[jerkieman]

The Jets games have never looked good in HD, I live in NYC and have HD for 2 years or so. I got the HR20 this week hoping that CBS in MPEG4 would change that, it didn't. If you look in the guide, it doesn't even had HD next to it. Am I the only one who sees this ?

 

[Twosted]

The Jets games have never looked good in HD, I live in NYC and have HD for 2 years or so. I got the HR20 this week hoping that CBS in MPEG4 would change that, it didn't. If you look in the guide, it doesn't even had HD next to it. Am I the only one who sees this ?

It is not being broadcast in HD. What you are seeing is an upconverted SD.

 

[jerkieman]

I dont understand this, why would CBS not broadcast the JETS game in HD ? Can some explain to me why ?

 

[Vinny]

I dont understand this, why would CBS not broadcast the JETS game in HD ? Can some explain to me why ?

Simple.....not enough equipment to handle all their games.

 

[scottinsturbridge]

They only have so many camera's to go around.

 

[Lowry666]

Some games are not broadcast in HD. I have been frustrated by that for the last 2 years. There's just some that they don't.

Lowry

 

[jerkieman]

This makes zero sense to me, NYC is the biggest city in the US, and they dont broadcast the Jets in HD ??

 

[Knepster]

CBS only does 3 games a week in HD. Just because you live in NY doesn't mean they will automatically put your game in HD. They pick the best matchups. NYJ vs Cleveland is pretty far down the list of good matchups this week.

 

[jerkieman]

CBS only does 3 games a week in HD. Just because you live in NY doesn't mean they will automatically put your game in HD. They pick the best matchups. NYJ vs Cleveland is pretty far down the list of good matchups this week.

Yeah i do agree with you that it is far down the list. I'm just surprised that CBS can only do 3 games a weeks in HD. I wish the Jets were on Fox.

 

[NFLnut]

Hopefully, the new sats will take care of that for next year. It is a bummer once you get used to watching a game in HD to have to watch it in SD! (I've only had HD for about a month and MAN have I gotten spoiled!)

The decisions as to which games will be in HD is based on interest and importance. If your team is having a less-than-stellar season and there are games which have better teams (especially as we get later in the season), regardless of size-of-market, that is how they decide.

I am also hoping that the quality of the picture improves once they have more sats available and they can reduce the amount of compression. Right now, sports from the HD locals in mpeg4 is pretty bad! The Sunday Ticket channels look pretty good though.

 

[Knepster]

The new sats won't have anything to do with this. This is a decision made by CBS, not DirecTV. Fox does every game in HD and DirecTV carries them all.

 

[ProfLonghair]

D* can't do anything about the way they played. My Browns had them whooped from start to finish, even if they were robbed on that last non-catch in the end zone (he so would have come down in bounds).

Oh, you mean picture quality?

 

[NFLnut]

You know, I didn't realize that FOX broadcasts all of their games in HD, and CBS is limited. I thought that they both picked and chose.

CBS needs to get with the program! They're not going to win an extension of their NFL contract if they aren't offering HD on all 6-8 games per week! The NFL will demand it. In fact, I'm surprised that their current contract doesn't require it. Besides, it's not as if they cannot afford to!

 

[jovac]

They lost to the Browns. Did you really want that in higher definition? Woof.

 

[baimo]

They lost to the Browns. Did you really want that in higher definition? Woof.

thats really low bro

 

[jovac]

Being a Browns fan. I don't get many opportunities to gloat. Nothing personal.

 

[Valutime20]

Being a Browns fan. I don't get many opportunities to gloat. Nothing personal.

I concur.

I do think Baker would have come down inbounds, but the Jets have been a surprise for far this season.

I know this is off the topic, but does anyone else think the Brows schedule is ridiculously hard?

 

[mazter]

Pat's fan here , All of there games are HD.

 

[jovac]

I concur.

I do think Baker would have come down inbounds, but the Jets have been a surprise for far this season.

I know this is off the topic, but does anyone else think the Brows schedule is ridiculously hard?

Unbelievably hard schedule. Oh well, we weren't going to the SB this year anyways but it was nice to see some decent offense for once...even in SD.

 

[bonscott87]

You know, I didn't realize that FOX broadcasts all of their games in HD, and CBS is limited. I thought that they both picked and chose.

CBS needs to get with the program! They're not going to win an extension of their NFL contract if they aren't offering HD on all 6-8 games per week! The NFL will demand it. In fact, I'm surprised that their current contract doesn't require it. Besides, it's not as if they cannot afford to!

Been that way for a couple years now.
Fox does *up to* 6 games a week in HD. Once in a while on non-bye weeks they may have 7 games so that 7th is not in HD (usually Arizona).

CBS only does 3 games a week.
Why? Because they don't have the equipment at the network to do more then 3 HD streams from the network at any one time. Fox's splicer system doesn't have that limitation. If you want more gory details then you'd ever want to know search the AVS forums from about 2-3 years ago and you'll get all the technical details.