NBC Universal Sports?

[dwarren2]

Any chance of Dish ever picking it up?

 

[Bobby]

Why, it's in SD...... NBC puts it on one of their subchannels.

 

[isaacmorseMI]

Why, it's in SD...... NBC puts it on one of their subchannels.

Alot of people don't have OTA and it's not on a subchannel in alot of markets.

 

[dwarren2]

Alot of people don't have OTA and it's not on a subchannel in alot of markets.

Not carried in Rochester, NY either OTA or via cable.

 

[ronfelder]

Why, it's in SD...... NBC puts it on one of their subchannels.

I have hd and still say who cares if it's in sd rather than hd. quality of the programming is more important than the format it's transmitted in.

Ron

 

[dwarren2]

I have hd and still say who cares if it's in sd rather than hd. quality of the programming is more important than the format it's transmitted in.

Ron

SD is better than NO D.

Grew up in south Jersey. Pennsauken and Cinnaminson till I was 13.

 

[chuckster_dude]

SD is better than NO D.

WOW! Someone who shares my exact thoughts.

The way some people are around here, it's HD or nothing.

 

[ronfelder]

WOW! Someone who shares my exact thoughts.

The way some people are around here, it's HD or nothing.

I suppose they base that on all the money they spent on the hdtv and thehd programming.

 

[btharner]

I'm almost afraid to get HD based on the remarks made in these forums about how upset people are when they have to settle for watching something in SD.

As for Universal Sports, as an Olympic sports junkie, it is a channel that I certainly would love to have. My question is if ESPN/ABC (or anybody else ) were to outbid NBC for the rights to the 2014/16 Olympic Games, then would NBC have any motivation to keep the channel on the air, seeing that it is a way to keep the athletes in the spotlight in the time between Olympics? If they don't have the Olympics then why bother promoting athletes who will appear on a competing network. Just a thought.

 

[bgee]

would NBC have any motivation to keep the channel on the air, seeing that it is a way to keep the athletes in the spotlight in the time between Olympics?

Olympics is a fraction of what Universal Sports offers. I'm missing your point.

The cycling coverage this year was amazing. OTA here in Albany NY.

 

[dwarren2]

Olympics is a fraction of what Universal Sports offers. I'm missing your point.

The cycling coverage this year was amazing. OTA here in Albany NY.

The local NBC station here in Rochester has no plans on adding Universl Sports. I asked via email and got that response.

 

[howie14]

I watch it on 4-3 OTA in the Wash-Balt area. I just wish they'd:

A) Show some curling, and

B) Show up in my OTA TV Guide

 

[btharner]

Olympics is a fraction of what Universal Sports offers. I'm missing your point.

The cycling coverage this year was amazing. OTA here in Albany NY.

The point is that this channel was launched to feature year-round coverage of Olympic sports and athletes (at least that is what the tab on my web browser says when I visit the website), if NBC loses the Olympic rights it has little incentive to show this type of programming anymore.

 

[PATECO]

I get it ota on my 722 from Miami here in Fort Lauderdale. My West Palm Beach NBC does not offer it ota.

 

[Joe The Dragon]

Why, it's in SD...... NBC puts it on one of their subchannels.

There are roamers of it going HD. But with the comcast / nbc thing who knows.

 

[EvilEuro]

I watch it on 4-3 OTA in the Wash-Balt area. I just wish they'd:

A) Show some curling, and

B) Show up in my OTA TV Guide

Bummer yours doesn't show up in your OTA Guide. It definitely shows up with correct information in my OTA guide here in Los Angeles.

Also, they did show curling this past winter. Not a lot, but it was there. Including the US Championships and the Canadian too if I remember correctly.

 

[dwarren2]

Just came back from Cape Cod where they do carry NBC US. They carry many of the sports I'm interested in. Like skiing, bobsledding, cycling, skating, etc. Is there any way to put in a request to Dish to add this to their line up?

 

[Steve Mehs]

Be glad WHEC doesn't carry it. Digital subchannels should be outlawed! All they do is steal bandwidth away from the main channel. NBC is already known for their crappy HD picture quality no need to degrade it any further. WHEC has one digital subchannel (and that's one too many) WGRZ in Buffalo has two, Universal Sports and that useless RTV. I get Rochester locals in HD on Time Warner over QAM as well as Buffalo locals. While not a huge difference WHEC does look a tad bit better then WGRZ when flipping between the two. PBS is the most noticeable. While both WNED and WXXI have the subchannels maxed out, TW in Rochester has a direct fiber feed for XXI before the extra compression is added, 19Mb of HD goodness, just how it should be! While I can't stand PBS, I wish they did that for all the broadcast networks, so those of us who don't believe in the idiotic theory that 'more is better' can enjoy content with better picture quality.

You guys with Rochester locals don't know how good you have it! Keep HD beautiful, ban digital subchannels!

 

[dwarren2]

You guys with Rochester locals don't know how good you have it! Keep HD beautiful, ban digital subchannels!

Speak for yourself. I'd rather have Universal Sports. Sd is better than No D.

 

[Steve Mehs]

Why don't you speak for yourself! I'd rather be without TV then watch crappy SD. We're a month away from 2011, why does SD even still exist??? Subchannels suck!