Thread: How are you watching the Olympics - SD/HD?

According to another post, NBC decided not to do the HD live presentation of the olympics because of fear of losing ratings and therefore losing advertising revenue. How many on this board have decided to boycott the SD Olympic Feed? That is, you don't watch it at all. You only watch the HD feed.

I only wanted to see the SD feed for a couple of events that will not be listed on the HD feed like men's cycling results, etc. I was also trying to catch this dude on the USA swim team we know through an acquaintance that was supposed to be shown on SD.

However Bob Costas is a fruit, too many commercials in SD, and NBC's flippant attitude IMO about HDTV means... I will mainly watch the HD feed anyway. I try to not even listen or read websites about results either since they immediately post scores, medals, etc.. and I'm going to wait for MY feed to come in and keep the "excitement" factor up.

The only positive thing I can say about NBC is that it looks like it will FINALLY start airing some more HD shows like Medical Mysteries, LAX, and Hawaii. I want Fear Factor in HD!

Source

The ceremony - which occupied all of BBC One's primetime schedule - averaged a hefty 8.6 million viewers from 6.35pm, equating to a 41.4% share of the TV audience.

The peak came just after 10pm, when 10.7 million (50.3%) were watching.

In the US, an even more impressive 56 million total viewers tuned in between 8pm and 12am for tape-delayed coverage on the NBC network.

I try to watch the HD feeds only, but my family wants "current" viewing and don't want to wait another day before watching the day's events. I get sucked in by the cheers and end up watching a lot of stuff in "live" SD. I hope that NBC never wins the bid again for Olympic coverage.

The stuff on Bravo and CNBC will not be aired in HD so if you want to know who wins in those events you have no choice. However if you watch the event in HD you get better coverage less interruptions, and of course it's in HD. If you REALLY want to see gymnastics for example, man only HD will do.


Sean, no report on how many people tuned in to see the HD feed?

Originally Posted by Dvlos

Sean, no report on how many people tuned in to see the HD feed?

I do not think they keep track of this.

I am not getting any SD or HD coverage of the olympics.... Am i supposed to be getting SD atleast?

I Am Watching Only The HD FEED. There Is To Much Of A Picture Quality Difference To Watch The SDs. But I Am Watching The HD Feed On D*Ch.84 Because V* Has Blacked Me Out.

Here in Memphis I am watching the HD feed via OTA WMC-DT. no subchannels!!!

Awesome PQ.

Jerry