Best Player Available Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 For the second week in a row the 1:00 game on CBS was broadcast in s..tty low def by Time Warner in Central New York. It was so bad that I stopped flipping to Fox during breaks in the Bills game because it was painful to switch back. Pretty poor treatment by Time Warner, CBS, or the NFL on the culmination of one of the greatest weeks in Bills history. Anyone else deal with this? God Bless You MR. Wilson The sun is shining beautifully on western and central New York on another Monday Thank You for our team Did you make sure to grease the LCD, and LED's before the game?
Dorkington Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 You might need to check the headlight fluid.
Fortunesmith Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 BTW true HD can only be viewed over the air. Both satellite and cable compress the signal, with noticeable loss of quality. That's actually not true - even OTA HD is compressed. Granted, compression rates vary from provider to provider, but rarely is there a big difference in picture quality. I used to get OTA HD via an outdoor antennae for my local stations, before DirecTV offered them. When I started getting them through DirectTV, the picture quality is not distinguishable between the two whatsoever.
mrwilson60 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Posted September 15, 2014 I called Time Warner just as the BILLS kicked off yesterday as I noticed it last week too, but obviously the game was on Fox so it didn't matter much to me. TWC told me the same thing, and I got a woman in Buffalo who said they had a message on their "white board" and read it to me, essentially saying the same thing....called them again this morning to see if it will get resolved by Sunday and they said CBS and TWC technicians are working on it, apparently it is limited to the Syracuse market which also includes the Utica / Rome area....wasn't happy, but just reminded me of watching those old BILLS games before High Def...woman on the phone was very nice and understood my frustration as she was a BILLS fan too...knew much of the history and what was transpiring with the team...nice woman but hope CBS / TWC get their sh*t together before next week! Thanks Big Buff, I spoke with both Time Warner and the local CBS affiliate in SYR this morning. The CBS affiliates engineer was forthcoming in his explanation of the problem. Seems Time Warner was having trouble with their reception of the local CBS feed and decided that the low def was better than none. The CBS affiliates engineer assured me that they are very aware of the issue and will correct it. In usual fashion Time Warner was dismissive and acted as if the problem was mine, and "helped" me by talking me through the setup of my settings on the cable box. I love being treated like an idiot and being charged $150.00 monthly for the privilege. F... you very much Time Warner.
BigBuff423 Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks Big Buff, I spoke with both Time Warner and the local CBS affiliate in SYR this morning. The CBS affiliates engineer was forthcoming in his explanation of the problem. Seems Time Warner was having trouble with their reception of the local CBS feed and decided that the low def was better than none. The CBS affiliates engineer assured me that they are very aware of the issue and will correct it. In usual fashion Time Warner was dismissive and acted as if the problem was mine, and "helped" me by talking me through the setup of my settings on the cable box. I love being treated like an idiot and being charged $150.00 monthly for the privilege. F... you very much Time Warner. Hahaha!!! Sad, but true on the part of TWC...I'll say this, on so many instances I've hung up and said many rotten things to the people at TWC, but this woman yesterday was super nice....however, nice doesn't fix the problem. Sooooo, at least "they" are working on the issue to correct it! Hopefully, it gets done before Sunday! That, is going to be a barn-burner for sure!!
boyst Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 HD at the stadium. If yourenin CNY jeesh. Just go!
