best PQ for NFL games?

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In order: CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN HD. Which are your best?

 

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NBC, CBS, NFL, Fox, ESPN....

 

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They all look fine on my Sony 55".

 

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All look good on my 60" Pioneer Elite

If I have to rate them, I guess it would be :

CBS, ESPN (when done right, meaning bandwidth wise), Fox , NBC

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Fox, espn, then the rest..... 720P seems better imo for sports.

 

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Madtown HD Junkie said:

Fox, espn, then the rest..... 720P seems better imo for sports.

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I agree with the 720p statement, but for some reason, CBS normally looks best.

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I would have to rank them in the following order.

CBS, FOX, ESPN then NBC

 

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I think a lot has to due with what equipment is as each particular game.

CBS, NBC, FOX/ESPN tie

 

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CBS/FOX/ESPN/NFL Network (all of you forgot about them!)/NBC

 

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Wern't we all bi**in about the poor quality of NBC last year ???

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They apparently forgot NBC had the crappiest PQ ever.
Oh god, I hope the games look better this year on NBC.

 

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IcEWoLF said:

CBS/FOX/ESPN/NFL Network (all of you forgot about them!)/NBC

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I didn't forget about them. I personally did not watch enough games on NFL network to remember the quality of the picture.

 

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CBS OTA there is no equal.

 

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CBS, NFL Network, FOX, ESPN, NBC.

 

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HD MM said:

CBS, NFL Network, FOX, ESPN, NBC.

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Agreed here. Anxious to see if MPEG4 on D* helps things with ESPN at all.


NBC is just hopeless. Pathetic levels of motion macroblocking.

 

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hancox said:

Agreed here. Anxious to see if MPEG4 on D* helps things with ESPN at all.


NBC is just hopeless. Pathetic levels of motion macroblocking.

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Yeah NBC has there issues. Does anyone know if they will fix that "out of focus" issue this year? You know, the first in-studio shot after coming back from a commercial or the first few seconds going to a field shot. It always takes a few seconds to get the cameras in focus. Completely unacceptable.

 

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Jimbo said:

I agree with the 720p statement, but for some reason, CBS normally looks best.

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I get blocking here on CBS at 1080, though it is a "clearer" picture. I used to get it OTA and now on D* in HD so we will see it is makes a difference.

 

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JAG72 said:

I would have to rank them in the following order.

CBS, FOX, ESPN then NBC

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Confirm.

NBC is pahhhthetic and need to get their @$$ is gear. I'm anxious to see how ESPN-HD games will look after DIRECTV finishes their MPEG 4 transition.

The argument that 720p is better for Sports holds no water with me since CBS-HD NFL games and YES-HD are the standard HD brdcsts respectively and both are 1080i.

 

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Madtown HD Junkie said:

Fox, espn, then the rest..... 720P seems better imo for sports.

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Apparently your TV doesn't do 1080 well as almost everyone else picked CBS, a 1080i broadcaster.

 

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hancox said:

Agreed here. Anxious to see if MPEG4 on D* helps things with ESPN at all.


NBC is just hopeless. Pathetic levels of motion macroblocking.

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Have you tried the NBC OTA option, is it any better ?