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Where's HD on the NCAA CBS games

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troone

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StandardDef on channel 46 (809, 811 and 812 comcast.) Is it because there's not enough bandwidth when you split the channel into three subchannels?

I like the fact that we can see all the games, but...
 
troone said:
StandardDef on channel 46 (809, 811 and 812 comcast.) Is it because there's not enough bandwidth when you split the channel into three subchannels?

I like the fact that we can see all the games, but...
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WGCL-DT (OTA and cable) is converted to 3 SD's during the game. The HD feed is restored after the late news. Also, WGCL-TV analog 46 (Comcast 9) and WGCL-DT 46.1 (809) do not simulcast during the game. The three WGCL-DT games are seperate from what analog WGCL-TV is offering. This part changes next year when analog TV goes away.

You can do 2 HD and 8 SD's on one digital OTA channel. The more you add, the less quality for the remaining. WRAL Raleigh does 2 HD's (main CBS and 24/7 news), and WXIA did so during the Olympics. Many PBS stations do 1 HD and 3 SD (total of 4). They could leave the main HD alone and add the two additional SDs without quality issues. It sounds like to me it wouldn't be fair to do one game in HD and the others in SD, and since the SD feeds are temporary, I assume this is why they are doing it the way they are.
 
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