World Cup 06' in HD ?

[dont24]

Anyone know if the World Cup games will be in HD this year? Let me guess. They'll be on an MPEG-4 channel and E* still won't have enough 622 receivers available.

 

[Ilya]

It is supposed to be on ABC (14 games), ESPN (27 games) and ESPN2 (23 games). A total of 64 games - all in High Definition!

Here is the source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=339604&cc=5901

 

[SimpleSimon]

Oh - you mean footie.

I thought you were talking about a REAL sport - alpine ski racing!

 

[Weezknight]

It is supposed to be on ABC (14 games), ESPN (27 games) and ESPN2 (23 games). A total of 64 games - all in High Definition!
Here is the source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=339604&cc=5901

That's not too bad. MPEG-4 will only be needed for the ESPN2 feeds. I'll just use OTA for ABC and ESPN is already in the regular HD Pak.

Of course as fluid as things are with Dish we'll probably have to upgrade EVERYTHING by then.