I've got both CBS and ESPNHD and golf is amazing. Although I don't have the system that some of you guys have (55' Sony HD Widescreen) but it's so much nicer. It's funny to turn back and watch golf in regular tv and then golf to HD. You'll just start laughing. HD makes everything better but sports is where it really shines!
I've got both CBS and ESPNHD and golf is amazing. Although I don't have the system that some of you guys have (55' Sony HD Widescreen) but it's so much nicer. It's funny to turn back and watch golf in regular tv and then golf to HD. You'll just start laughing. HD makes everything better but sports is where it really shines!
I'm so spoiled with my Sony HD that it makes me angry when sporting events aren't televised in HD! It's also very hard to explain the difference to someone that doesn't have HDTV. I pity them.
true league, We have had a Sony Wega LCDHD for about a year and half now but the 50"wide screen and there is no comparison, people who come over can't believe the difference,
Well, I am sticking to my original intent of this thread...
Again, I have been an HD viewer for approximately 14 months and I have NOT SEEN ANY GOLF in HD. Now, rumor had it that the Masters was in HD last year, but at the time my cable provider did not carry CBS-HD. Luckily, they have since added it. However, no golf on that channel since has been in HD. Nor have any ESPN or ABC golf broadcasts been in HD, including the Mercedes Championships last week.
Well, I am sticking to my original intent of this thread...
Again, I have been an HD viewer for approximately 14 months and I have NOT SEEN ANY GOLF in HD. Now, rumor had it that the Masters was in HD last year, but at the time my cable provider did not carry CBS-HD. Luckily, they have since added it. However, no golf on that channel since has been in HD. Nor have any ESPN or ABC golf broadcasts been in HD, including the Mercedes Championships last week.
THE MASTERS® TOURNAMENT AND CBS SPORTS TO PRESENT 18-HOLE COVERAGE OF 2006 MASTERS ® IN HDTV WITH LARGEST HIGH DEFINITION GOLF PRODUCTION
For the fourth year, CBS’s standard analog and HDTV productions of the 2006 Masters Tournament will be unified and will provide 18-hole coverage in HDTV's highest definition format with 5.1 Channel Surround Sound.
In the largest HDTV golf production, CBS Sports will utilize 54 high definition cameras including, for the first time, 10 hand-held HDTV cameras. The unified productions will be produced in HDTV's highest definition format, 1080i, and downconverted for the CBS Television Network's analog broadcast. This production technique also produces a better quality analog picture. Whether watching in widescreen HD or traditional 4x3 analog, viewers will hear the same golf announcers and see the same camera angles, replays and graphics.
The 2000 Masters on CBS was the first golf tournament ever presented live in HDTV on network television. The 2003 Masters marked the first time that the standard and HDTV productions of the Tournament were unified.
CBS Sports will broadcast the 2006 Masters on the CBS Television HD Network on Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7 (4:00-7:00 PM, ET, each day) and Saturday, April 8 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, April 9 (2:30-7:00 PM, ET) live from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. The third and final rounds of the Masters will be broadcast simultaneously in standard definition by CBS Sports on the analog CBS Television Network.
Beginning in 1993 the Masters experimented with HDTV on a limited basis to discover how the new system could improve the presentation of the Tournament to the television audience. The 2006 Masters broadcast will be presented in the highest form of HDTV with 1080 lines of resolution and over two million picture elements which makes it six times sharper than standard definition television.
Two hundred and fifteen of CBS's owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering 99.99 percent of the nation.
THE MASTERS® TOURNAMENT AND CBS SPORTS TO PRESENT 18-HOLE COVERAGE OF 2006 MASTERS ® IN HDTV WITH LARGEST HIGH DEFINITION GOLF PRODUCTION
For the fourth year, CBS’s standard analog and HDTV productions of the 2006 Masters Tournament will be unified and will provide 18-hole coverage in HDTV's highest definition format with 5.1 Channel Surround Sound.
In the largest HDTV golf production, CBS Sports will utilize 54 high definition cameras including, for the first time, 10 hand-held HDTV cameras. The unified productions will be produced in HDTV's highest definition format, 1080i, and downconverted for the CBS Television Network's analog broadcast. This production technique also produces a better quality analog picture. Whether watching in widescreen HD or traditional 4x3 analog, viewers will hear the same golf announcers and see the same camera angles, replays and graphics.
The 2000 Masters on CBS was the first golf tournament ever presented live in HDTV on network television. The 2003 Masters marked the first time that the standard and HDTV productions of the Tournament were unified.
CBS Sports will broadcast the 2006 Masters on the CBS Television HD Network on Thursday, April 6 and Friday, April 7 (4:00-7:00 PM, ET, each day) and Saturday, April 8 (3:30-7:00 PM, ET) and Sunday, April 9 (2:30-7:00 PM, ET) live from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. The third and final rounds of the Masters will be broadcast simultaneously in standard definition by CBS Sports on the analog CBS Television Network.
