The CBS broadcast of the Old Dominion-Butler game temporarily went dark as technical difficulties in Buffalo forced the network to switch to its studio and then to other games. Whatever problems they were having were fixed fairly quickly.But one glitch didn't get fixed: The game is now not being broadcast in high-definition. That's a big deal to people who bought their high-def televisions mostly because they wanted to watch sports, and high-definition was a major selling point for the premium package that CBS offers which allows viewers to watch all four games going on at any given time.
Worst of all, the technical difficulties didn't stop CBS from reading its promo saying "today's game is brought to you in HD by Harris Corporation." Um, yeah.
UPDATE: With three minutes left in the first half, the HD feed kicked back in.
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3-15-2007 @ 3:51PM
Sportz Assassin said...
I've also noticed the Lexington games haven't been HD.
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3-15-2007 @ 4:13PM
dhodge said...
This is surprising - I've heard nothing but good things about the quality of the television service in the Buffalo area.
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3-17-2007 @ 4:59PM
david said...
CBS is the worst of all when it comes to HD broadcasts, they stink! Por picture quatity!! I am not getting the NCAA mens in Albany in HD but their anouncers keep plugging it. What a joke! When I get Lexington, I get the HD picture but there is this constant picture "blinking" that goes on about every 5 seconds on average. Driving you up the wall. NO, this is not my set. I have had 2 50" plasmas for over 2 years and I know what I am doing when it comes to receiving the HD signal. The bottom line is CBS is terible with their entire coverage. We need to get ESPN to cover it starting next year.
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