When it comes to improvements, I list them in this order:
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.
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When it comes to improvements, I list them in this order:
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.