OT: National Championship game to be shown in true 4K on DirecTV
https://tvanswerman.com/2021/01/01/directv-to-offer-college-football-championship-in-4k/
Assuming the Nat'l Title game actually happens, DirectTV will be carrying it in true 4k (vs. upconverted).
I can't find details on which services will stream it (if any) in 4k as well, but when I find it, I will post for us fellow cord cutters.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:26 PM ^
Now to get a real 4K TV, 4K receiver, and 4K HDMIs
January 6th, 2021 at 12:26 PM ^
If Michigan was playing I would invest in a DirectTV subscription for a month and buy a 4K TV. Other than that, I don't care.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
DirecTV was good before at&t bought them. Cut the cord right after that and couldn't be happier.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
Same. Loved pulling that dish off the side of my house.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:40 PM ^
AT&T is hemorrhaging money on DTV and cannot sell the unit. LOL.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer company.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:44 PM ^
Fuck AT&T, cunts.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:53 PM ^
Agreed. One of the few corporations that I actually hate and will go out of my way to make sure they or any of their subsidiaries don't get a penny from me.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
Fuck yea, Hillbilly!
January 6th, 2021 at 1:48 PM ^
Agreed Hillbilly,
AT&T assholes are the worst. In my experience with them in almost 3 decades when I did do business with them is that whenever I cut the cord with their different entities whether that was a home phone line, internet, etc. Is that they always sent me a bill after the fact, I made sure to pay the balance, and would try to ruin my credit when I refused to pay and had to deal with that fucking headache multiple times.
I had DTV from 1995 till 2018 and really hated it when AT&T bought them.
They are a scamming, criminal company.
January 6th, 2021 at 2:32 PM ^
They billed me for a13th month on a12 month cellular contract when I was 18 or 19 and it messed my credit up enough to jack up my interest rates for student loans and the like. I know it's cost me thousands of dollars through no fault of my own. F them.
January 6th, 2021 at 2:38 PM ^
Oh man, sorry about that ordeal, I hope they get dealt with, because if you or I go into a bank and try to rob it, that is a crime.
They get to be criminals without the repercussions.
January 6th, 2021 at 11:30 PM ^
I did some work for Warner Media/AT&T. My NDA prevents me from getting into details but I've never worked with a bigger and collective group of: rude, ignorant, sleezy, feckless, incompetent, morans in my entire life. That's the VPs all the way up to the C-suite.
I wouldn't give those fucking assholes the sweat off my balls in a water shortage.
I would feel sorry for the average Joe/Jane Doe whom would find themselves out of work but I wouldn't shed a tear if that entire fucking corporation burned to the fucking ground.
January 6th, 2021 at 7:05 PM ^
They shut off the wifi in my vehicle because they said my credit card payment didn't go through. I paid them again, and they turned it back on.
My credit card statement showed both charges went through. . .
fukn cunts.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
I had DTV from ~1993 until early 2019. I liked the service, didn't have any issues with signals, and the menu system/user interface is fantastic. But the cost... WTF is AT&T doing? When I switched to Comcast, I immediately saved >$100/month and still get the same channels.
I do wish the DTV menu system would take over Comcast, because the Xfinity menu system sucks bunghole compared to it...
January 6th, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
I got DirecTV around 2013 and it was good. Over time, the quality of the service declined inversely proportional to the cost increases. Got rid of it last year as the signal interruptions due to rain, snow, and my personal favorite--bright afternoon sunshine--became too frustrating.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
Yeah, it's not the same jump as going from standard def to high def, but it still looks really great.
We're still in a phase where most "4k" shows are just 1080p (HD) upconverted, so when you can get true 4k, it's cool to see.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:31 PM ^
Should look good on my 2009 Panasonic plasma .
January 6th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
Miles Finch has a 70 inch plasma screen (dwarf from Elf)
January 6th, 2021 at 2:02 PM ^
Has one in each of his 3 houses and gets a lot of ladies IIRC.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:40 PM ^
No joke, that's probably a nice tv still. I had a pioneer kuro plasma I bought in '06 before panasonic bought out pioneer. Didn't bother to buy a new TV until the other year because that old pioneer plasma is still considered superior to modern tvs. Sold that thing for $2500 to a videophile after the circuit board burned out and got an lg oled instead. Only lg's oleds have black levels that rivaled that old plasma.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
Viera FTW!
Still kicking strong!
January 6th, 2021 at 12:51 PM ^
I have one, and its an impressive picture! But it sure does run hot! It's in my bedroom, and I can't leave it on because the room will heat up too much - so much to be quite uncomfortable sleeping. But it sure is a great picture!
