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#76357 1-Feb-2011 11:58

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ESPN has just gone widescreen! There should be a noticeable improve in quality too. NM

Not quite ESPN in HD, but it's a start

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#433649 1-Feb-2011 12:49

It's about time...

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#433659 1-Feb-2011 12:56

Super Bowl in WS. Pity that ESPN is not in iSky lineup..

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#433858 1-Feb-2011 18:58

finally!!

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#433885 1-Feb-2011 19:53

first real proof will be the champion league games, they were almost unwatchable you couldn't even tell who the players were.

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#434259 2-Feb-2011 13:23

yay, I'll be able to see the cards they're playing in poker. On wide screen programs they were center cutting it and couldn't see cards on left side.

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#435885 6-Feb-2011 14:55

Watching the 6 Nations now. Still very hard to tell who is whom on wide shots.

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#435902 6-Feb-2011 15:44

why is ESPN now even worse to watch . tried watching the La Liga this morning, the first game had black borders with ESPN on them on both sides of the picture and you couldnt even read the score and the players kept disappearing behind the borders , yet second game fine , same with the 6 nations, the Italy game unwatchable, yet second game fine. why is it like this and is there anything i can do to fix it

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#435906 6-Feb-2011 16:02

The NBA is much more watchable now. the game last week you could barely make out the players. much better in yesterdays game. pity boston lost though.

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#436077 6-Feb-2011 22:44

watching Italy vs Ireland replay now. Picture quality seems noticably worse than even SD games on other channels. It's like watching a game from the 70s.

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#442954 24-Feb-2011 09:17

The picture quality of the Mersielle - Man United game on at the moment is poor, it seems all fuzzy, almost out of focus.

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#442963 24-Feb-2011 09:59

Ignite: The picture quality of the Mersielle - Man United game on at the moment is poor, it seems all fuzzy, almost out of focus.

That's because you're seeing

PAL -> NTSC -> Pal conversion going on.. NTSC is bad at the best of times.

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#443025 24-Feb-2011 12:41

ZollyMonsta:
Ignite: The picture quality of the Mersielle - Man United game on at the moment is poor, it seems all fuzzy, almost out of focus.

That's because you're seeing

PAL -> NTSC -> Pal conversion going on.. NTSC is bad at the best of times.

Unlikely to be that as the ESPN we get here is ESPN Australia so I assume their feed for the above would be direct from the UK /PAL country..

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#443031 24-Feb-2011 13:05

Even So, you still have at least one conversion from NTSC to pal in there... So don't expect crystal clarity.

NTSC has never been known for it's quality

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#443162 24-Feb-2011 20:05

Why would there be a NTSC conversion in there? The UK is PAL, along with Europe... Aus is also PAL, same as NZ. Unless of course the signal is being bounced from the US, but that would be unlikely as ESPN is based in Europe.

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#443197 24-Feb-2011 22:00

Actually NTSC ceased to exist a couple of years ago when they turned off analog TV and went ATSC so there should be no NTSC in the supply chain at all..

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