No HD US Open on Sky?

Notice that Sky have yet to show ANY tennis in HD at all, which is
annoying given that they have done for much lesser sports like
"Speedway". Anyone think they will start showing tennis in HD
eventually? Must say that for an NTSC conversion, Sky's picture quality
from the USO has been pretty good this year, and infinitely superior to
that of the amateurs at Eurosport.....................

Wayne wrote:
Notice that Sky have yet to show ANY tennis in HD at all, which is
annoying given that they have done for much lesser sports like
"Speedway". Anyone think they will start showing tennis in HD
eventually? Must say that for an NTSC conversion, Sky's picture quality
from the USO has been pretty good this year, and infinitely superior to
that of the amateurs at Eurosport.....................

Have Sky been host broadcasters for any tennis though ?

Did CBS host broadcast the USO in HD ?

AFAIK the Beeb's Wimbledon coverage has been the only HD tennis available so
far ?


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Mark Carver wrote:
Wayne wrote:

Notice that Sky have yet to show ANY tennis in HD at all, which is
annoying given that they have done for much lesser sports like
"Speedway". Anyone think they will start showing tennis in HD
eventually? Must say that for an NTSC conversion, Sky's picture quality
from the USO has been pretty good this year, and infinitely superior to
that of the amateurs at Eurosport.....................


Have Sky been host broadcasters for any tennis though ?

Did CBS host broadcast the USO in HD ?

AFAIK the Beeb's Wimbledon coverage has been the only HD tennis
available so far ?



USO has been in HD on Universal HD when USA had coverage and CBS HD
otherwise. The gulf between the CBS HD and their regular coverage seems
more than USA Network's.

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Mark Carver wrote:
Wayne wrote:
Notice that Sky have yet to show ANY tennis in HD at all, which is
annoying given that they have done for much lesser sports like
"Speedway". Anyone think they will start showing tennis in HD
eventually? Must say that for an NTSC conversion, Sky's picture quality
from the USO has been pretty good this year, and infinitely superior to
that of the amateurs at Eurosport.....................

Have Sky been host broadcasters for any tennis though ?

No, but they show US Tour Golf in HD and they are not the host
broadcaster for this event either. AFAIK, you don't have to be the host
broadcaster in order to broadcast the images in HD.

Did CBS host broadcast the USO in HD ?

AFAIK the Beeb's Wimbledon coverage has been the only HD tennis available so
far ?

In the UK, yes this is correct, and I believe that this was almost like
a trial. It just annoys me that lesser sports such as Speedway have
been shown on Sky's HD channels, but no tennis.

In article .com,
says...
No, but they show US Tour Golf in HD and they are not the host
broadcaster for this event either.


I don't think you will find this is right.

As far as I'm aware, Sky haven't shown any overseas sport in HD.

Just because a programme is on Sky Sport HD1 or Sky Sports HD2, it
doesn't mean it is in HD.

Richard wrote:
In article .com,
says...
No, but they show US Tour Golf in HD and they are not the host
broadcaster for this event either.


I don't think you will find this is right.

As far as I'm aware, Sky haven't shown any overseas sport in HD.

Just because a programme is on Sky Sport HD1 or Sky Sports HD2, it
doesn't mean it is in HD.

Everything they show on SSHD1/HD2 is also shown on one of the normal
sports channels. What would be the point in showing the same thing on
two different channels, if they are both an SD broadcast? Are Sky lying
when they claim to be showing US Tour Golf in HD? What's the point in a
HD channel if not all of the content is HD? And anyway, Sky did indeed
show the US Open Men's SFs and the Women's final last night on SSHD1 -
why would they do this if this was not actual HD, if these events were
also shown on the regular SS channels? That would be a waste of channel
space..........

In article . com,
says...
Everything they show on SSHD1/HD2 is also shown on one of the normal
sports channels. What would be the point in showing the same thing on
two different channels, if they are both an SD broadcast? Are Sky lying
when they claim to be showing US Tour Golf in HD?


SSHD1 and HD2 each simulcast one of the regular Sky Sports channels (it
varies which one daily). If the sport is one that they are covering in
HD, then it will be in HD, otherwise it is just upscaled SD.

The EPG indicates what is in HD - as does the DOG on the channel, the HD
part is only present when the broadcast is HD.

Richard wrote:
In article . com,
says...
Everything they show on SSHD1/HD2 is also shown on one of the normal
sports channels. What would be the point in showing the same thing on
two different channels, if they are both an SD broadcast? Are Sky lying
when they claim to be showing US Tour Golf in HD?


SSHD1 and HD2 each simulcast one of the regular Sky Sports channels (it
varies which one daily). If the sport is one that they are covering in
HD, then it will be in HD, otherwise it is just upscaled SD.

What exactly is "upscaled SD"? Higher bitrate?

In article . com,
says...
What exactly is "upscaled SD"? Higher bitrate?


It does have a higher bitrate, but the upscaling part means it is
transmitted at 1080i rather then the 576i of SD (which it originates
in).

Richard wrote:
In article . com,
says...
What exactly is "upscaled SD"? Higher bitrate?


It does have a higher bitrate, but the upscaling part means it is
transmitted at 1080i rather then the 576i of SD (which it originates
in).

I think that's a bit of a con as, if it's on one of the SSHD channels,
most people would assume (unless they could tell otherwise) that it is
true HD - the symbols on the EPG aren't obvious to everyone. I guess
Sky are doing this to try and fill up their HD channels with as much as
possible?