Was Sunday's Reds Game In HDTV?
Several of you have asked why Sunday's Reds-Pirates game from Pittsburgh was not in HDTV, as scheduled by Fox Sports Net Ohio, and if it was a Time Warner problem.
So here's the answer to the question from Steve Pawlowski, FSNO spokesman in Cleveland -- though I'm not sure I understand it. (Maybe one of the TV engineers who read this blog can explain it to us):
Pawlowski says: "Here's the deal... We DID do the game in HD, however, due to a technical problem, it was broadcast in 4:3 ratio instead of 16:9."
FSNO's next HDTV game is 1:10 p.m. Saturday, Reds-Brewers at GABP. The HD games are noted on the Reds.com schedule at http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=cin
posted by John Kiesewetter at 12:21 PM
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Post a Comment*Essentially, it was shot in widescreen format but due to the technical problem the broadcast squished it down to the non-widescreen ratio. That means all the picture was there, it was just not as wide as usual so everything looked skinnier than a normal non-widescreen picture would be. I set my DVR to the "stretch" setting that stretches 4:3 pictures to 16:9 and it seemed fine.
John,
Thanks for the follow-up - although based on the quality of Sunday's broadcast I'm not convinced it was in HD, just with the wrong aspect. Here's to hoping Saturday's broadcast is much better.
It sure didn't look like it on my TV. I made the comment to my wife that why was the game on the HD channel but not in HD?
John,
I'm glad you picked up on that.
I tuned in and was again let down by Fox-Joke-Ohio.
It looked horrible.
Next, please look into who in the world is DIRECTING the games this year on Fox Ohio.
The productions are rancid.
"Wipes" to live images of a base, when it's meant to transition to a replay.
Horrid.
And the two guys they have on the pre-game ... simply unwatchable.
Kind of matches the hitting at the moment.
Minor league.
Down here in Northern Kentucky, it definitely wasn't in HD. Technical glitch or now, FSN Ohio must think we're idiots for thinking that was high definition.
All I know is that I will never buy a JTM product for as long as I have to listen to that obnoxious screaming of Bronson Arroyo.
St CSA
I "stretched" the image they broadcast to 16x9 and it didn't look like HD quality to me.
i don't get the fsn-hd channel, i only get the fsn-sd channel. sunday's game was clearly shot in 16x9 and squished down to 4x3. i assumed this was only an issue on the fsn-sd channel, and that it was 16x9 hd on the fsn-hd channel. regardless, it was nice to just switch the squished fsn-hd 4x3 picture into 16x9 to enjoy it that way.
So Mr. Keiswitter is a television reporter who doesn't understand the very basic concept of aspect ratios. Priceless!
Didn't look like HD to me either, but the more annoying thing is the picture quality on the games on the non-HD channel. It looks worse than your typical digital picture.
I have yet to see any Reds game that FSO touts as being broadcast in HD actually broadcast in HD. All I see is the same exact signal they show on the standard-def channel.
When are they going to REALLY start broadcasting in HD?
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