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted September 15, 2014 Posted September 15, 2014 HD for me and up converted to 1080p via my stereo receiver
BigBuff423 Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Jboys: first, I have a wife I actually like a 2 year old little girl I love dearly, so watching the game while I'm hanging out with them is just what Sundays are for me, perfection; second, while the atmosphere cannot even come close to being duplicated in my home, it's one of the reasons I love HD, great picture and never out of sight....not to mention there are no drunk a-holes spilling their beer on me. Bonus
CodeMonkey Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) For the second week in a row the 1:00 game on CBS was broadcast in s..tty low def by Time Warner in Central New York. It was so bad that I stopped flipping to Fox during breaks in the Bills game because it was painful to switch back. Pretty poor treatment by Time Warner, CBS, or the NFL on the culmination of one of the greatest weeks in Bills history. Anyone else deal with this? God Bless You MR. Wilson The sun is shining beautifully on western and central New York on another Monday Thank You for our team HD on TWC CBS affiliate in Rochester. Sounds like you need to call your local provider and ask why they !@#$ed you. EDIT: Just read page 2, seems like you did Jboys: first, I have a wife I actually like a 2 year old little girl I love dearly, so watching the game while I'm hanging out with them is just what Sundays are for me, perfection; second, while the atmosphere cannot even come close to being duplicated in my home, it's one of the reasons I love HD, great picture and never out of sight....not to mention there are no drunk a-holes spilling their beer on me. Bonus +1 I record it while we are out doing something in the afternoon then we all watch during dinner commercial free. For me, the stadium cannot compete with that. Edited September 16, 2014 by CodeMonkey
artmalibu Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 I have TW and the Bills game broadcast has been crap on CBS ever since I can remember. I feel lucky when the bills play on fox!!
Gray Beard Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 There was an article on syracuse.com about this (by the way, syracuse.com has some pretty good Bills coverage). The article pretty much restates many of the comments made in this forum. http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2014/09/why_was_the_buffalo_bills_game_not_in_hd_this_weekend.html#incart_river_sports
birdog1960 Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 that sucks. this is either laziness on the affiliates part or the cable provider. impossible to know which. we have 2 national network affiliates in our area that broadcast video in 1080i but audio is in pro logic and not dolby digital. this is the affiliates choice here since the programs are coming from national networks in dolby digital (the same networks are always dd on sunday ticket). i suspect they just haven't invested in the dd broadcast equipment locally here. are other shows on your local CBS station in HD? have you checked the display input resolution that your monitor detects on other shows?
LB3 Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 HD at the stadium. If yourenin CNY jeesh. Just go! I was at the game but I always record and watch again.
Metal Man Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 For all the Syracuse area Time Warner customers who saw this issue week 1 and week 2 was it fixed for the Chargers game? I was at the game Sunday and am wondering if I am looking at watching the bills in standard def again this week.
todd Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 HD for me on my local channel through DirecTV. I loathe time warner, and am happy I no longer need to give them a dime. Internet is through GreenLight. For the second week in a row the 1:00 game on CBS was broadcast in s..tty low def by Time Warner in Central New York. It was so bad that I stopped flipping to Fox during breaks in the Bills game because it was painful to switch back. Pretty poor treatment by Time Warner, CBS, or the NFL on the culmination of one of the greatest weeks in Bills history. Anyone else deal with this? God Bless You MR. Wilson The sun is shining beautifully on western and central New York on another Monday Thank You for our team
Not at the table Karlos Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Watched on Directv in buffalo and it looked like crap. Definitely wasn't in HD
PromoTheRobot Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Watched on Directv in buffalo and it looked like crap. Definitely wasn't in HD I hope you realize that DirecTV transmits in both SD and HD modes. It's possible you are watching the SD channel. Go the the menu on your receiver and see where it's set. I actually have both SD and HD channels show up on my channel guide. Why? Because the SD channels work during bad weather so I can watch something during a thunderstorm.
theesir Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 I hope you realize that DirecTV transmits in both SD and HD modes. It's possible you are watching the SD channel. Go the the menu on your receiver and see where it's set. I actually have both SD and HD channels show up on my channel guide. Why? Because the SD channels work during bad weather so I can watch something during a thunderstorm. Just as a note. When the weather turns bad, you can go to setting and choose "show SD channels". This way you don't clog up your guide with doubles of the channels all the time.
Fan in San Diego Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Consider yourself lucky, watching that sucky game in HD made me sick.
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