So WRAL's TV Schdule says this game (Maryland vs. Davidson) is in HD. They said it was in HD when the game came on, but its in 480i on my TV. The ACC Tourney looked great, what happened? Anyone getting this in 1080i?

3/15/2007 11:24:56 AM

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"games in HD ... sort of Danny Hooley, Staff Writer Here's the good news for people with high-definition television: The NCAA games will be broadcast in HD on WRAL's digital tier. Now the bad, or at least, confusing news: not the whole games, just parts of them. The games will be broadcast in their entirety on regular old WRAL, but the CBS feed in HD will jump to other NCAA Tournament games, depending on the action. So be prepared to work that remote. WRAL programming director John Harris says he hopes this will only be an issue during the first two rounds this week. He said he hopes that by next week, when the field narrows, CBS will be able to provide constant HD feeds of NCAA games on WRAL."

[Edited on March 15, 2007 at 11:52 AM. Reason : ahaha...1 reply, 0 views]

3/15/2007 11:52:08 AM

thanks dude. i should be working anyway. its times like this when working from home is very difficult.

3/15/2007 11:57:10 AM

hmm, now the news is on, and its still in 480i standard ratio. DOES ANYONE WATCH TV? does anyone watch WRAL 5.1? please tell me if you have this problem.

3/15/2007 5:10:10 PM

255 and 254 have been in hd for me all day. 255 the news is on now and 254 has the vandy blowout. both in hd.

3/15/2007 5:11:49 PM

Youre watching over the air apparently. WRAL drops to SD only for the first weekend of the tournament so they can broadcast 4 games at a time. Since they have a direct feed to TWC, they are able to provide HD feeds on TWC only.

However, there are constant HD feeds available according to AVS, of every game in fact...Im sure theyll be using them tonight for the Dook and Carolina games . Whats silly is CBS has to drop to SD everytime they switch (all that money in a new studio and they still have to do this, ridiculous).

3/15/2007 7:50:48 PM

^it's been in all HD during switches for me

[Edited on March 15, 2007 at 8:04 PM. Reason : just not highlights]

[Edited on March 15, 2007 at 8:04 PM. Reason : our territory is slated for constant coverage during duke and unc games]

3/15/2007 8:03:58 PM

Yeah just the noticed the proper switch, but wasnt that way this afternoon (or at least, they left it in SD with bars on the Butler/ODU game for awhile).

3/15/2007 8:59:09 PM

yeah i'm watching over the air. i thought a little while ago maybe there isn't enough bandwidth to get all 4 channels and HD, but i really don't know. the carolina game on now is still in 480i though. oh well, we'll see what happens saturday. i'm just glad that i can see every game and not have to pay for cable!

3/15/2007 9:57:19 PM

is it just me or does it look good for a minute then go blurry for a second

3/15/2007 10:31:01 PM

its been doing that, kinda weird

3/15/2007 10:32:22 PM

you won't see HD NCAA games over the air until next week.. I love my hdtv tuner card in my pc.. picking up the games over QAM.. Had to add the second HD channel manually though.

3/15/2007 10:49:51 PM