CBS HD sports on Directv!

[chadwi]

I am now watching the Jets game in HD on Directv!  Have I had too many Bloody Mary's?

[basshive]

ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?! I just checked, still SD for me showing only ML58 in the guide. Resetting the receiver now to see if something is changed.

[basshive]

Must be some very potent bloody mary's or I am missing something. No 58 in HD. Reset receiver and still showing only ML58 in SD. What does your guide show?

[chadwi]

I think your right.  I went through Sunday Ticket and saw the Jets game.  It said its blacked out but searched for another channel and said I can watch it on 58.  I told it to tune to that and its in HD.  Is our 58 WDJT?  I bet I'm on another cities CBS.  But I am watching it in HD right now.

[basshive]

That is our CBS for sure. So in your guide do you see 58 WDJT and 58 ML?

[chadwi]

Something is going on...the  first time I had it the signal was 720P,  now its in 1080i.  Are they getting ready to flip the switch?!

[chadwi]

Yep, its WDJT!  In the normal spot on my guide.

[chadwi]

My guide only has ML58.  But its still in HD

[tywest]

No HD for me. :confused:

[chadwi]

I don't get it.  Do either of you have Sunday ticket? Try it on that.

[basshive]

Nope I don't have ST. I tuned to the game just for kicks to see if it would show me being blacked out and tune to 58 HD, no dice

All I can say is enjoy it!

[chadwi]

Now I'm bummed, I thought 58 had finally come to its senses.

[RonH]

Is it possible that directv is already taking the digital OTA signal and cropping it down for the ML58 SD channel?  So then when you have sunday ticket with HD, it is actually available, but not under normal circumstances.

[brewguru]

If you have the Sunday Ticket with the HiDef package, you can see the games in HD.

For example, Sunday Channel 6 had the Bucs-Cowboys and 58 had the Jets-Chiefs. With the Sunday Ticket package, on the Bucs-Cowboys game both the standard def and the HiDef feeds were blacked out and you had to watch them on 6. For the Chiefs-Jets game, the standard def broadcast was blacked out, but you were still able to watch it in HiDef.

It's been that way all season.

[gb4fan92]

A quick peek at 58 last nite showed no HD on 58 direct tv but it was HD on 58-1 using my AM-21 OTA tuner.