January 6th, 2021 at 1:15 PM ^
I still run 2 Panasonic Viera plasmas in my household. I love their picture quality and will not upgrade until they die. I especially love the one downstairs in the winter - it serves as an auxiliary heat source.
January 6th, 2021 at 11:22 PM ^
I love their picture quality and will not upgrade until they die.
Which in this house could very well be until I die. Some of the best TVs ever made IMHO.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
2009 Pioneer 65-inch Kuro plasma here...cost $2500 in '09 and still looks beautiful
January 6th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
Mine was ridiculously heavy. Like mounting an elephant to a wall.
January 6th, 2021 at 11:18 PM ^
They are a heavy beast.
My 1 Viera weighs more combined than all the cheap TCL, Vizio, etc., pieces of shit my wife has bought after I bought the Viera but since have died (while the Viera still keeps on ticking)
January 6th, 2021 at 2:29 PM ^
I miss my plasma. We had a break in years ago and the bastards cracked it in half trying to get it off the wall. Michigan was playing the next day so I was at Best Buy first thing, but the LED doesn’t compare.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:33 PM ^
Fuck Ohio
Fuck them up their stupid asses.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
Woah Nelly!!!
January 6th, 2021 at 12:34 PM ^
Too bad the fourth quarter will take place after midnight on a weeknight, because the people in charge of college football fail to remember that football games take much longer than basketball games do.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:39 PM ^
i would love to see the stats that lead them to put this game on a monday night, and the super bowl on a sunday night, and thus draw more viewers. those games should be either friday or, better yet, saturday night so most of us could watch the whole thing.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:19 PM ^
Sunday makes more sense for the Super Bowl. Fans are used to NFL games being on Sundays (this not a trivial factor) and most people don't work on Sundays. And then they schedule the game to end in time for people to go to bed normally.
Monday night for college football makes much less sense. It's the only CFB game on Monday all year, so viewers have to remember to watch on an atypical day, it's on a weekday, and many have to go to work the next morning, too.
The only thing I can think of is that they saw how college basketball has made Monday night its thing and copied it.
January 6th, 2021 at 10:37 PM ^
the first 2 (or is it 3?) rounds of the playoffs have saturday games. it's not that tough and you have to figure the viewership would be much higher. people not working on sunday, as you point out, make it easier to stay up late on saturday night to watch the game.
January 6th, 2021 at 11:24 PM ^
^ THIS
One of the biggest events of the year is on a school/work night. SMH.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:58 PM ^
That is all sports these days.
Big baseball fan, but the game is mortgaging it's future by having 3-4 hour games where the first 6 innings take 90 minutes, and the last 3 innings take up another two hours.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:02 PM ^
Baseball is also dumb about this, but it's not all sports. The Super Bowl starts around 6:30. NBA Finals games are usually at 7:30. College basketball starts its championship game late, but its games are over in two hours.
College football has no excuse. It stupidly tried to copy college basketball's format without thinking it through.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:35 PM ^
thank god, now we can finally determine whether Ryan Day is actually the creator of Family Guy.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
Awesome! I can watch two teams I hate vie for a title I wish neither would win and see it all unfold in crystal clarity.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
I wish directv offered 4K with their wireless genies.
January 6th, 2021 at 12:56 PM ^
I'm sure that ESPN will stream it in 4K on the app. My Roku TV has the ESPN app natively, and it's shown a few games in 4K this season. Probably upconverted chicanery, but 4K nonetheless...
January 6th, 2021 at 1:00 PM ^
Hopefully you have a Roku TV that allows you to disable the HDR functionality. My 6 series forces all native apps to use HDR when available, the issue is that it makes all the colors look faded and drab.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:16 PM ^
I don't know what series I have. The few shows/games I've seen in 4K to date seemed good, no faded or drab look. But it's something I should look at... I know that it defaults to HDR/highest resolution available, though.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:00 PM ^
This thread on AVS Forum is my go-to for what 4k sporting events will be available via cable TV.
January 6th, 2021 at 1:00 PM ^
I've got a new LG 77 inch 4K OLED TV that looks amazing for 4k sports.
But for Covid, I'd be happy to share it with a few Ann Arbor folks.
January 6th, 2021 at 2:06 PM ^
Someone please educate me. WTF is 4KTV??
January 6th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
It is 4x the resolution of regular HD. HD is 1080, 4K is 4096. Specifically, 4K is 3840x2160, where HD is 1920x1080. It's much more clear, even if you can't really see the difference.
January 6th, 2021 at 2:13 PM ^
TV resolution is going in one direction, and my eyes are going in the other.
January 6th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Does this actually make a difference to the viewing experience?
January 6th, 2021 at 6:11 PM ^
That meteor explosion will look great in 4K, and you should have a full Dolby setup going too.