texasguy37
bnichols wrote:There have been some big changes with Comcast Sports Bay Area and Comcast Sports California in Northern California this year. During baseball season the Giants are on CSBA (770/1770) a d tbe A's are on CSC (767/1767) Everyone should get both. The Warriors are on CSBA and can only be seen in the Bay Area. The Sacto Kings are on CSC and can only be seen in the central valley. When the Warriors play , there is a blackout on CSBA in the Sacto area and when the Kings play there is a blackout on CSC in the Bay Area. The problem comes up with the Sharks who are mostly on CSC. If there is a Sharks game and a Kings game in the same time frame, the Kings get CSC with a Bay Area blackout and the Sharks are on an ALT channel (692/1692 or 693/1693). It gets confusing but you get used to it.
Most of the time the Guide keeps all of this straight but not always. One of the advantages (for hockey fans) has been that all of the games (home/away) have been in HD this year.
A lot of the away sharks games may be on the HD channel but they aren't true HD. I think a lot of them are Stretch HD........but it is 100 times better than last year
smcleod1106 wrote:Most of the time the Guide keeps all of this straight but not always. One of the advantages (for hockey fans) has been that all of the games (home/away) have been in HD this year.
A lot of the away sharks games may be on the HD channel but they aren't true HD. I think a lot of them are Stretch HD........but it is 100 times better than last year
There was a game last week from Edmonton that was just terrible. The graphics looked like they were done on an etch-a-sketch and the picture would disappear for seconds/minutes at a time until about half way through the game when the picture became excellent.
Isn't one way to tell if we are getting Stretch HD is to look at the top of the screen score graphic? In a real HD picture, the score bar is narrower so that it will fit in an SD screen. In a Stretch HD picture wouldn't the score bar be stretched screen-wide as well? I've never seen a screen wide score bar so I think we have been getting real HD. The announcers often refer to their HD picture.
bnichols wrote:
smcleod1106 wrote:Most of the time the Guide keeps all of this straight but not always. One of the advantages (for hockey fans) has been that all of the games (home/away) have been in HD this year.
A lot of the away sharks games may be on the HD channel but they aren't true HD. I think a lot of them are Stretch HD........but it is 100 times better than last year
There was a game last week from Edmonton that was just terrible. The graphics looked like they were done on an etch-a-sketch and the picture would disappear for seconds/minutes at a time until about half way through the game when the picture became excellent.
Isn't one way to tell if we are getting Stretch HD is to look at the top of the screen score graphic? In a real HD picture, the score bar is narrower so that it will fit in an SD screen. In a Stretch HD picture wouldn't the score bar be stretched screen-wide as well? I've never seen a screen wide score bar so I think we have been getting real HD. The announcers often refer to their HD picture.
I think the best way to tell is before or after they show a replay, I don't remember which it is, they will flash the CSNCA logo on the screen and if it is being broadcast in HD the logo is CSNCA HD and when it isn't its just CSNCA. Look for it next road game as all the home games are in HD I believe.
needmysports wrote:
But again the question is why would it be different with ATT as apposed to Comcast in the same area? Comcast shows all Warriors games (Home and Away) on SNBA unless they are playing the Kings but with ATT all the games are blacked out even when on the road. If you are going to black out all these games for no apparent reason, they should disclose this. If my Giants get blacked out I will definitely switch back to Comcast.
Needmysports, there is another thread regarding this same issue http://utalk.att.com/utalk/board/message?board.id=
Here's my reply to AlanF
Since Blackouts are zip code based, and these two zip codes are fairly close together geographically, it appears that either:
1. the team territories have shifted a little - which happens from time to time
or
2. something may have gone wrong in the UV systems when the A's moved over to CSNC. (Before all the sports "Gurus" jump on me, I am just thinking out loud here).
I took the liberty of supplying both zip codes to Tier 2 last night while I was working with them on my own issue .. They said they would look into it and get back to me. Believe it or not, I received a response this am asking me to reset the boxes "later this evening" before tonight's game.
I'd be happy to do that for you, but I don't think I could catch a flight out to SF and drive to the Modesto area in time to do so. Try rebooting your boxes before game time and let us know if that worked. If so, I may have gotten a hold of someone who knows what they are talking about (and I kept their e-mail address).. 
Give it a whirl tonight and hopefully it will work. Hope is does !!!
