NFL Week 3: Grading the HDTV Broadcasts
After last week's rather mediocre performance across the board by CBS and Fox, I was wondering whether we would notice an improvement this week (Sept. 23) in regards to PQ (picture quality). To my surprise, there was -- both for CBS and Fox. There were many games this week that I would rate a B+. However, there were no A's to give out. For those of you who think I am a hard grader and wonder what I would give an A to, I would give an A to the MLS game Saturday night on HDNet. That was a crisp and clear picture and how I would want all games to look.As for Sunday (September 23), I would give a B+ to the following games:
Colts-Titans (CBS)
Chargers-Packers (CBS)
Vikings-Chiefs (Fox)
Niners-Steelers (Fox)
Dolphins-Jets (CBS)
Bills-Pats (CBS)
Bengals-Seahawks (CBS)
Jags-Broncos (CBS)
Giants-Skins (Fox)
All of these games had bright color, and sharp pictures with nice detail and no noise. They did not make an A grade as none had the the sharpness that in my mind deserves an A grade. While the close-up shots were generally very good, the long shots had a touch of softness that warrants a grade of B+.
The following games deserved a B:
Lions-Eagles (Fox)
Rams-Bucs (Fox)
Panthers-Falcons (Fox)
Close-ups were softer than the B+ games as were the long shots which were way too soft.
Pulling up the rear was the Cards-Ravens (Fox) which I gave a C-. It looked like a bad upconvert with a very grainy and noisy picture. I would have hated the Lions-Eagles game to have looked that bad!
All in all a very good week. Hopefully we will have a few A games next week!
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7 Comments:
Of course the Cardinals/Ravens game on FOX looked the worst. It was not HD, it was SD widescreen. FOX only does up to 6 games a week in HD. That was game 7.
Chargers vs Packers was on CBS
What about the NBC game, I get the chicago feed via Directv and Antenna and it always looks crappy. Terrible digitilazation on moving shots and their bottom see through banner is terrible. Is this just me or is it the whole nation?
NBC always has a crappy picture when doing sporting events. When are they going to join the party and give us some quality reception.
My NBC station looked the best. My CBS Station has bad pixelation and for some weird reason my FOX station didn't air any games in HD, just the pregame show.
The Cowboys/Bears game on NBC-HD with Comcast looked good [for a 1080i broadcast] in the Richmond VA area.
"my FOX station didn't air any games in HD, just the pregame show."
FOX's pregame show, at least the studio portion, is not in HD. It's SD widescreen.
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