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08-29-06, 08:46 AM
What's Wrong With Tony Kornheiser In HDTV?
ESPN's Monday Night Football keeps the HD cameras a football field's distance away from the bearded commentator.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (August 28, 2006) -- ESPN's new High-Definition broadcast of Monday Night Football is a showcase for the technology.
Now in pre-season, MNF's high-def picture is sparkling, overflowing with details and clarity. From the ruddy cheeks of Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre to the white stitches of the football as it spirals down field, you feel like you're there as you watch the game.
ABC, ESPN's sister network, did a superlative job of broadcasting the game in HD for the last few years. But ESPN is matching it pixel for pixel. But now to the real question on the minds of MNF's HDTV viewers.
What's up with Tony Kornheiser?
While his fellow boothmen Mike Tirico and Joe Theismann get the full HD close-up during the show's opening minutes, the camera doesn't come within a zip code of Mr. K., The Washington Post columnist and ESPN personality who joined the broadcast this year in its debut season.
In fact, ESPN's high-def cameras are positioned so far away from the bearded commentator that it appears that he has obtained a restraining order against them. ...More @ TVPredictions.com (http://www.tvpredictions.com/)
The suits at ESPN must think Kornheiser has a face made for radio - or maybe a newspaper?
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ESPN's Monday Night Football keeps the HD cameras a football field's distance away from the bearded commentator.
By Phillip Swann
Washington, D.C. (August 28, 2006) -- ESPN's new High-Definition broadcast of Monday Night Football is a showcase for the technology.
Now in pre-season, MNF's high-def picture is sparkling, overflowing with details and clarity. From the ruddy cheeks of Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre to the white stitches of the football as it spirals down field, you feel like you're there as you watch the game.
ABC, ESPN's sister network, did a superlative job of broadcasting the game in HD for the last few years. But ESPN is matching it pixel for pixel. But now to the real question on the minds of MNF's HDTV viewers.
What's up with Tony Kornheiser?
While his fellow boothmen Mike Tirico and Joe Theismann get the full HD close-up during the show's opening minutes, the camera doesn't come within a zip code of Mr. K., The Washington Post columnist and ESPN personality who joined the broadcast this year in its debut season.
In fact, ESPN's high-def cameras are positioned so far away from the bearded commentator that it appears that he has obtained a restraining order against them. ...More @ TVPredictions.com (http://www.tvpredictions.com/)
The suits at ESPN must think Kornheiser has a face made for radio - or maybe a newspaper?
.
.