CPanther95
Mummyketeer
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2000
NBC & CBS are 1080i, not p. Also, just because the network is sending one format, doesn't mean the local station is using that format. As locals are squeezing more into the same bandwidth (HD subchannels, 3-4 subchannels, etc), one way to make up the difference is to broadcast 720p instead of 1080i.
I also believe Dish does offer 1080p, but it's on their PPV channels. Also, the providers will "bit starve" certain channels (making them look worse) to help the "hungry" (ESPN, Fox Sports, etc) ones.
Sorry, meant 1080i. No channel has a 1080p standard.
If people could see an NFL game broadcast with full 1080i & full bandwidth like they had in the early years, it would WOW them almost as much now as it did then. Outside of a Blu-ray player, we aren't seeing HDTV anywhere near as good as possible, or promised.
I miss the HD Demo channel on DirecTV. A 90 minute loop of HD samples and movie trailers that blew you away with the picture quality.