio track from the popup menu. The tracks are pretty obvious. 1 is the first box, 2 the second, etc. The yellow box will not come up but all tracks are buffered/recorded.

2) Reload the active layer (easiest way is to hit guide and then select to reselect the channel). The interactive layer will reload and you can pick whatever audio track you want. Of course, when you do this, trickplay is disabled. To reenable, hit exit again.

I used this a couple of times today. Pretty useful to catch what was going on in another box than the one you were listening to.

We paused the "GameMix" today, so my wife could dye her hair. When we hit resume/play and attempt to switch between games the audio takes about a minute to sink up. And now the Yellow highlighted box is nowhere to be found, and the game mix audio is stuck on the "Texan/Titan" game. My wife is getting ready to throw the remote she's so po'd. Also, If I hit the left arrow key it brings up the DTV 'guide', wtf?!?! Anyone know how to bring the Yellow highlighted edge box/cursor back on screen? At this rate we're gonna have to go back to Andrew Siciliano/RedZone Channel, at least until they work out the bugs on gamemix.
Read above to see how to get restore things. It works, I tried it.

[texasmoose]

screen keeps going dim? not PJ related either. Once we hit previous channel, it goes back to default brightness right b4 previous channel comes online, then hit prev channel again and all is well. Anyone else getting dimming on gamemix?

[TheRatPatrol]

screen keeps going dim? not PJ related either. Once we hit previous channel, it goes back to default brightness right b4 previous channel comes online, then hit prev channel again and all is well. Anyone else getting dimming on gamemix?
The dimming is a screen saver function, I've had it happen too. I think it kicks on when you stay on one game for a certain amount of time.

[DBSNewbie]

The dimming is a screen saver function, I've had it happen too. I think it kicks on when you stay on one game for a certain amount of time.

Pressing the "Dash" button twice disables/enables the Screen Saver Mode for Game Mix.

[TheRatPatrol]

Pressing the "Dash" button twice disables/enables the Screen Saver Mode for Game Mix.
Yes it does, I forgot to mention that, thanks.

[texasmoose]

Where's the JAX-Lions game? It's not on today's NFL ST HD GameMix. They got RedZone in its place, ?????!?!?!?
It's not being broadcast on my local stations in DFW.

[jwt0001]

It was on. They just decided not to put it in the gamemix.

[jwt0001]

I noticed that the Carolina/Oakland game isn't in the game mix either. There's been a crawl stating that due to NFL restrictions they can't show it. Maybe it has to do with the game not being sold out, so home team viewers can't see the game. They are showing the Carolina/Oakland game on the regular channel.

I'm guessing that Detroit didn't sell out either.

[bonscott87]

Lions did not sell out.

[jwt0001]

Thanks.

It was in the NFL Schedule sticky that they can't show games in the Gamemix if the game doesn't sell out. As pointed out though, the games can still show up in the Red Zone channel and on the regular channel for out of market people.

[saleen351]

I don't use this channel as much because it has 2 major problems...

1. They don't use the whole screen!!! Come on! I have a 61" tv and there is simply too much wasted space. Even on my tv, the screens are way too small.

2. After games end, they keep the same 8 game boxes! Does this make sense? No.. If 4 games are on, go to 4 boxes!

3. Wish list, would be great to have a feature to build a channel with the games we want, like just 2 or more etc..

[colebert]

I agree that losing the unnecessary boxes once the games end would be nice.

There isn't any way I can see a Build Your Own Gamemix would work. You'd need a box with enough tuners for each game. Can't see D* ever making an 8 tuner box just for 6 hours one day seventeen days a year!

[ejohnson]

The problem I have with it is this: You're watching the mix channel and something exciting happens in one of the games, so you cursor to it and hit select to see that game full screen, and then the screen goes black for what seems like about 5 seconds. So you have missed the play completely on the mix channel and the full screen channel.

I have gotten where I use the red zone channel more, and flip around from there

[renbutler]

When watching the Game Mix HD channel on my new HR22, when I try to go to the channel with the yellow border, it defaults to the SD channel! That doesn't make any sense. It should go, for example, to 704-1, not 704.

Also, the yellow border takes up to 10 seconds to appear when you first go to 702-1, and when you move the border around, the audio lags for up to 5 seconds.

Did I get a bad receiver? I didn't see these problems on my recalled H20.

[saleen351]

The problem I have with it is this: You're watching the mix channel and something exciting happens in one of the games, so you cursor to it and hit select to see that game full screen, and then the screen goes black for what seems like about 5 seconds. So you have missed the play completely on the mix channel and the full screen channel.

I have gotten where I use the red zone channel more, and flip around from there

I tend to have 1 game on the flip with the RZC.... Selecting a game like you said blacks it out, whereas I know on the RZC I'll see it.

[saleen351]

When watching the Game Mix HD channel on my new HR22, when I try to go to the channel with the yellow border, it defaults to the SD channel! That doesn't make any sense. It should go, for example, to 704-1, not 704.

Also, the yellow border takes up to 10 seconds to appear when you first go to 702-1, and when you move the border around, the audio lags for up to 5 seconds.

Did I get a bad receiver? I didn't see these problems on my recalled H20.

I've had that happen on the election mix channel... Never on the GMC...

[tonyd79]

I don't know why they put the RZC on the Mix channel. Seems like a waste of space. If they are trying to get more games on when there are more than 7, then just rotate the Mix every once in a while or have an "other" screen on there rather than the RZC. Usually, there are two boxes showing the same thing with the RZC.

[texasmoose]

Much of the original's posters concerns have been stated previously in this original thread dedicated to NFL Sunday Ticket Game Mix HD & it's here:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=138879

[d max82]

I don't know why they put the RZC on the Mix channel. Seems like a waste of space. If they are trying to get more games on when there are more than 7, then just rotate the Mix every once in a while or have an "other" screen on there rather than the RZC. Usually, there are two boxes showing the same thing with the RZC.

I could be wrong but I believe that the RZC only shows up when there aren't eight game Directv can show.

In many cases there are more than eight games going on but because of blackouts they can't be put on the mix channel. These blackouts are most often caused by a non-sellout game.

[sacalait]

I've had that happen on the election mix channel... Never on the GMC...

The lag happens on my HR-21 every week. Sometimes up to 30 seconds before the yellow box comes up. And the audio does periodically drag behind as well.

However, the Election Mix Channel was flawless for me with both audio and the yellow box coming on almost instantly.

[sacalait]

I agree that losing the unnecessary boxes once the games end would be nice.

There isn't any way I can see a Build Your Own Gamemix would work. You'd need a box with enough tuners for each game. Can't see D* ever making an 8 tuner box just for 6 hours one day seventeen days a year!

8 Tuner Box

Great now I'm going to have to buy that Spaun 64 output multiswitch for $5000

:lol:

[Red Dog]

3. Wish list, would be great to have a feature to build a channel with the games we want, like just 2 or more etc..


This is my biggest wish for SF. Build-your-own 4-game mix channel utilizing the full screen.

As it stands now, with 3 receivers in my living room, I screen-split my 42" TV to one game (in HD) and RZC (in SD) with audio, and my 20" LCD to a 2nd game (in HD).