The Digital Switchover

Top Three Reasons Sports Fanatics are switching to HDTV

HDTV is a must for any sports fanatic. Having HDTV is like being there only you don’t have to drive, park, pay admission fee and you can fix your own refreshments! HDTV has revolutionized sports television. ESPN has been a leader in the trend toward broadcasting sports in HDTV. March 30, 2003 marked the first telecast of a Major League Baseball game between the Anaheim Angels and the Texas Rangers. ESPN considered the worldwide leader in sports, has transformed its network to be the world’s leader in sending out HDTV programming. Currently, ESPN is the leader in HDTV covered events along with baseball, hockey, football, and their current programming such as Sports Center and award winning Sports Century series.

The top three reasons why sports fans are switching to HDTV are:

Picture quality and resolution is one big factor that sports fans are turning to HDTV. HDTV makes you feel as if you’re on the 50-yard line and 15 rows up. You can see every inch of the field and the images are so sharp and clear, you’ll swear they’re real. With progressive image technology, the entire screen is filled from top to bottom to make you feel like you are in the seats of a movie theater. Better suited for the motion of sport, HDTV can give you the coverage of the 90-mile an hour fast ball, and just exactly where it sailed over the plate. You can clearly see the one hundred plus mph slap shots in hockey and every inch of the field in that record setting return catch and follow-up touchdown. You can even see the scuffs on the shoes of the players, and see the mud between the cleats of a pitcher. The image seen on a HDTV set has five times more detail than regular analog televisions. It makes you think you’re looking through a perfectly clean picture window with wider rectangular screens like movie theaters. Colors are rich and text is easier to read. You have to see the difference between an HDTV college basketball game and one that is telecast in analog. There is no comparison. No “ghosts” or “snow” will be found on an HDTV broadcast. You’ll see pristine clear, sharp, colorful, a put you in

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