Indy 500 in HD

[Miner]

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!

The IRL has been doing the "Side By Side" as they call it at least 3 seasons now. It is a by product of the open wheel civil war and nobody watching the races. I say this as an open wheel fan who watched both series and am glad to see a single series.

Miner

 

[Sphagnum]

Ah, well that's good to hear. I know I sure liked it... it works well in a racing format!

 

[illin]

I am not a huge car race fan (like most other motorsports though) but, I have to admit the I500 looked AMAZING! I also liked the side-by-side. FWIW, my viewing was jitter/garble free.

I wish we could see a bit more bike races in HD. Speed HAS to be right around the corner right?

 

[osu1991]

What little I saw in HD looked good with no problems, other than the weather nazi's in Tulsa dropping 3/4 of the race to sd so we could have weather crawls. Our ABC is the only station that can't put weather info over the hd feed in Tulsa.

 

[Cyclone]

Looked good to me. Shame that the Unified series picked the wrong car of the two to keep.

And its a shame that Milka Duno and Buddy Laizer have rides while Paul Tracy and Nelson Phillipe are at home.

 

[gswetsky]

I wish we could see a bit more bike races in HD. Speed HAS to be right around the corner right?

Called Dish a couple days ago. No information as to when or even IF we'll see Speed Channel HD in our lifetime. I'm about ready to dump Dish for DirectTV. This sucks!

Gerry