NBC Olympic PQ?

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chuckflarhu

Discussion Starter · Aug 10, 2008

How has everyones HD olympic experience been?

Lately my local RSN and WGN in HD have been terrible with artifacts. Especially when there is a lot of movement.

Now it appears the olympics are the same. (the basketball game right now is making me nuts|)

Does anyone else have a problem, or do I need to start jacking with all my settings again?

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moman19

· #2 · Aug 10, 2008

I noticed that Fox Midwest looked awful the other day. Macroblocking all over the place during a Cardinals game. No clue why. But NBC looks pretty good from here in St. Louis as I watch the BB game.

One of the best barometers of HD compression artifacts is water. Look at the splashes during swimming and diving events. I think it looks quite nice coming all the way from the other side of the planet.

WebTraveler

· #3 · Aug 10, 2008

PQ has been excellent overall, except on MSNBC with its standard definition. Right now we have water polo on MSNBC and infomercials on CNBC HD, what a waste to be honest.

With all these additions of HD channels, do we get MSNBC HD sometime soon?

blooker68

· #4 · Aug 10, 2008

Mucho el stinko PQ most of the time.

Chan 105 (USA HD)really stinks at the moment.

Teran

· #5 · Aug 10, 2008

PQ is pretty bad. Even OTA, using two different tuners and signal level of 98 I am getting a lot of compression artifacts. I am a little surprised that NBC is broadcasting sports in 1080i instead of 720p. Motion tears suck.

davring

· #6 · Aug 10, 2008

It is not perfect, but from 12,000 miles away, I think it looks grand

chuckflarhu

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 10, 2008

I understand and appreciate the distance parameters. I was more trying to gauge if there was an issue on my end or if it was widespread.

Thanks.

Nick

· #8 · Aug 10, 2008

The Olympics in HD on both Dish & Comcast have been
excellent across the board, but I give the edge to Comcast.

JM Anthony

· #9 · Aug 10, 2008

Spectacular from my perspective. My wife who usually doesn't notice PQ that much commented how great the Olympics looked.

John

bnewt

· #10 · Aug 10, 2008

saw some of the Olympics on Direct today, during the USA/China basketball game, not as crisp as I expected

HobbyTalk

· #11 · Aug 10, 2008

Can't remember what event I was watching on NBC last night but I noticed it in the background on fast scans. If I can see it on a 42" 720p set, can't imagine what it looks like on a 55"+ 1080 set.

blooker68

· #12 · Aug 10, 2008

It might be venue related. The trap shooting was crummy SD looking, but the swimming was razor sharp.

davring

· #13 · Aug 10, 2008

I'll bet NBC had to beg, borrow and steal to get enough equipment to cover this event, there is alot of different pieces thay are using. It does vary alot by venue.

Jason Nipp

· #14 · Aug 10, 2008

I rate the PQ I am getting off NBC top notch. I think it maybe the best I have seen off NBC yet.

Too bad NBC can't repeat the PQ on a daily basis.

jpeckinp

· #15 · Aug 10, 2008

From what I have watched on the HD Olympic stations they have looked fine.

Now as for the Youtube RSN's that is just plain pain on the eyes.

bnewt

· #16 · Aug 11, 2008

locally, can't get the Olympics in HD from the NBC affiliate

WuInfinite

· #17 · Aug 11, 2008

picture quality has been great in my opinion, I have noticed specially on NBC that they will lose the HD signal from time to time, and then get it back, I don't know if it happened any were else but the piece they did on china before the opening ceremonies began were not in HD, I was really upset, but after the first commercial break the HD was back, but damn I was recording the event, and to have the whole opening piece not in HD was kinda lame, I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with dish but NBC itself.

HobbyTalk

· #18 · Aug 11, 2008

WuInfinite said:
picture quality has been great in my opinion, I have noticed specially on NBC that they will lose the HD signal from time to time, and then get it back, I don't know if it happened any were else but the piece they did on china before the opening ceremonies began were not in HD, I was really upset, but after the first commercial break the HD was back, but damn I was recording the event, and to have the whole opening piece not in HD was kinda lame, I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with dish but NBC itself.

I would suspect it is your local affiliate as I did not see that.

tcatdbs

· #19 · Aug 11, 2008

Also a vote for great from me. I'd say close to 1080p quality on my 50" Plasma. Most events as good as the best HD movie channel, except Soccer which has a lot of haze, which is a weather condition not really related to "Dish PQ".

kal915

· #20 · Aug 11, 2008

Jason Nipp said:
I rate the PQ I am getting off NBC top notch. I think it maybe the best I have seen off NBC yet.

Too bad NBC can't repeat the PQ on a daily basis.

It is the top PQ I've seen from NBC

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