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Sports games on AM HD?

Can't do an accurate count from MON (Middle of Nowhere) but I believe the answer is that the HD is turned off due to the delay required in the analog signal to synchronize properly. The listeners with radios at the game don't like listening 10 seconds behond the action :)
 
What a total WASTE of bandwidth - sports do not need anything but 3 kHz analog mono. Not 50 kHz of bandwidth for AM HD stereo. Who gives a flip if they hear crowd cheering in stereo? What is the point anyway?
 
Keep in mind this is a personal preference - but I have to disagree with that. Maybe HD radio is not the best way to achieve it, but running wide bandwidth stereo audio keeps me listening longer than telephone quality. For compelling programming I would tolerate 3khz mono.

I suspect the average person on the street would agree with me - look at the success of HD TV for all formats - sports, news, etc. A big part of that for sports is the Dolby surround sound. Imagine the experience of watching the Superbowl in HD accompanied by 3khz mono audio......
 
spt87 said:
I suspect the average person on the street would agree with me - look at the success of HD TV for all formats - sports, news, etc. A big part of that for sports is the Dolby surround sound. Imagine the experience of watching the Superbowl in HD accompanied by 3khz mono audio......
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HDTV gives noticeably better picture than analog, plus its widescreen. AM HD Radio on the other hand gives you heavily compressed sounding audio. A regular bandwidth analog signal in mono would sound much better, plus there is no delay.
 
Does OTA DTV delay sports broadcast??

I was watching Sunday Night Football, I forgot who played..like couple weeks

I heard the snap of the football on AM1050 on my walkman..I saw it like 3 seconds later on TV, Well it was DirecTV..Does OTA DTV does this too??
 
Coding delays are inherent in digital transmission. They're worse for TV than they are for radio.

(in other words, yes, sports are delayed on TV as well. Not intentionally, but because it's inherent in digital coding. Well, after the Janet Jackson thing, they probably delay it some on purpose as well...)

The coding delays are worse on the dish than they are OTA.
 
Rochester's WHAM is the local radio outlet for Buffalo Bills games. This past Sunday's Buffalo - Miami game was IBOC delayed 5 or 6 seconds behind the TV version.
 
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