Archive for the 'CBS HDTV' Category
by BlinkerGuy . August 10th, 2007
I just looked at my trusty Time Warner cable box & I see that CBS has tonight’s Bills preseason game - and that it’s in HD! I find this very surprising after the last few years of CBS’s HD coverage of the NFL where it was pretty much 50/50 if the game was in HD.
CBS lists their NFL Schedule on this page, but you’ll have to bookmark it & check back each week, as I’ve never seen them have more than 2 or 3 weeks of HD programming listed (you’ll see the 3 preseason games they’re airing are in HD, but nothing for the rest of the season)
CBS has been telling people (like me) that they’ll have more games in HD each year (see my CBS HDTV Introduction Post) and I really hope that they can get with the times - like every other major station that airs NFL games - and finally air EVERY game in HD.
by BlinkerGuy . March 26th, 2007
I know this doesn’t really have to do with CBS’s crappy HD policy, but I just had to post it. I just sent CBS & CBS Sports this letter:
CBS Needs To Give Up On The 7:00 Hour On Sunday
I live in the Eastern time zone & I got to watch The Amazing Race at 8:00 last night. Want to know how I did it? I have an antenna on the top of my house & I picked up CTV out of Toronto. I do love watching Canadian commercials. I was then able to watch the other shows that I normally watch on Sunday nights in their entirety.
The time has come for CBS & CBS Sports to finally realize that no matter what sporting event you think will end at 7:00 PM on a Sunday will go long. Just give up on the 7:00 hour like Fox did. Do a wrap up show for whatever sport it is, move 60 Minutes to 8:00 (and tell Andy Rooney to trim his eyebrows) & go from there.
I find it hard to believe that you have not gotten other complaints like this, since the problem (and it is a problem, no matter what spin you want to put on it) has been going on for years & years.
Stop trying to mess up peoples DVR’s & screwing with people that try to watch 1 or 2 of the shows you have on Sunday night live.
Sincerely,
BlinkerGuy
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by BlinkerGuy . March 12th, 2007
I hate CBS. Since I follow the Bills, I’m pretty much forced to watch at least 8 games a year on CBS. I think 1-1/2 of them were in HD last year. How is 1/2 a game in HD you ask? The Bills were getting their asses handed to them by the Bears, so CBS decided to change the national feed to another game. That left us watching the 2nd half of the game in SD.
In Nov 2005 I wrote this letter to the local CBS affiliate (I’ve written many to CBS Sports, but I’ve never gotten a reply)
Subject: Show the HD NFL games!
2 weeks ago you got it right - you had a non HD game on the regular channel & an HD game on the HD channel.
This week, you have a completely useless game on both channels (no one outside of Southern Ohio & Maryland cares about this AFC North game) while the HD game between the Jets (they are in our division) & Chargers (best RB in the game) is not being shown.
Way to go! I just turned on Fox & will enjoy the Dolphins & Falcons in HD with my antenna.
This is the reply I got back:
As you may be aware, we are at the mercy of CBS. We only air what they give us. We are hopeful all CBS games will be in HD next year.
Regards,
John
Director of Engineering and Operations
WIVB-TV/WNLO-TV
I’m sorry to say that 2006 was the same. I think they only have 3 HD camera crews, which doesn’t work that well if you broadcast 5-7 NFL games each week.
My fingers are crossed that CBS will get all their NFL games in HD for the 2007 season (and you know I’ll be complaining if they don’t)
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