It's February, and this former Mega March Madness sub is starting to get antsy. An SD NCAA tourney game would be a huge step back for D*.
Where the #$^#^#$^% is TruTV HD???
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:up - in my area, it & MANY other national HD's are on THREE other local providers here (DISH, U-verse & Comcast)
It's totally appalling...
It's totally appalling...
I can tell you that I haven't seen Tru HD on Dish (my house), Comcast (multiple homes with two different channel line ups), or FiOS (parents' house). My sister used to get the now defunct Adelphia, which had more options in HD before Comcast took over and dumped a bunch, and still no Court TV/Tru TV in HD then either. I don't think it's DirecTV in this situation.
And U-verse does as well.
Now, if there is anything on there worth watching or actually shot in HD is another story.
TruTV-HD, where fUGLY wimmens are even fUGLIER!
Not I, but I am waiting to see if they can:
1) Get some HD gear to actually shoot the games in HD with
2) Actually get some teams to cover the games with
If they are down to the usual TruTV standards, its gonna be as bad as the games not being shown. While I am glad that the games are all going to be broadcast, I have extremely low expectations of some of the coverage and hope that I am pleasantly surprised, just trying to be realistic about what to expect, however.
Erm, you missed the point that there IS no "True" HD feed coming from TruTV. The "HD" feed that certain carriers have is nothing more than an upconverted stretch-o-vision version.
No, I'm assuming that because CBS has been able to successfully broadcast every game in HD in the past, that this will not change. The new tournament only adds one additional site.
TruTV or not TruTV, in and of itself, doesn't change this all that much. It's another outlet that HAS HD CAPABILITY (despite the lack of content). It *should* have the games that are assigned to it in HD.
TruTV or not TruTV, in and of itself, doesn't change this all that much. It's another outlet that HAS HD CAPABILITY (despite the lack of content). It *should* have the games that are assigned to it in HD.
While I realize that CBS could handle it, we are talking TruTV here, not CBS. TruTV is a Turner station and, in turn, is a TW station. Having been familiar with "Turner Trash" since the 1960s/70s (WTCG-OTA/channel 17, Atlanta) and the low "standards of excellence" that TW/AOHell have managed to make of their stations since that time, I feel certain they will find a way to blow this one. 40 years of setting expectations lower and lower each year have reinforced these feelings, just like Pavlov's dog.
If CBS does everything including sending the feeds to the uplink sites, I still feel that in some way TW will manage to screw up the broadcast.
I was just as skeptical as you were, when TBS got the MLB playoffs. They've done a pretty reasonable job there. Maybe I'm naive, but I would be SHOCKED if something blatantly stupid happens here, aside from D* continuing to drop the ball on national HD negotiations.
First question - it's more a commentary on where D* is currently with adding HD national channels, despite excess available capacity. They're dropping the ball.
As for the "step back" I'm referring to, it's pretty easy. I'm a multiple-year Mega March Madness sub. Maybe I'm spoiled, but I'm used to the availability of every game, in HD, for the whole tournament. Going back to viewing SD games, mostly because D* won't negotiate for carriage, is a "step back."
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