Posted on 01/25/2021 5:12:11 AM PST by Onthebrink
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Bingo
Who cares?
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Ditto. Football used to be my favorite sport. Now I couldn’t tell you who plays who on any given weekend.
This could mean a few things:
1.) the factory in Korea/Taiwan/China/certainly not America that was supposed to build the cameras or computer processing equipment for broadcast either couldn't build the cameras or computer processing equipment, or it couldn't get the stuff shipped across the pacific in time. Kind of unlikely, but possible
2.) Someone plain old forgot to set up the logistics for putting the technology in place for the game. Doesn't make sense for this scale of operation. The Superbowl doesn't "sneak up on you", it's the same time each year and the most prominent single spectator sports event in America.
3.) Someone did the math and realized that having a massive 4K broadcast audience alongside all the other bandwidth hogging devices that people have become accustomed to using during the pandemic means there's going to be a glitchy broadcast and a PR nightmare for a niche technology that could cause it to collapse just like 3D did last decade. Possible, but I didn't do the math.
4.)CBS sports doesn't want to pay the contractor who can run all the cables in the stadium because they are bleeding money and have to cut costs somewhere. They know 4K is a niche feature at this point and anyone who is paying to watch the superbowl in 4K is still going to watch it in regular old 1080p. Much more likely in my opinion.
The NFL has backed the wrong horse. I will not watch any games until the NFL gets their s*** together. I’m sure many players on those Red state teams would just as soon take a knee if they haven’t already done so. I will not help fund the NFL by watching
4K TV sets may still be limited across the US. I don’t have one and probably won’t be buying one in the future if the wife has the say. The say is my 42” is big enough. I keep telling her we sit too far from the TV according to various ratios.
I watch everything on my laptop now, anyway, I rarely watch anything on my big screen TV.
You don’t have to. Cut your cable and free stream it. I’m not looking for the Rodgers rate for my car insurance.....LOL.
Super bowl? My grannie has one; hers can fit almost twenty servings of spaghetti.
The nfl is one of the enemies of America at this point in time. I won’t watch. Baseball is my favorite sport to watch. I have a team I’ve been following since the 1950s. Since the MLB jumped the shark too, I have not watched any of those games. This will continue until things change.
What’s a Super Bowl?
I have not upgraded, either. My current 1080P TV still works well, and I have calibrated it for the best picture. It also does 3D. When it dies, I'll go 4K, but not before. I'll bet most people with 4K sets are not even watching 4K content on them.
The SB is on network, so that 30 dollar antenna in the attic provides the best possible picture, right?
Should produce a decent picture, though I recommend mirror streaming from an Apple TV, Amazon firestick, Roku box, or any cheap streaming device. Your phone or iPad can stream anything in HD to your TV. No apps, no nothing. Recommend adblocker plus free download and a decent vpn.
At this point the NFL has yet to sell all the commercial slots.
Superbowl or SuperDUD?
I aint watching and haven’t been for years.
I will enjoy NOT watching the game.
I believe you need a new Roku Ultra box with an ethernet cable to get a true 4K picture. You also need 600 mps streaming internet from your cable provider. You may also need a new router and Cable modem.
You can buy a TCL 4K QLED 55” TV now for $499 at Walmart or Best Buy.
I am going through the process right now to cut the Comcast/Xfinity cable TV cord. Fortunately, I have a 22 year old son to do all the tech research for me. I live in rural south central NH with a hill blocking my direct line of sight to Boston over the air broadcast TV antennas.
In addition, my cellular service at my residence is bad. It is literally a dead spot in front of my house for about a mile. Again, because of the same hill that blocks the closest cell tower.
Thanks for the info. Wouldn’t your source info have to be broadcasted in 4K to hand off to Roku and TV and view in 4K? Does that new Roku box convert the signal? I’ve been wanting a more secure router anyway and maybe it’s a good time to upgrade it all. 6 mos of old cable bill covers everything. Please pm me once you’re set up and let me know how it looks.
Thanks
Sjb
You mean we can’t watch the Budweiser commercials in 4K?
Oh, wait...
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