Re: Why does Fox HD for sports look like crap?

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Really? Maybe try calling your cable provider, could be alot of people were complaining in my market and they fixed the feed somehow because I doubt Fox uses cheaper hidef cameras and thier TV show look great. It's been 2 weeks in a row it's improved.

[kehlis]

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Really? Maybe try calling your cable provider, could be alot of people were complaining in my market and they fixed the feed somehow because I doubt Fox uses cheaper hidef cameras and thier TV show look great. It's been 2 weeks in a row it's improved.

Hmm, maybe I'm just making things up (wouldn't put it past me lol) but I have always found their TV shows to seem staticy (best word I could use to describe it), especially shows that have a lot of dark scenes such as 24.

I've had two different providers in the past two years though and it seems the same to me, so maybe I am just imagining things.

[p_rushing]

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For me the Steelers-Vikings feed left much to be desired.

This week was the first in a while that I've watched a FOX game and it was horrible. I watched both on DTV and OTA.

The weekly shows look fine and baseball hasn't been that bad.

[Bellsprout]

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Video: I actually prefer Fox. I think it looks the best on our Sony 1080p 120 hz TV. CBS and NBC tend to get pixely when things get really fast, Fox stays nice and smooth. The only problem that I have is the once or twice a game we lose picture for a couple seconds.

Audio: CBS rules. Watching with a Sony 1000 watt 5.1 system and it's fantastic. The sub actually kicks in whenever there's a stat transition because of the super loud "woooosh" noise that CBS uses. As far as Fox and NBC, I think their commentary is set too low. Too much crowd noise.

No ESPNHD yet, as we just got the TV and haven't ordered the Dish Net HD receivers yet, so I can't judge that. Though ABCHD, which i'm assuming is the same, looked decent for the 4 seconds I watched NASCAR before getting bored. I'll wait until NBA season to really judge them.

[ehh]

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Fox is fine for me, ABC HD is absolutely HORRIBLE in my city. ESPNHD is only slightly better than ABC's HD which makes no sense since it should be the same hardware, no?

For me, best to worst...

1. NBC (SNF is stunning)
2. YES (Yanks/Nets games are amazing)
3. CBS
4. Fox

5. ESPN




6. ABC

[jgarcia]

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I just got Comcast about a month or so ago, anyway why does it say on my TV it is only coming in in 480? My new HDTV is 1080. Is there a different cable I should buy to run from my HD Receiver to my TV??? They gave me a HD cable but i think it looks like crap!

I had this problem also. They dont provide you with an hdmi cable (which they should) or even tell you about it, but yeah the port is there for it in the back. You will be amazed full picture big difference. HDMI cable

[KG]

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I think the NBC Sunday Night fball telecast is the best looking one on my TV. Colors are vibrant and not dull like Fox.

I just hate CBS's presentation, so boring.

[justamush]

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I think NBC SNF is the best, with the NFL network games 2nd.

CBS and ESPN are also good for me, and I think Fox is the worst of the bunch.

[koebner]

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Oddly,the regional FSN stuff looks better than the main Fox network broadcasts.

Don't forget,your local affiliate plays a big part in how a given network will look,whether OTA,cable or satellite.

For example,the CBS affiliate here multicasts three channels in the given bandwidth for the network feed.They run CBS,the CW and a weather radar.
To do this,they down-res CBS to 720p.The HD is bit-starved.

The only network affiliate here that doesn't multicast is the NBC one,and the picture quality is outstanding.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I use to like Fox a lot with the NFL but I watch CBS more for Bengals games. CBS NFL broadcasts are boring though, just the presentation and overlays. I love the CBS pregame show and Gus Johnson but I dont know something about CBS and football doesnt get me pumped up for the game like it does in college basketball.