Comments on: ABC/TNT Not Delivering British Open in HD

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:33:32 +0000

Hi, JD. Yes, especially on DirecTV! I don’t know if you have DirecTV or not, but the HD seems to be outstanding and the SD, well, not so much. I’d take that upconversion in a minute over regular SD. In fact, I think Fox was doing that last year on some of their Saturday MLB broadcasts.

By: JD

JD — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:27 +0000

Thanks Mike. I actually read about that and realized it on Sunday. I half to confess that I thought I was watching HD on Saturday. I guess I don’t have the critical eye of some. After watching on Sunday, I did notice that it was not real HD, but as you said, it was much better than actual standard def.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:39:23 +0000

That’s not HD. It’s an upconversion from SD. It is widescreen and still better than SD, but it’s not actually HD.

By: Bill Kern

Bill Kern — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:15:50 +0000

I don’t care about HD or watching guys on the practice range or hearing commentators talk about things that happened many years ago or chatting about other incidental items. I would like to see some golf being played during my favorite golf tournamment. I tuned in the broadcast at 8 Am and by 8:45 had only seen 3 shots (2 bt Mickelson and 1 by Goosen. What terrible programming. I ans I believe most golf fans would prefer to see more golf being played by more golfers as opposed to your programming. There have been surveys by golf publications to support the same. How about showing some golf action.
Thanks,

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:44:54 +0000

JD, I thought so too.Anybody else?

By: JD

JD — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:35:38 +0000

I guess some last minute changes were made, because both TNT and ABC were in HD this morning.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:00:12 +0000

I don’t know if it’s the same issue or not, but I know Europe chose to broadcast in 1080i while ABC/ESPN broadcasts in 720p. As such, there is a conversion problem which is not cost effective. That is, that’s the story I get when I complain to ESPN that their coverage of European soccer is not in HD. They only broadcast the major tournaments (World Cup, European Championship) in HD.

By: HDSportsGuide

HDSportsGuide — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:52:12 +0000

The British Open will be in HD next year according to “mtiffee” over at AVS Forum:

“The BBC is getting a new HD truck next year and the ABC/TNT operation will be moving into CTV’s brand new OB10 HD. So the 2009 British Open WILL be in HD next year.”

By: Chucky

Chucky — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:28 +0000

BBC Sport has no reference to Open coverage in HD.

ABC bringing its own cameras to Royal Birkdale is spendthrift. Couldn’t ESPN have prevailed on ABC to utilize the BBC feed?

By: cole

cole — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:35:11 +0000

Unbelivable NO HD THEY SHOULD GET OUT OF GOLF TELEVISION