Broadcast tomorrow will be in 4K on Fox
This will be the third of four games (games against Wisconsin/Northwestern were also broadcast in 4K) this year that Fox will broadcast in 4K. The Game will also be broadcast in 4K.
Do yourself a favor and go to Costco and get an LG C1 OLED 55 inch for $1500, and subscribe to YTTV 4K. Watching football game on an OLED TV in 4K is incredible.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
About to catch those Spartans lackin' in 4K...LFG!!!!
October 29th, 2021 at 10:20 AM ^
Think how legible their jerseys will be:
October 29th, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
Does it come through in 4K if you stream it on there Fox Sports App (e.g., Apple TV 4K)?
October 29th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
That's a great question. This page suggests that the answer is yes.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:28 AM ^
It does.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:54 AM ^
Certainly does. See my post below.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:22 AM ^
what about if you have regular, over-the-air TV, will that get a 4K signal?
October 29th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Yes, that signal is sent out over the air, but the antennae is brand new - so you need a special aerial antennae that is designed for the 4K signal. Since you're asking about it, you probably don't have it. Check this out...
October 29th, 2021 at 6:05 PM ^
Per the article, "And it uses the same standard antennas available today." Maybe a special antenna isn't necessary.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:40 AM ^
Agreed with this. I bought a 4K TV before the Wisconsin game and am very happy with it. It's been fun watching postseason baseball in 4K as well.
In case you start to talk yourself into "oh is this really that much better?" just flip over to ABC or BTN after about an hour to see how bad that game looks.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
Or watch the game in its full non-HD glory at my Dad's house.
October 30th, 2021 at 12:49 AM ^
Value being with your dad. I don't care what the tv is.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:43 AM ^
Can you do me a favor and buy that TV for me and I'll pay you back after the game?
Thanks!
October 29th, 2021 at 11:29 AM ^
You can get a lower tier of 4K TV for far less than $1500! Even the 65" 4K sets can be had for less than $500 anymore...
October 29th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
Yeah, if you want OLED then it’s gonna be around $1500 unfortunately. But you can get a 4K QLED from Hisense for like $500. I got their 55H8G model a year and a half ago and it’s been wonderful. I’d love to have the OLED but can’t justify forking that much for a TV
October 29th, 2021 at 5:01 PM ^
Just picked up a 48" C1 a few days ago for $1049. My 55" LG E8 I got a couples years ago was around the same price.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:52 AM ^
I certainly enjoyed watching last week in 4K HDR on our JVC DLA-RS2000 against a 118" screen.
Of course, with the interminable ad breaks, it's nice to have a couple other games going as well.
I don't enjoy the lag from live, but most of the time I'm not aware of it.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Show off.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:34 AM ^
I'm available if you're looking for game watching friends. I've been a bit gassy in recent days, though, so that might dampen the mood.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:39 AM ^
Last time I had MGoBlog company for a game we ended up eating lemons and chasing them with Everclear.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:58 PM ^
Gassy? That’ll be the least of his worries. You are naked, and that’s gonna be the real showstopper.
October 29th, 2021 at 10:54 AM ^
There was as thread regarding 4k broadcasts last week.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/fyi-tomorrow%27s-game-be-streamed-4k-certain-platforms
October 29th, 2021 at 11:10 AM ^
Dude, OLED is highly sensitive, and subject to pixel burn. So, if you don't want a permanent Fox News icon in the lower left hand corner of your screen, go with a Samsung QLED. I have a 75" Q90. I don't need to worry about the scorebug being permanently burned into the bottom of my tv screen. I only turn on the intelligent mode for sports. Plus, if you buy a Samsung brand soundbar, it will sync with the tv speakers using their new (sometimes buggy) Qsymphony tech. It was a nice touch after having to give up my house system when the triplets were born.
P.S. I don't work for Samsung
October 29th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
Pixel burn: I was going to give you a nasty look, but I see you already have one.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:31 PM ^
Is that a Hackers reference?
October 29th, 2021 at 11:30 AM ^
Hopefully someday all these stations will make 4k a regular thing. Probably going to be awhile.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:03 PM ^
(I'm sure the QLED is great; competing products like the P-series from Vizio and the high-end TCLs are extremely competitive or superior and offer good bang for the buck).
October 29th, 2021 at 12:30 PM ^
QLED from Samsung has been great for me as well. Better value, IMO.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
I just purchased the neo series from Samsung and love it. Noticeable picture quality.
October 29th, 2021 at 2:00 PM ^
The crazy enthusiasts on avsforum and YouTube are all over the OLED TV sets - if this was really an issue, they would know about it. This is not actually an issue.
October 29th, 2021 at 9:59 PM ^
Its not an issue at all unless you sit and watch the same content over and over on a daily basis and dont change up what you are viewing.
Im on my 3rd LG OLED, have a 55, 65 and 83 inch, never had an issue with burn in at all.
October 30th, 2021 at 10:21 AM ^
It is an actual issue, everyone knows about it.
https://youtu.be/hWrFEU_605g
October 29th, 2021 at 11:21 AM ^
I know people like to bang on FOX but they really have devoted more time, attention, and money to college football fans this season. They are all in on the 4K feeds when it seems like all of the other networks have pulled back significantly.
Also, they’ve improved all of CFB with the Big Noon games, giving us something to watch in a time slot that used to be for the snoozer games.
