You really have a hard-on for NBC for some reason. Look, the BBC broadcast was a trial. Plus, there is the little technical matter that BBC HD trial was at 50 cycles where the American HD standard is 60Hz. That conversion requires specialized high def video processing equipment which NBC may or may not have yet.
Just give it a little time for everyone to get their ducks in a row, will you? More than likely, you will see Wimbledon next year in HD. Hard as it is for you to believe, there are more factors for NBC to consider than you may realize. When it can be accomplished with reasonable effort, you get the Stanley Cup playoffs and the upcoming NFL season in HD, and lots of other high def broadcast material on NBC. When it's difficult or impossible, like Wimbledon -- through no fault of NBC's -- you don't. NBC was one of the pioneers of regular HD programming: "Late Night with Jay Leno," was in HD nightly for a long time before much else on the major networks, or had you forgotten? A little more perspective is in order. We've come a long way surprisingly fast, in my judgment. Original Message: ----------------- From: Paul Chiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:32:30 -0700 (PDT) To: HDTV-in-NYC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [ HDTV in the NYC Area ] No HD coverage of Wimbledon by NBCwhenBBC has HD Feeds Paul, you are sounding like you're either working for GE/NBC or trying to sell them things. It is not unreasonable at all now. HD coverage can be done with very little funds. The BBC did do HDTV for this wimbledon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/03_march/23/hd tv.shtml Even if they did not, there is little excuse that GE/NBC can use. They are the worst of the major networks. Period. Paul "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now you know that you're simply being unreasonable. As I've explained before, it's a British broadcast, not an American one. If the Brits don't have HDTV, there is nothing NBC can do about it. If the World Cup was being held in England, instead of Germany, you'd have the same problem, later today on ABC. Original Message: ----------------- From: Paul Chiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:47:32 -0700 (PDT) To: HDTV-in-NYC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [ HDTV in the NYC Area ] No HD coverage of Wimbledon by NBC whenBBC has HD Feeds This does it! Not even the finals at Wimbledon gets HD feeds from the Brits. To all the apologists for GE/NBC out there, you have no excuses for NBC dropping the ball again on HD coverage of a major sporting event. Sure, they have spotty and crappy HD coverage of some events, like hockey and the olympics (mostly on delay), but overall they are weak compared with ESPN, ABC, CBS, and FOX. NBC/GE deserves to be last of the major networks. Paul ---------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/F03olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ======================================================== Community email addresses: Post message: HDTV-in-NYC@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner (Keith Knipschild): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/HDTV-in-NYC ======================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HDTV-in-NYC/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
