How many games will be broadcast in HD?

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Last year you'd hear Len say. . . "This game being broadcast in HD, brought to you by. . . . "

 

So now I'm thinking of getting HD and want to know if there is a way to find out how many games will be broadcast in HD? Can anybody tell me about how many were last year?

[B]

None where I live. HD is for the Chicago audience only.

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Sorry to hear that B. I'm in Chicago so that's good for me.

 

I just went to Comcast sports net and they are deffinatly broadcasting some but their "2006 schedule" isn't out yet.

 

Can someone from Chicago who has done it last year, tell me about how many games were in HD? So we know Comcast participates, and I think WGN TV does too. What percentage should I expect to see in HD?

[Andy]

Sorry to hear that B. I'm in Chicago so that's good for me.

 

I just went to Comcast sports net and they are deffinatly broadcasting some but their "2006 schedule" isn't out yet.

 

Can someone from Chicago who has done it last year, tell me about how many games were in HD? So we know Comcast participates, and I think WGN TV does too. What percentage should I expect to see in HD?

I was under the impression that any home game broadcast on WGN was in HD. I don't know what Comcast's policy is.

[Bote McBoteface]

I'm pretty sure they were doing all home WGN games in HD last year for the Chicago area.

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Sorry to hear that B. I'm in Chicago so that's good for me.

 

I just went to Comcast sports net and they are deffinatly broadcasting some but their "2006 schedule" isn't out yet.

 

Can someone from Chicago who has done it last year, tell me about how many games were in HD? So we know Comcast participates, and I think WGN TV does too. What percentage should I expect to see in HD?

I was under the impression that any home game broadcast on WGN was in HD. I don't know what Comcast's policy is.

 

You just totally stole my thunder.

[Careless]

Sorry to hear that B. I'm in Chicago so that's good for me.

 

I just went to Comcast sports net and they are deffinatly broadcasting some but their "2006 schedule" isn't out yet.

 

Can someone from Chicago who has done it last year, tell me about how many games were in HD? So we know Comcast participates, and I think WGN TV does too. What percentage should I expect to see in HD?

I was under the impression that any home game broadcast on WGN was in HD. I don't know what Comcast's policy is.

That was the case. I just wound up going from directv to comcast (directv doesn't have comcast hd) so I don't know about the comcast games.

[J.R.]

Every Cubs home game on WGN/CSN is available in Chicagoland in HD.

 

WGN's HD signal is available OTA and on cable; CSN is cable-only.

 

The WGN HD feed is available to out-of-towners over Canada's Bell ExpressVue satellite system. Of course, you have to pirate the signal or get a friendly Canadian to let you use his address. I'm thinking of sticking one up this year.

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You have to have Comcast to see Comcast's HDTV broadcasts? It just doesn't work on recular comcast sportsnet?

 

Ok considering that, how do the games break down between WGN and COMCAST. Doesn't comcast carry most of them?

[Andy]

You have to have Comcast to see Comcast's HDTV broadcasts? It just doesn't work on recular comcast sportsnet?

 

Ok considering that, how do the games break down between WGN and COMCAST. Doesn't comcast carry most of them?

I don't have a precise breakdown, but it seems that the basic mix is roughly 70 each for Comcast and WGN, and 22 "other" (ESPN, WCIU, CSN+, etc.)

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Well I'm glad I posted here first. It looks like I'll have to call comcast and ask them about their HDTV channel (because when you goto comcast cable, it doesn't list "comcast sportsnet HDTV" as one of the "HD" Channels available in the "HD" package. So that is confusing. .

 

I have DirectTV and I hate that I might have to switch just to get another 20-30 games in HDTV. .