Beginning in 1993 the Masters experimented with HDTV on a limited basis to discover how the new system could improve the presentation of the Tournament to the television audience. The 2006 Masters broadcast will be presented in the highest form of HDTV with 1080 lines of resolution and over two million picture elements which makes it six times sharper than standard definition television.
Two hundred and fifteen of CBS's owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering 99.99 percent of the nation.
GRRRRRRR....I wish I was at home right now! My parents have a 43 inch Sony HDTV. It's not a widescreen because we got it back when there was a transition going on and the widescreen sets were still really really expensive compared to now. Anyway, just recently we switched out our digital cable box for one of the digital cable + HDTV + DVR boxes. We don't have ESPNHD, but the digital broadcast looks amazing so I can't imagine how great ESPNHD must look. But we do have all the regular channels in HD like CBS, ABC, NBC, etc and they all look awesome. Too bad I'm stuck at school 10 hours from home and can't watch the Masters in HD!
GRRRRRRR....I wish I was at home right now! My parents have a 43 inch Sony HDTV. It's not a widescreen because we got it back when there was a transition going on and the widescreen sets were still really really expensive compared to now. Anyway, just recently we switched out our digital cable box for one of the digital cable + HDTV + DVR boxes. We don't have ESPNHD, but the digital broadcast looks amazing so I can't imagine how great ESPNHD must look. But we do have all the regular channels in HD like CBS, ABC, NBC, etc and they all look awesome. Too bad I'm stuck at school 10 hours from home and can't watch the Masters in HD!
Just go buy a huge plasma for your dorm room! You'll be loved for it!
Well, I am sticking to my original intent of this thread...
Again, I have been an HD viewer for approximately 14 months and I have NOT SEEN ANY GOLF in HD. Now, rumor had it that the Masters was in HD last year, but at the time my cable provider did not carry CBS-HD. Luckily, they have since added it. However, no golf on that channel since has been in HD. Nor have any ESPN or ABC golf broadcasts been in HD, including the Mercedes Championships last week.
I'm not too familiar with the HD aspect yet as I just got the HD receiver and aHD television, but my son told me to get an off-air antenna and I should get HD broadcasts. Now, I think I do get the local stations in HD because I have switched back and forth from the satellite station to the off-air station and I definitely can see a difference.
I'm not too familiar with the HD aspect yet as I just got the HD receiver and aHD television, but my son told me to get an off-air antenna and I should get HD broadcasts. Now, I think I do get the local stations in HD because I have switched back and forth from the satellite station to the off-air station and I definitely can see a difference.
By HD receiver, do you mean an HD convertor for your non-HD ready tv? Or are you talking about the HD cable box? Does your cable company offer HD service? If so, you will need their HD cable box and you'll receive all of the HD channels they carry.
Just go buy a huge plasma for your dorm room! You'll be loved for it!
Actually, for Christmas my parents helped me buy a 23 inch widescreen NEC LCD monitor. It has picture in picture so that I can watch TV on it while using the computer...and it has HD inputs if I want to use them. Only problem is that it doesn't have an HD tuner itself so I cannot just watch CBS HD or something if I want to. I'd have to get a tuner for it, but the problem with that is my school doesn't offer anything like that. Basic definition will have to do I guess!
To be honest though, the worst thing about the cable here is that I don't get the Golf Channel. That's one of my favorite networks, but for some reason we've got like 80 channels here on our cable but no Golf Channel.
By HD receiver, do you mean an HD convertor for your non-HD ready tv? Or are you talking about the HD cable box? Does your cable company offer HD service? If so, you will need their HD cable box and you'll receive all of the HD channels they carry.
Actually, I have DirecTV High Definition receiver. It has input lines so one can connect a indoor or outdoor antenna which will receive the local HD channels. CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS are broadcast in high definition here. I get the locals in digital form from the satellite but they don't broadcast the locals in HD so I have an antenna and the HD channels such as 6-1, 6-2, 10-1, 10-2 and so on are received over the air. Once the antenna was connected to the receiver and my local market selected for my zip code, the DirecTV guide gives me information on the off-air channels as well as all the channels I subscribe to and I can tune to them directly with the DTV remote. I also have the satellite hd channels as I have the subscription.
I didn't get a TV with the tuner built in as I already had the receiver (which ended up being free with a rebate) and since my bedroom TV was dying, I just bought a 32" LCD high definition capable wide screen. We got for the big guns for the living room as soon as the old set stops working, which I hope is not for a while yet.
January 10th, 2006, 08:18 PM
It's also very hard to explain the difference to someone that doesn't have HDTV. I pity them.
I may have seen a couple of other instances but I wouldn't swear to it. 
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