Another Cubs game not in HD

[CubsWin]

For the 2nd time this week (over the weekend the Cubs/Padres game was joined in progress), E* is not showing the Cubs broadcast on Comcast Sports Network Chicago in HD. This has now happened several times over the course of the season and I'm growing increasingly frustrated. E* really needs to either move to 24/7 RSN's or figure out a way to show every game in HD.

 

[Mr Tony]

. E* really needs to either move to 24/7 RSN's

yes they should

or figure out a way to show every game in HD.

see the 1st part of your sentence

 

[fbara]

Is anyone in the Chicago RSN watching the Cubs right now? The guide says it's on 429, but it's not on.

 

[CubsWin]

Is anyone in the Chicago RSN watching the Cubs right now? The guide says it's on 429, but it's not on.

Yes, it is on 429 here, just not in HD.

 

[fbara]

i didn't even know 429 had a non-hd channel! i'm chatting with E* tech support to find out why it's blacked-out in SD only.

 

[fbara]

I got the usual E* response: bandwidth. No sense getting on the back of the tech support guy. We should just send an email to the CEO address and let them know how we feel. See if that helps.

 

[Laserich]

Let us know if they actually can share any info on the missing HD, thanks!

Woohoo! Marshall just hit an SD, RBI single.

 

[Laserich]

...the usual E* response: bandwidth.

Hehe, this from the self-proclaimed "HD Leader". "...sorry, we can't broadcast HD programming in HD anymore."

 

[Rlanham]

More painful to watching the Cubs in HD !

 

[ehren]

yeah they have 3 HDALT channels on 441, 442 and 443 they could use for a regular CSN-HD feed, why don't they use 1 of those channels?

 

[superdorf]

Yeah... they are also carrying the Brewers HD feed and the Cardinals HD feed tonight.

 

[DWS44]

It appeared that they missed the Mets vs. Nats HD broadcast on SNY tonight as well. Got home and checked in during the 8th, and found SD only.

 

[kstile]

There are other threads on this (Mariners, Red Sox, etc.). I started a spreadsheet to keep track of all the times that Dish drops the ball on HD RSNs:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=rwUqWJHDOsaEpAhEaPGPo-g

As you can see, it's quite often. :-( Feel free to update when you see a game not in HD. My goal is to see if there's any pattern so we can predict when which games are in SD.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Of course, the way the Cubs have been playing of late, maybe watching them lose in HD would be even more painful.

 

[vampz26]

Of course, the way the Cubs have been playing of late, maybe watching them lose in HD would be even more painful.

+1

They are a better team than this...I know they start slow, but this is just ridiculous...

 

[fbara]

Watching the Cubs lose in HD is STILL better than watching 'em lose in SD! At least I can say "wait 'til next year, but at least it's in HD!"

It's tough enough to be a Cubs fan, now I have to do it in SD??

 

[DishSubLA]

Dish should at least start by putting up the most popular RSN's in 24/7 HD, and they add more when they can. Or at least put them all up at 129 for the WA, as the problem is most likely 61.5 where they could put up as many "eastern" RSN's in 24/7 HD until more bandwidth becomes available (I know! It would be quite a while before the new sat arrives). At least some subs would be satisfied, and the others could be serviced by the current hop-scotch game of part time 24/7 HD. Not a perfect solution, but at least some would be in 24/7 HD as the current arrangment feels like a rip-off with hardly anything in HD on any of the RSN's at any given time. And let's get into the Joined In Progress amateur solution.

 

[andrewj0781]

Did you try WGN America? Pirates (FSN) don't seem to play away games in HD. So even though I don't care for the cubs I watch WGN America HD feed Monday instead of FSN SD feed.

 

[DodgerKing]

Did you try WGN America? Pirates (FSN) don't seem to play away games in HD. So even though I don't care for the cubs I watch WGN America HD feed Monday instead of FSN SD feed.

If the game in on CSN, then it will not be on WGN.

 

[cwk3]

Yeah... they are also carrying the Brewers HD feed and the Cardinals HD feed tonight.

That is (was) an incorrect statement. Yes, it showed on both the brewers & cards website that this was an HD game but it was only HD if you lived in the Milwaukee dma. Cards dma was SD and this has happened several time as well. The alternative was to watch the ESPN HD broadcast and listen to their announcers.