http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/05/university-of-hawaii-games-stay-sd-for-now/ Engadget HD Comments for University of Hawaii games stay SD, for now http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/05/university-of-hawaii-games-stay-sd-for-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/05/university-of-hawaii-games-stay-sd-for-now/Jul 5th 2008 12:01PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/05/university-of-hawaii-games-stay-sd-for-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2008/07/05/university-of-hawaii-games-stay-sd-for-now/
This is not a technical issue.
This is purely financial.

Hawaii has no pro anything. Football, Baseball, Hockey, nada.
So the fans are starved and desperate, so they shell out thousands every season for high school, college, any sports they can get their hands on.

If they did UH games, which they collect $14 mil on now, in HD, so many will stay home instead of paying $75 for a TV season pass in SD, as they do now, with little choice.
http://starbulletin.com/2008/05/21/sports/story01.html

So they are just trying to milk the fans, another year or two, until they really get pissed, and then give in and lose their franchise to the power of HD at home...

Hopefully, ESPN will come to the rescue again this season, broadcasting UH games in HD, otherwise, I'll just ignore the entire UH season this year, as I'm not a fan that pays.]]>Jul 5th 2008 2:12PM