2006 NHL Playoffs Canadian HDTV info - CBC hates the west no Flames HD coverage

[rage2]

Hockey Night in Toronto.... err I mean Canada sucks ass. Now that TO is out golfing, their weekly HD TO coverage switches to Ottawa and Montreal for 1st round playoffs. CBC has all the rights for Calgary first round games, and none are in HD. FUCKERS!!!

Way to go CBC... is this where our oil money's going?

[rage2]

The Canadian teams schedule, HD games in bold along with network carrying it.

2006 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS - ROUND ONE - CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
All series best of seven. Schedule subject to change.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (8) vs. OTTAWA SENATORS (1)
G1 TB @ Ottawa Friday, April 21 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G2 TB @ Ottawa Sunday, April 23 @ 6 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G3 Ottawa @ TB Tuesday, April 25 @ 7 p.m. ET
G4 Ottawa @ TB Thursday, April 27 @ 7 p.m. ET
G5(xx) TB @ Ottawa Saturday, April 29 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G6(xx) Ottawa @ TB Monday, May 1 @ 7 p.m. ET
G7(xx) TB @ Ottawa Wednesday, May 3 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
(xx) If necessary

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS (6) vs. CALGARY FLAMES (3)
G1 Anaheim @ Calgary Friday, April 21 @ 10 p.m. ET
G2 Anaheim @ Calgary Sunday, April 23 @ 9 p.m. ET
G3 Calgary @ Anaheim Tuesday, April 25 @ 10 p.m. ET
G4 Calgary @ Anaheim Thursday, April 27 @ 10 p.m. ET
G5(xx) Anaheim @ Calgary Saturday, April 29 @ 10 p.m. ET
G6(xx) Calgary @ Anaheim Monday, May 1 @ TBA
G7(xx) Anaheim @ Calgary Wednesday, May 3 @ TBA
(xx) If necessary

MONTREAL CANADIENS (7) vs. CAROLINA HURRICANES (2)
G1 Montreal @ Carolina Saturday, April 22 @ 7 p.m. ET
G2 Montreal @ Carolina Monday, April 24 @ 7 p.m. ET
G3 Carolina @ Montreal Wednesday, April 26 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G4 Carolina @ Montreal Friday, April 28 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G5(xx) Montreal @ Carolina Sunday, April 30 @ 7:30 p.m. ET
G6(xx) Carolina @ Montreal Tuesday, May 2 @ 7 p.m. ET (HD CBC)
G7(xx) Montreal @ Carolina Thursday, May 4 @ 7 p.m. ET
(xx) If necessary

EDMONTON OILERS (8) vs. DETROIT RED WINGS (1)
G1 Edmonton @ Detroit Friday, April 21 @ 7 p.m. ET
G2 Edmonton @ Detroit Sunday, April 23 @ 1 p.m. ET (HD NBC)
G3 Detroit @ Edmonton Tuesday, April 25 @ 10 p.m. ET
G4 Detroit @ Edmonton Thursday, April 27 @ 9:30 p.m. ET
G5(xx) Edmonton @ Detroit Saturday, April 29 @ 3 p.m. ET
G6(xx) Detroit @ Edmonton Monday, May 1 @ TBA
G7(xx) Edmonton @ Detroit Wednesday, May 3 @ 7 p.m. ET
(xx) If necessary

Here's hoping Montreal and Ottawa gets eliminated 1st round, so we can get CBC HD coverage out west.

[Bill Cosby]

oh rage you love your HD :love:

[DelSoln]

Habs in HD. :clap:

[Nissanaddict]

That freaking sucks (althouhg I don't have an HD at home, it's the principal of the matter)

[Envitro]

FUck!

I have been waiting for an HD playoff series for the Flames. God Damn It!

[buh_buh]

its because CBC has that special HD truck, and it typically stays out east.
No love for the top seeded canadian team :thumbsdow
West coast always gets shafted anyway.

[Bill Cosby]

the top seeded canadian team is ottawa... so big love for the top seeded canadian team.... :dunno:

[Xtrema]

Don't worry rage, Harper is working on killing CBC.....

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=119287c3-866c-4b12-be67-cb257b33367c&k=51167

[dino_martini]

Watch it on regular CBC.

[buh_buh]

Originally posted by Bill Cosby
the top seeded canadian team is ottawa... so big love for the top seeded canadian team.... :dunno:
oh yea my bad. Well top seeded canadian team out west then.


Originally posted by dino_martini
Watch it on regular CBC. uh.. yeah I think that's what this rant is about. That is the reason this thread even exists.

[rage2]

G2 Edmonton @ Detroit Sunday, April 23 @ 1 p.m. ET

This game is being covered in HD by NBCHDW. Not sure if it's going to be blacked out on Bell ExpressVu and Starchoice because I believe CBC has exclusive rights.

Looks like TSN's games are all SD, no HD.

[rage2]

G5(xx) Edmonton @ Detroit Saturday, April 29 @ 3 p.m. ET

This game may be in HD from NBC depending on how things play out.

