12-31-2005, 10:39 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Game tonite in HD
Can't believe it....CBC is actually pulling their one and only HD truck to Calgary for the game tonite!! Good timing to 'cause I just flashed up the HT setup in the basement....106" screen here we go!
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12-31-2005, 01:10 PM
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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awesome!
whats your address? 
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12-31-2005, 01:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Wow, I had to check it out for myself, could barely believe it.
Edmonton atCalgary10:00 p.m.
High Definition
That's it, I'm not goign out to some stupid bar full of drunks, staying home to watch the game!!
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12-31-2005, 05:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hell
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is it in HD on the regular cbc, or do i need to tune to a cbcHD channel on bell? i',m just setting up pvr, want to record right one.
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12-31-2005, 05:41 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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It will be in SD on the CBC-SD channels. However it will be in HD on the CBC-HD channel.
So tune to the HD channel.
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12-31-2005, 09:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Jesus, the audio levels are worse than usual on the HD channel. I have the game nice and loud on the stereo, but when the commercials come on it just blasts the room. I have to reach for the remote and mute the sonofabich.
Seriously, why can't they utilize a limiter, filter, or a gate, Ridiculous.
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12-31-2005, 11:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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The audio was bad but the picture was great. I didn't know it would be in HD and just went wow when I saw the picture.
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01-01-2006, 12:30 AM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
Jesus, the audio levels are worse than usual on the HD channel.
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It was a little better as the game went on, but I agree. I suppose that's what happens when you have a station trying to broadcast in HD before they have stereo TV figured out.
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01-01-2006, 03:12 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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This thread made my day! I checked the forum about 5:00 pm, and was shocked that the CBC game was in HD.
So, I quickly ran to the store, grabbed the adapters I needed, and quickly set up the plasma!
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01-01-2006, 03:15 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The audio was bad but the picture was great. I didn't know it would be in HD and just went wow when I saw the picture.
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Yeah, the HD looks a lot nicer than the SD, that is forsure.
However, 2 years ago, HD looked way better than it does now. It is compressed to the point now that you can see the effects. A full uncompressed HD is about 19 MB's per second, and I have been told that Shaw often compressed to 12 MB's per second, and Bell is around 15 MB's second. Its a shame - especially when compared to how it used to look.
Like others on AVS Forums, I have taken to calling the current HD 'HD Light' 
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01-01-2006, 07:34 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Originally Posted by Draug
Yeah, the HD looks a lot nicer than the SD, that is forsure.
However, 2 years ago, HD looked way better than it does now. It is compressed to the point now that you can see the effects. A full uncompressed HD is about 19 MB's per second, and I have been told that Shaw often compressed to 12 MB's per second, and Bell is around 15 MB's second. Its a shame - especially when compared to how it used to look.
Like others on AVS Forums, I have taken to calling the current HD 'HD Light' |
I've had my HD setup for a year now and some HD broadcasts aren't as impressive as others and may ahve degraded.
I hear the only way to get uncompressed signals is with a big dish. Is their HD setups for big dishes and can a person intercept their signals?
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01-01-2006, 02:08 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hell
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MAN I LOVE HDTV! I went to the game, but had the pvr record it, I watched the whole game again when I got home. I'm still blown away by the difference.
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01-01-2006, 02:23 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I hear the only way to get uncompressed signals is with a big dish. Is their HD setups for big dishes and can a person intercept their signals?
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There isn't much for FTA HD broadcasts. Part of the reason is a lack of hardware; plus the fact that most broadcasters are encrypting the signal.
The problem with compression has more to do with joe average not realizing there's a difference between quality and quantity. Shaw for example added a few HD channels without adding any bandwidth. Guess what happens to the PQ when that happens.
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01-01-2006, 03:17 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
MAN I LOVE HDTV! I went to the game, but had the pvr record it, I watched the whole game again when I got home. I'm still blown away by the difference.
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Haha, i'm doing that tonite. Such a crazy game. I gotta watch it again in HD.
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