Indy 500 in HD

[birkoff]

Nice! Its been a long time coming.

 

[Lkr]

wasn't it in HD last year, and the year before?

 

[stone phillips420]

5-8 years too late if you ask me, although does look good in hd

 

[Edgar_in_Indy]

Anybody else having trouble with the signal breaking up? I'm watching via Dish HD locals out of Nashville, TN.

 

[bub]

Yup, me too edgar... sux!!! Didn't DN have a problem with the Superbowl on one of their channels too? Sheesh, I guess each of the BIG sporting events on DN is going to get 2nd rate service.

C'mon Dish!!!

bub

 

[Edgar_in_Indy]

It got so bad that it became unwatchable. I reset my receiver, and while it's still breaking up occasionally, it seems to be better now. I thought that maybe it was a problem with the broadcast from the speedway, but it was breaking up on commercials too.

 

[spidey27]

No problems here in the Chicagoland area

 

[bub]

Funny, I reset my receiver too thinking it was me, but after 13 years of being with DN, I definitely should have known better.

bub

 

[Edgar_in_Indy]

Bub, are you also watching on WKRN out of Nashville?

 

[KAB]

I was watching it coming OTA from Cincy. Break up as well. Obviously coming from ABC.

 

[garys]

No breakups via Dish here, NY dma.

 

[lakebum431]

Watched via Atlanta locals both ota and via dish (switched back and forth) and saw no breakups.

 

[Miner]

No breakups on the KOMO Seattle feed through the satellite.

It was great to see the race in HD finally; or more correctly the 3.5 hour commercial with short breaks of "The greatest spectacle in racing" thrown in. Meira and Castroneves were my 2 picks, so I was fairly happy.

Miner

 

[lakebum431]

I like the way they did several of the commercials with the split screen that leaves race footage in a small window on the left. I wish Nascar did that as well.

 

[Jim5506]

I had audio drop outs every 2-3 seconds, just a blip, only on the digital channel, NTSC was OK - both OTA.

About an hour and a half into the race it cleared up.

Otherwise the picture was great.

 

[js6425]

WISN was fine

 

[bigrich]

I'm in Indy too, watched it on WLS-HD Chicago.

 

[smoeke]

i only wathecd the last 1/2 hour,but i had zero problems on Philadelphia local ABC

 

[Miner]

I like the way they did several of the commercials with the split screen that leaves race footage in a small window on the left. I wish Nascar did that as well.

It is a good deal. Set the receiver on Zoom and the picture is decent size. But there were way too many commercials.

Miner

 

[Sphagnum]

I like the way they did several of the commercials with the split screen that leaves race footage in a small window on the left. I wish Nascar did that as well.

Nascar did pilot that program last year on one of the bigger races, I can't remember which one, last year. I think it was when TNT had the broadcast, but it might have been ESPN at the end of the year, can't remember for sure... I can only assume that it was a success and so they tried it on the Indy 500 this year. It's a great option for sports racing fans!