[Jerms]

so are all the flames game on tv?

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by Jerms
so are all the flames game on tv?

All playoff games usually are.


Also, this news sucks. And if TSN isn't going to do it, and neither is Sportsnet...so much for the HD revolution. Let's get on with it, guys.

[Drew]

Thats shit, the even shittier thing, is i had to order some games payperview this season cause i wasn't in calgary, you'd think that at least then they could make it HD, but no, such a piss off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[modded46]

We don't have HD cameras here at the Saddledome I think that's why.. It's not just the truck but they need the proper cameras too or it just looks like poop upconverting..

The full widescreen HD games will be nice though. Go Wings till you meet Flames in the conference final!

[modded46]

The games on NBC will definitely be in HD and doubtfully blacked out. Well hopefully anyway.. Once you see a game in HD it's hard to watch it any other way.. I watched Phoenix games last year just because they looked so good. :P

[rage2]

They have mobile HD trucks that sit only in Eastern Canada. There are mobile HD trucks out west as well, but they don't own them and just rent them. I guess CBC just doesn't like to rent the trucks cuz Western Canada's not important enough for anything.

It's a lot more than just cameras and satellites, they do a lot of the production stuff in the truck. Check out HDNet's 2 mobile HD trucks.

http://www.hd.net/mobileunits.html

To ensure HD for flames games, we need a local station to convert to HDTV, and sign a contract for local broadcast rights with the flames. Ain't gonna happen :D. If a local station gets an exclusive local broadcast rights contract with the flames and doesn't upgrade to HD, then we're going to be screwed for HD coverage... even if TSN or CBC brings HD cameras here, we'll be SOL and get the local SD feed, with all HD feeds blacked out.

[Altezza]

I had a feeling this was going to happen. As far as TO is concerned, they don't want to even acknowledge the fact that Calgary exists.

[SuPhistiKatEd]

I can live without HD, but not Chris Cuthbert. He's the reason why I loved watching HNIC. Jim Hughson is just plain annoying.

Damn you CBC! :guns:

[Rocky]

No HD? Gaaaaaaaay.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the HD trucks out here if the Flames get rolling and start looking like serious contenders like they did in 03-04 though.

[Moonracer]

Well that solidifies my decision to take back my HD box before my month "trial" is up so to speak. I'll wait a little longer til we get more content and more in 16:9 at least.

[Seanith]

They better get their act together by next year. Wtf.

[88CRX]

Originally posted by Seanith
They better get their act together by next year. Wtf.

I heard their gonna have HD truck out here to cycle between here, Deadmonton and Vancouver. :thumbsup:

[mac_82]

Originally posted by rage2
It's a lot more than just cameras and satellites, they do a lot of the production stuff in the truck. Check out HDNet's 2 mobile HD trucks.


I have worked with some of Dome's trucks (nothing to do with the Saddledome), but haven't been on a HD truck yet. There is a hell of a lot more than just camera's involved for an HD broadcast, or any broadcast for that matter. The Saddledome wouldn't need to have HD cams, because the cameras would be where the trucks are.

[gongSHOW]

Originally posted by modded46
We don't have HD cameras here at the Saddledome I think that's why.. It's not just the truck but they need the proper cameras too or it just looks like poop upconverting..

The full widescreen HD games will be nice though. Go Wings till you meet Flames in the conference final!

not too knowledgeable about this stuff but TSN did have an HD game in the saddledome when the flames played detroit a while back.

[HyperZell]

Originally posted by gongSHOW


not too knowledgeable about this stuff but TSN did have an HD game in the saddledome when the flames played detroit a while back.

Yep, that was a good one - we won (3-1, I think? 3-2?) because McCarty scored the game winner. It was great to see it in HD, but after that we got the shaft.

[toyboy88]

BOOOOO.......!!!!!!!

:banghead: :cry: :cry: :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

[gongSHOW]

Originally posted by HyperZell


Yep, that was a good one - we won (3-1, I think? 3-2?) because McCarty scored the game winner. It was great to see it in HD, but after that we got the shaft.
ya i was at that game i think it was 3 - 1, parents watched it in HD :D

[buh_buh]

anyone know if center ice covers the first round of the playoffs? I'm stuck here in greaseville and don't want to watch the shitty Alberta team play.

[rage2]

Calgary Aneheim series is on OLN for US people for games 1 and 2, not on Center Ice.

I heard CBC is only covering the oilers game, meaning Calgary fans without tickets won't be able to see the game at all, unless they have center ice. Can't find center ice confirmation of game 1 tonight for canadian subs.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by rage2
Calgary Aneheim series is on OLN for US people for games 1 and 2, not on Center Ice.

I heard CBC is only covering the oilers game, meaning Calgary fans without tickets won't be able to see the game at all, unless they have center ice. Can't find center ice confirmation of game 1 tonight for canadian subs.

CBC double header tonight.

