Another year of college football without ESPN U in hd

[Scherrman]

I'd rather have the channel in SD than not have the channel at all. I honestly don't even watch it that often, There might be two Iowa games on there at the most in a year. I love HD but I love to watch football more so I'm just happy having the channel.

 

[Yespage]

I'd rather have the channel in SD than not have the channel at all. I honestly don't even watch it that often, There might be two Iowa games on there at the most in a year. I love HD but I love to watch football more so I'm just happy having the channel.

I think it comes down to how good of an SD channel it is. TCM in SD is very watchable. ESPNU isn't nearly as watchable. It is like watching MLS replays in SD on Fox Sports Net.

 

[gadgtfreek]

ESPNU in HD isnt as good as the other ESPN's for whatever reason, so yeah, their SD feed is bad. Especially when blown up to a decent size.

 

[Bobby]

Yeah, you put that SD picture on my 70" and it look like an abomination!

 

[Scherrman]

Yeah, you put that SD picture on my 70" and it look like an abomination!

I agree but I can still see the game at least, even in it's sloppy mess.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Yeah, you put that SD picture on my 70" and it look like an abomination!

No doubt, I know what it looks like on mine and it aint good. But I agree, some image is better than no image.

 

[inazsully]

That would be a lot easier to swallow if we didn't know that an HD was available. Once you drive a Vette it's hard to go back to a Cavalier.

 

[gadgtfreek]

That would be a lot easier to swallow if we didn't know that an HD was available. Once you drive a Vette it's hard to go back to a Cavalier.

I agree, even though it had issues with PQ, it was still nice to have on Directv.

 

[Teehar]

Yeah, you put that SD picture on my 70" and it look like an abomination!

I'm guessing it resembles the infamous fog bowl Eagles vs Bears.I never will forget that game,even though I couldn't see a dang thing.

 

[Bobby]

I'm guessing it resembles the infamous fog bowl Eagles vs Bears.I never will forget that game,even though I couldn't see a dang thing.

Great analogy. I remember that game well! It was so much fun to try to figure out where the ball was.....

 

[satjay]

Well lets hope come September a new agreement with some new HD comes our way

 

[gadgtfreek]

Does anyone know the exact deadline date? I can't remember if Ive seen it before, and cannot seem to find it.

 

[satjay]

Not sure if a specific date in September has been given?

 

[gadgtfreek]

Yeah, all I think Ive seen is just "September deadline".

 

[zippyfrog]

If I were to take a guess, my guess would be Sept. 22nd. If you go to Dish's site, you can see their press releases, and on Sept. 22nd, 2005 they signed a deal for ESPNU - http://about.dish.com/press-release/programming/dish-network-adds-espnu-channel-line-0

All the pages that covered the Disney/Dish trial earlier in the year, such as this site, http://www.adweek.com/news/televisi...dish-network-not-spoiling-fight-disney-147447 mention an "8 year deal that expires in Sept" and if it is a literal 8 years, I guess it would expire on Sept. 22nd, 2013. But it could as well expire Sept. 30th.

I haven't seen an exact date anywhere either, but would like to know myself.

Edit: This site says by about Sept. 20th http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/dish-espn-trial-offers-a-422301

 

[gadgtfreek]

It would be nice if they went ahead and got it done soon, and put out a nice press release.

 

[psychotrope]

I agree. More time negotiating and less time posturing like chimps in a territorial dispute please, Dish & Disney, and Dish and Fox. You're paid to negotiate and get deals done. Not try to compare who can grunt the loudest.

 

[satjay]

Yea I think come September 1st many will be on the edge, would be nice to have it done sooner then later. But we know how this usually works

 

[Gobucks]

It may be is SD but at least we have it. I can't wait for college football to start. Go Bucks!!

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[dvrexpander]

ESPNU in HD is really the only one I want, I could careless about Disney but hey if it comes with it then great but its been a long damn time coming!!!