Longhorn Game not in HD

[jerryez]

DIRT has had plenty of time to chime in on this thread, but they do not like controversy.

 

[KAB]

DIRT has had plenty of time to chime in on this thread, but they do not like controversy.

Dirt appears to be off duty this weekend, as they should be.

 

[Mo Fly]

Very disappointed as well. This is very bush league.

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[Willh699]

there was a lot of complaining on Dish's facebook and LHN's facebook too.

 

[KAB]

Does anyone know if the game was HD on any other provider? Thinking maybe they might have not provided an HD feed?

 

[zippyfrog]

I know Dish is tight on bandwidth, but given Dish's marketing scheme as being the leader in college football, I was shocked to see that the game wasn't in HD. I personally thought that when we only saw LHN in SD back in May, Dish was buying some time to find some space for LHN to be in HD 24/7, and that it would be in HD 24/7 for football season. But overally very surprised the game was not in HD last night.

 

[txcruiser]

Does anyone know if the game was HD on any other provider? Thinking maybe they might have not provided an HD feed?

The game was definitely in HD on TWC.

 

[txcruiser]

Exert from Dish's Facebook ... haha

Fabian MedinaI can't believe you guys are not broadcasting the Longhorn game in HD.....I called customer service and they basically said " I know your guide has the LHN available in HD but we are not showing that channel in HD"...this is ridiculous !
22 hours ago

DISHHi Fabian~ I apologize that your game was not aired on HD. When multiple sporting events overlap, there are occasions when too many games are being played than what can be broadcast to you in HD. We strategically allocate our available bandwidth to offer the most games in HD as possible at a given time. ~Andrea B.

 

[Tampa8]

IMHO it is BS on the part of DISH not having that game in HD. (BTW I am not one who really cares about watching unless not much else is on) This was a big deal getting LHN and college football in general. People take college sports very seriously in parts of the Country and not being in HD when it could have been is a terrible PR move.

 

[Deadlocked]

So the TEXAS game on the newly picked up LONGHORN NETWORK is not the first game they set up as HD? Sounds like a scripted response


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[mnassour]

Not so much a scripted response for LHN, but rather for any game that should be in HD but wasn't.

So let's see....our other two choices are Time Warner (no DVR worth mentioning and high prices) or AT&T UVerse (home of constant signal drops and pixelation plus).

Wonderful, ESPN. Thanks for nothing.

 

[txcruiser]

Stupid me... i should have watched the game through my Roku via Watch Espn app since they have added the LHN HD.
I'm not even going to bother messing with LHN via Dish anymore.

 

[tobsandmags]

We've this before on other channels and it's very frustrating. I was first wondering if someone was just asleep at the switch and forgot to turn the HD feed on. The picture I have of this is has always been that of an old school phone operator forgetting to pull the cable up and plugging it into the right slot on the panel.

I bet Saturday was a tough bandwidth day for Dish with a lot of teams playing non-conference games against opponents who wouldn't typically be on TV (i.e. FCS teams) which greatly increases the number of HD games. Also, there are MLB games still going on (which is a waste of bandwidth IMO once football arrives). The problem should ease up as conference play commences and the number of televised games being played decreases. It's a bonehead marketing move to advertise you have it and then only show it in HD and frustrating people right out of the box.


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[Scott Greczkowski]

They should kill a few ppv channels on days like this.


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[Laddyboy]

I'm not a sports watcher, but how can Direct have the bandwidth for full-time sports channels and Dish cannot. Dish has had years to prepare and it's still the same old story.

 

[StonesCat]

If space is still an issue, why are we going on five or six years now with Dish carrying channels like Logo and Centric in "HD", which have never been, and probably never will be, channels that intend to send an HD signal?

 

[KAB]

Because Logo is part of Viamcom, and Centric...BET.

 

[Deadlocked]

Doesn't Viacom own BET?


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[Bobby]

Yes it does....