The HDTV broadcast looked great!
ESPN has a problem though. I've watched some HDTV football games at the TV store when they demonstrate the product on the floor. One of the selling points was the letterbox coverage. If done right, you should see the routes run deep into the secondary, or at least see a lot more of a return game.
But the cameramen and directors still center the line of scrimmage down the middle of the shot, showing wasted space 5-10 yards behind the running back. If they would line up the Shot with the tailback lined up on the edge of the picture, we should be able to get all 22 guys in the camera shot just before the snap.
Basically, they are wasting the technology. But they are using the same camera shots for their normal broadcasts as well.
One other irritant- Can they move the time/score graphic to the cornrer of the HDTV picture? In normal TV, it is. But with the extra space on the sides, it looks like it's in the middle of the shot- kind of in the way.
ESPN has a problem though. I've watched some HDTV football games at the TV store when they demonstrate the product on the floor. One of the selling points was the letterbox coverage. If done right, you should see the routes run deep into the secondary, or at least see a lot more of a return game.
But the cameramen and directors still center the line of scrimmage down the middle of the shot, showing wasted space 5-10 yards behind the running back. If they would line up the Shot with the tailback lined up on the edge of the picture, we should be able to get all 22 guys in the camera shot just before the snap.
Basically, they are wasting the technology. But they are using the same camera shots for their normal broadcasts as well.
One other irritant- Can they move the time/score graphic to the cornrer of the HDTV picture? In normal TV, it is. But with the extra space on the sides, it looks like it's in the middle of the shot- kind of in the way.
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