Venue for Super Bowl in High Definition?
#1
Posted 26 January 2007 - 09:22 AM
Sopranos does not have it and neither does Shark Club. I'm sure it has to do with the difficulty of wiring and high cost. You can't have long wire runs of component video or HDMI. It's quite easy to string regular coax for standard definition TV and a "good enough" picture is what most places settle for.
But I'm thinking someone must have done it right somewhere in town. Anyone certain of a place that has the real deal set up correctly that is going to show the Super Bowl?
#2
Posted 26 January 2007 - 12:16 PM
Does anyone know anywhere that will show the Super Bowl in bona fide High Definition? Lots of places have the nice wide screens installed, but I have not seen a single one anywhere that actually has them wired up for high definition. Everyone has them set up to show standard definition stretched out or zoomed in to fill the wide screen. The pictures are good, but I've not seen the real deal anywhere. The HD logo bug on the screen is very distinctive for TSN, Rogers Sportsnet, CBC, Global, CTV, CityTV CBS, Fox, and NBC -- it's unmistakable.
Sopranos does not have it and neither does Shark Club. I'm sure it has to do with the difficulty of wiring and high cost. You can't have long wire runs of component video or HDMI. It's quite easy to string regular coax for standard definition TV and a "good enough" picture is what most places settle for.
But I'm thinking someone must have done it right somewhere in town. Anyone certain of a place that has the real deal set up correctly that is going to show the Super Bowl?
Good question. How about Cactus Club? EDIT: I called there, no HD.
#3
Posted 27 January 2007 - 10:19 PM
#4
Posted 27 January 2007 - 10:20 PM
How Early does one have to go to any sportsbar to get a good seat fro this year's super bowl?
Between one and two.
#5
Posted 30 January 2007 - 03:43 PM
#6
Posted 30 January 2007 - 04:16 PM
My house.
What are you charging for a pint of beer?
#7
Posted 30 January 2007 - 04:26 PM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#8
Posted 30 January 2007 - 05:48 PM
#9
Posted 31 January 2007 - 10:35 AM
#10
Posted 31 January 2007 - 04:29 PM
#11
Posted 01 February 2007 - 06:26 AM
Several places have Bell ExpressVu running so the HDTV add on costs $10 more a month? To be fair, there are probably a lot or restrictions for commercial use, but it seems to me someone somewhere in town would go to the effort. It might even attract customers who would not ordinarily go. Sad.
#12
Posted 01 February 2007 - 10:40 AM
Global Television plans to pick up a clean, untouched feed of CBS's Super Bowl telecast on Sunday in the hope that the picture and sound quality improve.
High-definition viewers complained about distortions and audio problems on Global's National Football League conference championship telecasts on Jan. 21.
As a rule, Canadian viewers see an NFL telecast that has been altered twice before it reaches the screen at home. The feed from the site of the game goes to New York, where the U.S. network inserts its commercials. And then it's sent to Global's facility in Calgary, where it's altered again and given Canadian commercials. For the Super Bowl, the feed from Miami will go directly to Calgary.
Canadian viewers have no choice but to watch Global's NFL coverage. In addition to simulcasting the U.S. feed, Global is allowed to replace the American channel with its own on the cable and satellite systems.
However, the distributors have the right to discontinue the Global feed if it's not up to quality and use the U.S. network feed — although that upsets Canadian advertisers who have bought time on Global with the understanding their commercials will be seen.
Still with commercials, the U.S. Super Bowl ads are out of bounds for Canadian viewers because of the substitution rule. However, during the game on Sunday, AOL Canada will stream the U.S. commercials on aol.ca/superbowl.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#13
Posted 01 February 2007 - 12:34 PM
If it's all digital as they claim, the picture quality should not degrade with each generation.
#14
Posted 01 February 2007 - 03:20 PM
This is just a sad state of affairs. All these great bars spending all that cash on the nice flat-screen tvs and plastering them everywhere, but not a one is willing to spend just a little more cash to wire it up for real HDTV.
Several places have Bell ExpressVu running so the HDTV add on costs $10 more a month? To be fair, there are probably a lot or restrictions for commercial use, but it seems to me someone somewhere in town would go to the effort. It might even attract customers who would not ordinarily go. Sad.
A sports package for Bell ExpressVu for a bar costs about $600/mo. A Canucks pay-per-view game costs $130 for a bar. A Salmon Kings away game costs $400US per game for a poor-quality web stream.
#15
Posted 02 February 2007 - 05:49 AM
What does Shaw charge?
#16
Posted 02 February 2007 - 12:26 PM
#17
Posted 04 February 2007 - 10:51 AM
If it were me, I'd sneak in my home decoder box and hook it up for the Super Bowl, and remove it afterwards.
#18
Posted 06 February 2007 - 03:01 PM
#19
Posted 26 February 2007 - 03:25 PM
Yow! I guess we'll have to settle for less. Very few businesses can justify that expense. That's an insane fee. I'm thinking an antenna might get the signal from Seattle or Vancouver if it was high enough.
If it were me, I'd sneak in my home decoder box and hook it up for the Super Bowl, and remove it afterwards.
Feb 22nd, 2007 : The city allows itself to be bullied into shelving a height standard that has served us well for years
Feb 26th, 2007 : Local sports-bar bullied into spending $4000 by VV forumers.
Good news. Soprano's has gone and done it. One big-screen 75"h x 130"w full HDTV starting March 15th or so.
#20
Posted 26 February 2007 - 03:58 PM
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