http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/ Engadget HD Comments for TV Squad: The five best sports to watch on TV - do these hold true when HD is concered? http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Hockey, it's like watching it for the first time.
3. Basketball, very shiny floors add to the realism.
4. Baseball, very green.
5. Golf, let's you really see the beauty of the courses. ]]>Jul 27th 2006 5:41PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/Jul 27th 2006 6:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/Baseball
Golf
Hockey
Basketball]]>Jul 27th 2006 6:37PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/
As for the rest, baseball still needs a pitch clock, so who cares if I can now watch individual blades of grass grow between pitches, and I really don't see the need for HD poker. Given the list, here's my version:

1. Hockey
2. Football
3. Tennis
4. Baseball
5. Poker
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1) Hockey
2) Soccer
3) US Football
4) Baseball
5) Everything else except Pro Basketball

Very Last Place) Pro Basketball, because nobody wants to see Shaq's sweat stains on his shorts in HiDef. ]]>Jul 27th 2006 6:42PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/
1. Hockey: Being able to easily follow the puck around the ice is a gigantic improvment over SD.
2. Football: The HD (including surround sound of the feeds) and the widescreen really allow viewers to see a play develop. You can see down field and watch a receiver cutting across the middle instead of the quarterback looking like he is throwing to nobody on an SD feed.
3. Basketball: The gleam off the court and the surround sound of the fans cheering (or jeering) actually makes you feel like you are at the arena. (And note, I actually do care for basketball, but I will watch one is HD because it is beautiful and entertaining)
4. Soccer: If you watched the World Cup this summer, you know what I am talking about.
5. Everything else...

Baseball in HD isn't that great, a majority of the footage is the angle from behind the pitcher. Having a widescreen HD feed of this doesn't do much.

Poker in HD... are you serious? What a waste... wow, look at the gleam of the queen. Or maybe, look how realistic that felt looks... I mean jeez. Maybe if it is celebrity poker and Jessica Alba and Penelope Cruz are all-in on the last hand ;-) Oh yea, give me HD for that one.]]>Jul 27th 2006 7:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Soccer
3. NASCAR
4. Boxing
5. Mixed Martial Arts (cagefighting)

all 'framed' for HD viewers in 16X9

all as seen on HDNnet :-)]]>Jul 27th 2006 7:53PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/Jul 27th 2006 8:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2.boxing/mma
3.soccer
4.baseball
5.basketball]]>Jul 27th 2006 8:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/Jul 27th 2006 9:13PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Football
3. Tennis
4. Baseball
5. Poker, but who cares about HD poker?]]>Jul 28th 2006 12:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/Jul 28th 2006 1:40AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/1. Football (US)
2. Football
3. Football
4. Basketball
5. Soccer

Ok I may move soccer up to 4 in HD, but only if it doesn't have that big bar across the top of the screen.]]>Jul 28th 2006 3:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/
only sport worth watching in HD IMO is Football (the proper football, not the ones the US play with their hands!)]]>Jul 28th 2006 5:27AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Soccer
3. Baseball
4. Formula one
5. LPGA
]]>Jul 28th 2006 9:54AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Golf
3. Football
4. Baseball
5. Basketball]]>Jul 28th 2006 10:00AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/2. Soccer
3. Winter Olympics
4. Summer Olympics
5. NASCAR

]]>Jul 28th 2006 11:47PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/07/27/tv-squad-the-five-best-sports-to-watch-on-tv-do-these-hold-tr/
1. Football (US) - I still remember my first high-def game. A pass was underthrown and I could tell that it was short before the play had finished. I really got a better sense of spacing and slightly more depth to the image.
2. Basketball - If and when they use the camera that moves around on wires. Standard "press box" camera shots aren't at all impressive. Moving, up-close, camera angles that show spacing are awesome. If a broadcast isn't using the moving camera, basketball ranks much lower on the list.
3. Hockey - Very easy to follow the puck.
4. Baseball - Simply looks great framed 16x9.
5. Boxing - I've only seen briefly on HBO (free month) and maybe on HDNet. Looked pretty cool seeing the damage in detail.]]>Jul 29th 2006 1:49AM