October 29th, 2021 at 11:24 AM ^
Looks like I get the living room again, instead of the Den - which doesn't have a 4K TV. The TCL 4K Roku TV in the LR will host the Xfinity version of the 4K broadcast. I hope. I know the TV supports it, but now I'm wondering if my X1 box is of the correct version to do so. I may have been flamboozled previously. Looks like I'll be surfing through firmware versions and the Roku Channel to sort it out...
This really should be much easier.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:28 PM ^
Look at the bottom of your xfinity box. X1 XG1v4 or Xi6 cable or Flex Xi6 stream
October 29th, 2021 at 12:12 PM ^
We've got a 4K at home and always tune into the 4K viewing when Michigan is on Fox. I have to say, you can truly see the difference, and when you switch back and forth between a game on Fox and a game on ESPN, ABC, CBS or NBC, the quality on those channels looks awful by comparison. HD really isn't HD anymore. Its become what standard def was when HD came out.
I really don't care to listen to Gus Johnson's over the top superlatives, but the viewing quality of the game itself is head and shoulders above everyone else right now.
Someone also mentioned it above me on the thread, but them putting high profile matchups at noon during the lineup of what are normally snooze-fest games is pretty smart. The majority of America's eyeballs are going to be centered on Fox during that time, because most people aren't going to care to watch Pitt play Boston College, or Texas Tech to play Kansas State. Fox gives you a great matchup at noon, and with a few exceptions its usually the only really good matchup at that time of day on any given week.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:02 PM ^
HD of almost any variety is still way better than SD. We forget how bad SD was. Last night I was watching the hockey game and they had Brendan Morrison on mic for half of the second period and showed the legendary score-o game with Morrison, Turco, and Mike Legg, and so I just *had* to show my kids the Mike Legg goal highlight on Youtube, and then I just naturally flipped to some other Michigan hockey stuff from that era (michiganhockey.net posted several good vids from back then) and though the video tape quality degrades the picture somewhat, you still get a feel for how bad SD was back in the day. Then I flipped back to the third period of the hockey game and it was remarkable. And this is a basic BTN broadcast.
There are, obviously, some HD broadcasts that are better than others. This is partly due to the source equipment and, I think, partly due to the bandwidth given to various networks by the cable/satellite/streaming providers. The Fox Noon games always look fantastic through my cable box, and some of the ESPN (1) games and ABC games look good, too. But sometimes there's a broadcast that is just lower quality. I think it was the Oregon-Stanford game earlier this year that was just plain low quality. Bad enough that people on twitter were complaining about it, and rightly so. I don't know why, but something about the source production produced a poorer picture.
One way I can tell the difference is somewhat channel-specific is I will occasionally flip from Redzone to the local Fox channel if Redzone is showing what is on Fox anyway, and the Fox channel produces a slightly better picture and full surround sound. Somewhere in the process of going through Red Zone to my cable provider there is a slight degradation in quality. Slight but non-zero.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:27 PM ^
I just can't justify paying $20 more a month to watch 1 or 2 games a week in 4k. For my fellow frugals, I recommend doing the free trial and canceling immediately.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:57 PM ^
If you have Directv call them and they will upgrade your 1st receiver to 4K for free.....at least they did for me.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:19 PM ^
I should have specified that I'm talking about YouTube TV. FOX and NBC will occasionally have games in 4K, so it's just not worth it.
October 29th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^
You can watch it in 4K via the Fox Sports App without having to pay for the 4K package. Just log in using your credentials for a cable package that has Fox Sports
October 29th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
Question for tech savvy people: I live in Chicagoland and have Wow cable service. Last week during Northwestern game, the feed cut out at halftime (just after Northwestern scored a touchdown at the end of the half, leaving serious doubt about how second half would play out).All other channels worked, but not Fox. Could this 4K be the issue? Does my cable box somehow not process 4K very well? I am extremely worried about a similar disruption tomorrow. About to call the help desk but who knows how helpful that will be. Thank you.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
Flipping between the 4K games and an ABC broadcast, who still uses 720p, is pretty jarring. I end up watching worse games in 4K just because it looks so much nicer, although CBS still looks decent without 4K since they use 1080i.
October 29th, 2021 at 12:53 PM ^
I couldnt agree with you more.....i have a 65 inch Sony and check channels 104 and 105 on Directv before I watch any sporting event. 4K is a treat!!
October 29th, 2021 at 1:02 PM ^
Really enjoy watching it in 4k. You always think your current picture is good until you go back to another non-4k picture and you wonder why it is so fuzzy.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:16 PM ^
FYI, the Big Noon Game on Fox is always available in 4K UHD HDR. It's the HDR (High Dynamic Range) part of the video image where the OLED/QLED* displays really have a striking difference over conventional LED (non-OLED) 4K UHD displays.
* - Organic LED technology is LG proprietary. All the OLED/QLED displays are made by LG, including the ones sold by Samsung and Sony.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:49 PM ^
And they put their name on the OLED technology because they know it’s better. QLED is half step below.
October 29th, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^
MGoArchive works in sales for Costco, or maybe LG, or YTTV......
October 29th, 2021 at 1:51 PM ^
I mean is that on anything? So like Hulu?
October 29th, 2021 at 2:14 PM ^
ive already done all of this but went with the 65". can confirm this is a game-changer