Bad SD picture contest

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As I write this, I am watching Cowboys vs. Texans onTV. Because it is NFC
vs. AFC, it is on our local Fox station and the CBS station. Both in (ugh!)
SD. But I can compare lousy pictures.

The difference is dramatic. The CBS version is so bad that on our 60" HDTV,
in the long shots you can barely tell which team is which. The FOX picture,
still awful, is much brighter & sharper. In the close-ups, almost tolerable.

Best demo of the big difference in SD quality due to different sources I
have seen.

mark
austin

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Yes. Same game, separate productions, broadcast at the same time on the Fox
& CBS Austin affiliates. Not Fox or CBS productions, but I did not catch who
the producers were.

On the CBS affiliate, the SD image was darker, murkier & particularly bad
in the long shots. The game on KTBC/Fox was brighter and the resolution was
a little better.

But I have no interest anymore in watching football in SD, unless I have a
special interest in the teams. The primary football shot is 22 men, which
looks like about 3 pixels per man in SD on a 60-inch screen.

mack
austin


"hopdevil" <hopdevil30@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eQaQe.1045$k32.329@trnddc08...
> The same game is on 2 different stations in the same market??
>
> A) How's that make any sense?
> B) Were these local affiliate productions (KTBC / KEYE)?
>
>
> "Mack McKinnon" <McKinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote in
> message newsv7Qe.199848$0f.108455@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> As I write this, I am watching Cowboys vs. Texans onTV. Because it is
>> NFC vs. AFC, it is on our local Fox station and the CBS station. Both in
>> (ugh!) SD. But I can compare lousy pictures.
>>
>> The difference is dramatic. The CBS version is so bad that on our 60"
>> HDTV, in the long shots you can barely tell which team is which. The FOX
>> picture, still awful, is much brighter & sharper. In the close-ups,
>> almost tolerable.
>>
>> Best demo of the big difference in SD quality due to different sources I
>> have seen.
>>
>> mark
>> austin
>>
>
>

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"Mack McKinnon" <McKinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote in
message news:ydkQe.2175$Nx.1067@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Yes. Same game, separate productions, broadcast at the same time on the
> Fox & CBS Austin affiliates. Not Fox or CBS productions, but I did not
> catch who the producers were.
>
> On the CBS affiliate, the SD image was darker, murkier & particularly bad
> in the long shots. The game on KTBC/Fox was brighter and the resolution
> was a little better.
>
> But I have no interest anymore in watching football in SD, unless I have a
> special interest in the teams. The primary football shot is 22 men, which
> looks like about 3 pixels per man in SD on a 60-inch screen.
>
> mack
> austin
>
>
> "hopdevil" <hopdevil30@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eQaQe.1045$k32.329@trnddc08...
>> The same game is on 2 different stations in the same market??
>>
>> A) How's that make any sense?
>> B) Were these local affiliate productions (KTBC / KEYE)?
>>
>>
>> "Mack McKinnon" <McKinnonRemoveThis@tvadmanDeleteThisAsWell.com> wrote in
>> message newsv7Qe.199848$0f.108455@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>> As I write this, I am watching Cowboys vs. Texans onTV. Because it is
>>> NFC vs. AFC, it is on our local Fox station and the CBS station. Both
>>> in (ugh!) SD. But I can compare lousy pictures.
>>>
>>> The difference is dramatic. The CBS version is so bad that on our 60"
>>> HDTV, in the long shots you can barely tell which team is which. The FOX
>>> picture, still awful, is much brighter & sharper. In the close-ups,
>>> almost tolerable.
>>>
>>> Best demo of the big difference in SD quality due to different sources I
>>> have seen.
>>>
>>> mark
>>> austin
>>>
>>
>>

Golf in SD on an HDTV setup is like watching an impressionist painting. Our
1948 black and white was better. So much for progress.

BC