Oilers game at 5pm and the Calgary game at 8pm (all of Western Canada).

[rage2]

Yep, the CBC schedule updated today with Ducks @ Flames tonight at 8pm.

[buh_buh]

what about games 3 + 4?

[shtock99]

i have tonights game on hd..i have the shaw digital cable box and its on cbchd at 8pm

[ICEBERG]

The game is on HD.. What are you guy's talking about?

[max_boost]

^^^

Going to race home now and watch OT in HD.

[BananaJaK]

doesnt look like true hd..i think its just an upconverted broadcast

[b_t]

That looked like real HD to me.

[rage2]

You guys gotta get your eyes checked, that was widescreen SD. They use SD 4:3 cameras and equipment to hammer out a 16:9 and 4:3 image at 480i resolution like the DVD standard, but the way it was shot and processed, it's a bit worse than DVD quality.

[max_boost]

Originally posted by rage2
You guys gotta get your eyes checked, that was widescreen SD. They use SD 4:3 cameras and equipment to hammer out a 16:9 and 4:3 image at 480i resolution like the DVD standard, but the way it was shot and processed, it's a bit worse than DVD quality. It looked alright. :D

[Drew]

Fortunately I got to watch the game in RD....Real Definition!

[b_t]

Originally posted by rage2
You guys gotta get your eyes checked, that was widescreen SD. They use SD 4:3 cameras and equipment to hammer out a 16:9 and 4:3 image at 480i resolution like the DVD standard, but the way it was shot and processed, it's a bit worse than DVD quality.

haha I figured that out last night when I realized you couldn't see the actual mesh above the end boards, just a kind of dark haze

[rage2]

No complaints though! It's better than 4:3 SD. We could actually see more ice area!

[b_t]

We still had the CBC announcers that hate Calgary, though

[Rocky]

Haha all last night I was trying to explain to everyone that it was SD and not HD. "But it's on the HD channel!" Agh stfu, all of you :poosie:

[rage2]

Edm @ Detroit on CBC so far is 4:3 SD on CBC-HD.

NBCE HD is blacked out... well, mirrored. Channel 815 (NBCE) is a copy of Channel 820 (NBCW) on ExpressVu. So looks like no HD for this game for Canadian ppl.

It looks awesome on NBCE on US networks.

[Ajay]

I dunno....I personally don't think watching hockey games in HD is all that great. Yah it's obviously more defined but really how much definition can you have on a white sheet of ice.

I find it more annoying when they don't show NFL games in HD. Superbowl was WICKED in HD!

[rage2]

Originally posted by Ajay
I dunno....I personally don't think watching hockey games in HD is all that great. Yah it's obviously more defined but really how much definition can you have on a white sheet of ice.

I find it more annoying when they don't show NFL games in HD. Superbowl was WICKED in HD!
The puck, being probably the most important part of the game, is about 3 pixels by 2 pixels at 480i resolution. Have you seen slow-mo HD replays? There's no question as to who tipped it in, even live, when watching in HD. In SD, even slow-mo replays you can't tell.

[Moonracer]

Well I got to see some of the Ottowa game on sunday on the HD channel on my ED tv and it was awesome! I've never seen a hockey game on tv that looked so realistic.

[rage2]

I watched the Ottawa game as well. Same quality as all other CBC-HD productions, looking a bit soft. I've been bitching about it for a while now hehe.

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114004

edit - you were watching on an EDTV, so it'd look the same to you anyways ;).

[googe]

the best is when people think digital TV is HD :rofl:

[Moonracer]

Originally posted by rage2
I watched the Ottawa game as well. Same quality as all other CBC-HD productions, looking a bit soft. I've been bitching about it for a while now hehe.

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114004

edit - you were watching on an EDTV, so it'd look the same to you anyways ;).

ya it may look a bit soft to you on your HD tv but on mine it looks 10 times better than the standard channel. Plus it's not distorted from being stretched from 4:3. Believe it or not rage the hd channels look really good on an edtv as well. Basically dvd quality. :D

[rage2]

haha ya I know. What I meant was you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the soft HD picture that CBC is providing vs good 1080i HD such as some TSN-HD games and HDNet games.

[Moonracer]

:thumbsup: I was also just making a generalized comment on how decent the HD looks on an EDTV. The Devils and Rangers on the tsn hd, at the time of this post, is lookin pretty sweet too.

[v8killah]

How much better does it look on HD???:confused:

[Seanith]

about 10x better

[Envitro]

I'd say about 100 actually.

[rage2]

When you go to a game and watch from the 2nd bowl, it's like watching in HD. ;)

[Moonracer]

I think I just might keep my hd box, i'm liking these other games in hd at least.

[Drew]

Hey i'm in LA and went to game 3, the interesting thing is that there were HD cameras there, was the game broadcast in HD at home?

[rage2]

Nope, no HD action here.

[Drew]

thats shit, its soo funny to see 3 camera men looking at the exact same thing. I wonder if you could get the HD feed from a satellite connection