cracker 52
join:2007-01-23
Atlanta, GA
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Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone?
said by neil0311  :Nothing new here in the Atlanta area. Just Universal HD and USA-HD with coverage in addition to NBC HD. I don't have those channels here in Atlanta either. I'm surprised as it seems to me they could have used the one or both of the two HD channels used for the Braves home games. Comcast Atlanta has been good in the past about temporarily adding HD channels for special events, such as the NCAA basketball playoff games. But they really missed the boat for the Olympics. |
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Chad473
join:2007-12-18
Lancaster, PA | reply to Travelfan1
can't believe they didn't add them here. even the guys in Jersey that haven't got any new HD in decades had them added. |
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Steely
Dumped Comcast for FiOS
Premium
join:2000-10-15
Princeton Junction, NJ
1 edit | reply to Travelfan1
Going back and forth between OBASK HD 183 and the local Philly NBC affiliate WCAU HD 232 during the USA vs China men's basketball game it was very apparent that 5.1 digital audio quality was noticeably better on the OBASK feed, not to mention that OBASK showed replays and other continuous coverage during the network commercial breaks on WCAU. Picture quality was similar to my eyes (using components cables). |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| That doesn't surprise me that the direct feed was better than WCAU's. WCAU heavily rate shapes on older equipment with that NBC Weather Plus sub channel. I think they are in for an equipment overhaul in September or so when they finally go HD with their newscasts.
With channels 87 and 88 appearing as "Empty" on my system, I'm surprised they didn't use one of those carriers for the two Olympic HD channels. I realize all frequencies are reserved for certain purposes months in advance, but to temporarily use one channel for a few weeks should not be a problem, unless they will actually be allocated during the next few weeks time frame (which I seriously doubt). |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
Premium
join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| reply to Travelfan1
One of the times I actually enjoy being with Comcast NJ II...we actually got something that some other systems didn't! 
At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same. |
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Steely
Dumped Comcast for FiOS
Premium
join:2000-10-15
Princeton Junction, NJ
1 edit | said by sansri88 :At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same. PQ looked to be about equal. It was only the 5.1 digital audio that was noticeably superior as heard through my surround system. Don't know about WNBC because I only get the SD version but the digital audio seemed a bit processed and compressed on WCAU HD. FiOS in my area carries both WNBC and WCAU in HD so eventually I'll be able to compare those two network feeds. |
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CRP
Comcast of Ocean County
join:2005-12-26
Brick, NJ | What's funny is MOJO HD, is being preempted down here for USA HD Olympics coverage when I already have USA HD fulltime. |
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ulffy555
@comcast.net | reply to Travelfan1
Got these two channels in NW Jersey! |
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