Conventions in HD?

[GS kid]

Anyword if any of the networks will carry this in HD? I wanna see the beads of sweat on their faces and their noses getting bigger as both parties lie their tails off. Sad really.... but good fun!:rolleyes:


 Also...... anybody that scans the net got any updates on when Conan & Letterman will go HD? :confused:

[smack]

I haven't heard anything about the networks but, HD NET will be doing some stuff from both conventions if you have it available to you.

According to the HDNet schedule it looks like 1 hour live on Mon and Tues. 1 1/2- 2 hours wed and 3 plus hours of coverage on thursday night.

Here is the link

HD Net 7 day schedule

smack

[mhz40]

Total waste of good bandwidth...

[720p]

Originally posted by mhz40
Total waste of good bandwidth...

Speak for yourself.  Those of us who care about the direction the country is headed in will want to pay attention to the candidates.  HD is a nice plus.

[GS kid]

Well like stand-up comic Bobcat Goldthwait once said. Picking a president is like shopping at an adult toy store. It's picking the d**do that's the least painful. You're gonna get screwed and it's gonna hurt. You just gotta pick how and in what areas of your life. I dislike the GOP and hate the dems. We need some more  parties cuz both of the major parties are corrupt. A 3rd party convention..... now I'd tune in for that in HD or SD! :rock:

[Tom Snyder]

2000 was the first summer I had HDTV... HBO HD, the DirecTV Demo reel and PBS were pretty much all there was. PBS did gavel to gavel of both conventions, and we watched it all.  And because it came from NHK - Japan (yeah, the Japanese apparently have a greater appreciation for our politcal process than our own networks did), it was presented without commentary, spin and overkill.  So was the inauguration.

Awesome and powerful.

As the media continues to dumb down the public, it's more important for us to be able to see historic events like this. That's why it's puzzling that PBS believes it's more important to entertain us with reruns of Killer Whales and washed up Doobies. And that's sad.  

I'm sure that an intensely cynical view toward our political system is cathartic, but I'll take that over any other system of government anywhere in the history of our planet.

[gparris]

Originally posted by mhz40
Total waste of good bandwidth...

Absolutely. If you want to watch them (either convention), good for you.

I had hoped the channels I have to pay for would give me an alternative to the conventions, but HDNET proved me wrong.
During this time I would appreciate Mr. Cuban keeping his schedules the same without conventions I can see without buying into a subscription like HDNET, especially in HD.

If they want to cut out for the swearing in of the winner, I will watch that  in HD.

It like some say, a show in HD won't improve what it already is...

[tazman]

I believe they should be covered, but not in HD.  I would have agree it's a waist of band width.:mad:

[GBK]

I think all of their programming should be made available in HD. Regardless if it's Political or not.  it's the middle of the summer if you don't like the Political process don't watch.  Go outside and start up a bbq.   Personally I don't agree wth the dems on 80% of their platform... it would be hard to watch something like that..   On the other hand if you don't know what's out there how can you possibly make an informed decision.  Anyway back to HD make *ALL* programming in HD and then there is no problem. :-) just my 2 cents worth.

[drgingras]

Originally posted by Tom Snyder
2000 was the first summer I had HDTV... HBO HD, the DirecTV Demo reel and PBS were pretty much all there was. PBS did gavel to gavel of both conventions, and we watched it all.  And because it came from NHK - Japan (yeah, the Japanese apparently have a greater appreciation for our politcal process than our own networks did), it was presented without commentary, spin and overkill.  So was the inauguration.

Awesome and powerful.

As the media continues to dumb down the public, it's more important for us to be able to see historic events like this. That's why it's puzzling that PBS believes it's more important to entertain us with reruns of Killer Whales and washed up Doobies. And that's sad.  

I'm sure that an intensely cynical view toward our political system is cathartic, but I'll take that over any other system of government anywhere in the history of our planet.

Seems that Charlie Ergen may share your view - E* is offering the gavel-to-gavel NKH HD feed from both conventions free to all it's subs (even those that don't have the HD pack). 1-10PM daily on channel 9467. And, yes, I'll be watching. For all the same reasons.

Dave

[Tom Snyder]

Interesting Article in Today's NY Times  - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/technology/circuits/22conv.html

I wonder how ABC "might try HDTV."

 One thing most viewers won't see at this year's conventions is sharp and wide high-definition images. While HDTV ownership continues to grow, neither CBS nor NBC will use the feed from the HDTV pool cameras on the convention floor, operated by the Japanese network NHK.

Mr. Westin said that ABC, which provided high-definition pool coverage of this year's State of the Union address, might try HDTV.

Limited HDTV convention coverage will be available to subscribers of HDNet, which is seen on satellite and some cable systems. The company will also offer its affiliates a second channel of gavel-to-gavel coverage in HDTV as a free service to subscribers. Dish Network says it will carry the special feed.

[mhz40]

Originally posted by 720p
Speak for yourself.  Those of us who care about the direction the country is headed in will want to pay attention to the candidates.  HD is a nice plus.

I didn't say I didn't care about the direction of the country... you inferred that somehow based on my bandwidth comment and put words in my mouth.
What I did say was; covering them in HD is a waste of bandwidth. Listen, we will have a dozen or more channels to watch the direction take shape. IMO, we don't need 3 more copies of the same programming in HD.

[Tom Snyder]

HDNet has offered the gavel-to-gavel coverage to whoever wants to carry it.

Dish is taking the feed, but DirecTV, which now has enough bandwidth to show 100 HD NFL football games doesn't have the bandwidth for this!

[mrmike]

I fail to see what this gains an educated voter over reading the transcripts (which I can do much faster myself not having to wait for applause and pregnant pauses and hand-waving and such) and position papers.  If there was any chance of an actual discussion of ideas instead of a rah-rah event it might be worth watching (I'm a debate-a-holic), but I can't see there being anything there for me.  Someone convince me I should watch this

[Doug Mohr]

Originally posted by mrmike
I fail to see what this gains an educated voter over reading the transcripts (which I can do much faster myself not having to wait for applause and pregnant pauses and hand-waving and such) and position papers.  If there was any chance of an actual discussion of ideas instead of a rah-rah event it might be worth watching (I'm a debate-a-holic), but I can't see there being anything there for me.  Someone convince me I should watch this

Amen! I can read senate transcripts, read commentary from 100 different countries, and research the candidates decisions in far less time than it takes the candidates to put on their makeup.

One network (or subchannel) could carry the convention, or put it on government access completely uninterrupted. Then we can decide (novel idea in a democratic country, huh?) how to spend our viewing time as opposed to all the networks competing for our advertising dollar with their "enhanced" commentary.

Doug