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The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Oct 29th 2009 at 4:19PM

Green Bay vs Oregon
The best time of year for sports' fans continues as the World Series is in full swing, College Football is about to start off its last month, and the NFL bye weeks are here. The two biggest college football games this week are on the same time and the same channel, which means you'll have to click on the ABC link to see the coverage map to know which game you'll get to see -- we're going to get the Texas game, luckily. Also this week is the over hyped rematch between the Vikings and the Packers is also on this weekend, and since it's at 4pm, everyone should get to see it -- who wants to anyways.

NFL
Denver Broncos at Baltimore Ravens CBS 1:00 PM Sun
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers Fox 4:15 PM Sun

CFB
No. 5 USC at No. 10 Oregon ABC 8:00 PM Sat
No. 3 Texas at No. 14 Oklahoma State ABC 8:00 PM Sat

MLB
World Series: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees Fox 7:57 PM all week

NHL
Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings Versus 7:00 PM Tues

NBA
Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers TNT 10:30 Thurs
Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics ESPN 8:00 PM Fri

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Oct 22nd 2009 at 4:02PM

Celtics vs Cavaliers
It is very fitting that on a week with not many great football matchups, that the NBA would be kicking off the regular season. It isn't that we're big basketball fans, it is just that we wanted to put up a baseball image and all the ones we could find were boring -- just like the sport itself. But we would like to recognize that for big sports fans, this is the very best time of the year. The time of year when all four of the big sports in the US are all on at the same time. Of course this only lasts for about two weeks because baseball season just can't ever end, but if you can't get enough HD sports, enjoy the following weeks while you can.

NFL
  • Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers Fox 1:00 PM Sun
  • New Orleans Saints at Miami Dolphins Fox 4:15 PM Sun
  • Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants NBC 8:20 PM Sun
CFB
  • #8 TCU at #16 BYU Versus 7:30 PM Sat
  • #13 Penn State at Michigan ABC/ESPN 3:30 PM Sat
MLB
  • ALCS: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels 7:57 PM Thurs Fox Sat, maybe Sun
  • World Series Philadelphia Phillies at AL winner tentatively starts October 28th
NHL
  • Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks Versus 8:30 PM Mon
  • Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals Versus 7:00 PM Tues
NBA
  • Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers TNT 7:30 PM Tues
  • Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets ESPN 10:30 PM Wed

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Oct 15th 2009 at 1:57PM

USF vs Cincinnati
Oh how we love it when there's a big College Football game on a Thursday night, it really is the best way to kick off the weekend -- albeit a day early. This Thursday's game in Tampa is versus two top ranked teams in the country who are both undefeated and in the same conference. But that still might not be the biggest game of the week as there are actually three other matchups against ranked opponents. The NFL season is more than under way with the bye weeks started and this week two of the remaining undefeated teams meet on Sunday when the second ranked offense in the NFL, New York Giants, meets the 3rd ranked offense in the way of the New Orleans Saints.

CFB
  • No. 8 Cincinnati at No. 21 South Florida ESPN 7:30 PM Thu
  • No. 20 Oklahoma at No. 3 Texas ABC 12:00 PM Sat
  • No. 6 USC at No. 25 Notre Dame NBC 3:30 Sat
  • No. 4 Virginia Tech at No.19 Georgia Tech ESPN 6:00 PM Sat

NFL
  • Baltimore Ravens at Minnesota Vikings CBS 4:15 PM Sun
  • New York Giants at New Orleans Saints FOX 1:00 PM Sun
  • Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons NBC 8:20 PM Sun

MLB
  • ALCS: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees. Fox starting 10/16
  • NLCS: Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers TBS starting 10/15

NHL
  • San Jose Sharks at NY Rangers Vs 7:00 PM Mon
  • St. Louis Blues at Pittsburgh Penguins Vs 7:00 PM Tues

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Oct 8th 2009 at 3:38PM

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Oh how we love the point in the college football season where the pretenders are tossed out of the polls and the remaining teams at the top meet. So we know you are probably looking forward to seeing #1 UF play #4 LSU on Saturday -- which will probably be a more interesting game than the National Championship game in January. MLB playoffs also start this week and hockey enjoys its second week of the regular season.

NFL
  • New England Patriots at Denver Broncos CBS 4:15 PM Sun
  • New York Jets at Miami Dolphins ESPN 8:30 PM Mon

CFB
  • #21 Nebraska at #24Missouri ESPN 9:00 PM Thu
  • #1 Florida at #4 LSU CBS 8:00 PM Sat

MLB
  • ALDS: Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees
  • ALDS: Boston Red Sox at Anaheim Angles
  • NLDS: Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies
  • NLDS: St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers

NHL
  • Calgary Flames at Chicago Blackhawks 8:00 PM Mon Vs
  • Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres 7:00 PM Tues Vs

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Oct 1st 2009 at 3:04PM


Things are really starting to heat up on the grid iron. The good and the bad are starting to show themselves and play each other. One of those meetings is on Sunday at 4pm when the Cowboys head to Denver in the hopes of picking up their third win. Then of course on Monday night is the big game Favre lovers have been waiting for. To us its a solid divisional rivalry, but we're sure a number of people will tune in just for the revenge angle. On the CFB field there is another great SEC matchup with LSU vs UGA, but we also get to find out who's worse, Oklahoma or Miami? Finally, the baseball season is coming to an end with only 7 days left until the playoffs, so basically we're just glad to see it end. Hockey also kicks off this week with the Capitals and the Bruins with many more games to follow.

NFL
  • Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Fox 4:15 PM Sun
  • Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings ESPN 8:30 PM Mon

College Football
  • LSU at Georgia CBS 3:30 PM Sat
  • Oklahoma at Miami ABC 8:00 PM Sat
NHL
  • Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins Versus 7:00 PM Thursday
  • Detroit Red Wings at St. Louis Blues Versus 3:00 PM Friday
MLB
  • Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers ESPN 7:05 PM Friday

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Sep 24th 2009 at 8:31PM

November 13, 2008 - Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images North America
College football roles on and this week where we get to find out if Miami is really back or just went on one heck of a two game winning streak. If you would've told anyone that the Hurricanes could go 3 and 0 with a schedule like this, no one would've believed you, but here we are with Miami going to Virginia Tech favored. Normally we ignore baseball, even though we list the big games but this week the playoff race is officially on so tune in to find out who's going to make it down the final stretch.

NFL
  • Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots Fox 1:00 PM Sun
  • Indianapolis Colts at Arizona Cardinals NBC 8:30 PM Sun

College Football
  • #9 Miami at #11 Virginia Tech ABC 3:30 PM Sat
  • Iowa at #5 Penn State ABC 8:00 PM Sat

MLB
  • Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees TBS Fri 7:00 PM
  • St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies TBS Sun 3:00 PM

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Sep 17th 2009 at 6:15PM


We don't know about anyone else, but we can hardly wait to see if Miami is as good as they looked against FSU about a few weeks ago. Either way, it should be a great college football matchup. Although that'll be a better matchup than Tennessee at Florida, with all the pre-game jabs thrown leading up until this rivalry, this will be the biggest CFB game this week. Speaking of rivals, there aren't many bigger than this Sunday Night's Giants vs Cowboys. Finally, for those that love high scoring professional football, don't even think about missing the Saints vs the Eagles.

NFL
  • New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles Fox 1:00 PM Sun
  • New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys NBC 8:30 PM Sun

College Football
  • #14 Georgia Tech at #20 Miami ESPN 7:30 PM Thurs
  • Tennessee at #1 Florida CBS 3:30 PM Sat

MLB
  • San Francisco at Arizona 10:00 PM ESPN Wed

The best HD sports on TV this week

by Ben Drawbaugh posted Sep 10th 2009 at 3:19PM

Steelers

American's most watch sports kicks off in HD in just a few hours as the former Super Bowl champs take on the their AFC rival -- what else really needs to be said? NFL kickoff weekend then ends with a double header on Monday night including the Bills vs the Patriots, where we get to see if Brady is really back. There are a few big old school college football matchups this Saturday as well, as Michigan takes on Notre Dame and USC goes up against Ohio State in one of the most classic midwestern matchups. Ohh, and baseball isn't over yet, so if nothing else is on you might want to check out two teams both trying to get a playoff spot.

NFL
  • Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers NBC 8:30 PM Thursday
  • Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots ESPN 7:00 PM Mon

College Football
  • Michigan at Notre Dame ABC 3:30 PM Sat
  • USC at Ohio State ABC 8:00 PM Sat

MLB
  • Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants Wed 10:00 PM ESPN

Roku Video player now streaming live HD baseball games from MLB.TV

by Nilay Patel posted Aug 11th 2009 at 12:01AM


We've always loved the Roku Video Player, and it's getting even more flexible over time -- in addition to Netflix and Amazon video rentals, the $99 box can now play, pause, and rewind live HD baseball games in 720p from MLB.TV, as well as play archived games from the previous week on demand. You'll have to pay the one-time MLB.TV subscription fee of $35, but that's not terrible, especially if you're an out-of-market fan looking to catch your favorite team without having to trek out to a bar. Now if only the NFL would let anyone but DirecTV carry Sunday Ticket, we'd be all set.

Gallery: Roku Video Player MLB.TV interface

Baseball umps cite HDTV, SportsCenter for changing the way games are called

by Richard Lawler posted Jul 10th 2009 at 1:09PM


While we were just getting used to the football, hockey and basketball offseason, baseball umpires have piqued or interest with a statement that HDTV has changed the game. Now that viewers at home (& in the stands) have high res screens and feeds, not to mention DVRs to go frame by frame as many times it pleases them and constant replays on SportsCenter it's changed the way they call close plays on the base paths. Of course, we don't think that calling the game more accurately within the rules is a bad thing, but as this week's dustup involving Derek Jeter showed, not everyone has gotten the message, we're thinking a HD replay booth may be in order. Any longtime baseball fans noticed games getting called tighter over the last decade or so?

Yankees new Diamond Vision HD scoreboard unveiled

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 4th 2009 at 12:22PM


Say hello to the Yankee's biggest and, in our opinion, best new acquisition. We've been all up and down the specs of the Mitsubishi built 101- by 59-foot LED display for the last year so we'll just sit back and let it wash over you, while we contemplate whether those luxury seats below block some of the bleacher seats, or the ant-sized players trotting around on the field below.

Gallery: Yankee Stadium

Check out a free preview of the MLB.tv HD player today and tomorrow

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 3rd 2009 at 6:27PM


Want to get a look at the new MLB.tv, and don't want to spend any money to do it? Two spring training games tonight and three games tomorrow afternoon will be loosed on your Adobe Flash equipped PC, complete with the high definition video, Live Game DVR functionality, Multi-Game viewing, picture-in-picture and more. Go ahead, give it a shot and let us know if you're satisfied.

Daktronics & Sony bring HD to Cincinnati Reds home ballpark

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 3rd 2009 at 6:55AM


Daktronics has made a name outfitting stadiums across the country with high definition scoreboards and the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati is no different. Reds fans can look forward to a 138 by 39 foot high main scoreboard, plus two other displays behind left field, and the first use of Daktronics' HD-16 LED technology for a higher res ribbon board along the first and third base lines. Sony's jumped in the game, outfitting the stadium with top notch broadcast and production equipment, plus our favorite feature, as the stadium's 64 luxury suites feature 46-inch BRAVIA HDTVs and Vaio PCs running StadiumView software, which lets fans choose which HD feed to watch via touchscreen.

Gallery: Cincinnati Reds Great American Ballpark Daktronics LED HD Scoreboard



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Yankee Stadium -- and its enormous HD screen -- opens to the fans Thursday

by Richard Lawler posted Apr 1st 2009 at 5:13AM


The New York Yankees annual team workout is April 2, and that's when the organization officially takes the wraps off its 101- by 59-foot HD Diamond Vision scoreboard. Mitsubishi's screen can show 5,925 sq ft of HD and give either one large 1080 image or up to four simultaneously. An 8mm dot pitch means we wouldn't put our noses against it, but from anywhere else in the ballpark the view should be perfect. Congratulations New York, instead of just Mets vs. Yankees beef, this year you'll be tied up in the Mitsubishi vs. Daktronics debate.

MLB.tv gets cheaper, adds HD and more in '09

by Richard Lawler posted Feb 6th 2009 at 10:48AM


While Scott Boras still works on a deal for Manny, baseball fans can take heart, MLB.tv's streaming package has dropped its upfront costs $10 for next season, plus HD streaming and "Live Game DVR Functionality", so you can rewind and fast forward -- but only during the game. Throw in picture-in-picture and live chat features and it looks like the switch from Silverlight to Flash is paying off, at least on paper. We're trying to find an argument against lower price and more features that doesn't have to do with the Yankees and Red Sox trying to buy a title every offseason, but we're coming up blank.




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