OT: Fubo.tv/Verizon Fios/DTV carrying FS1 4K HDR live sporting events
Anyone out there subscribe to Fubo.tv or have Verizon Fios and have watched a 4K HDR live sporting broadcast by FS1? Apparently FS1 has been doing this for a year now on Fubo.TV/Direct TV, and Verizon Fios just started picking this up - https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32387028-First-Ever-FiOS-Linear-4K-NASCAR-5-11-Ch-1499
From what I understand, FS1 has done this for a handful of college basketball/football/other sporting events in the last year - https://www.avsforum.com/forum/34-hdtv-programming/3006930-4k-live-sports-events-updated-5-11-2019-a.html#post56914068
I'm very much interested in seeing how HDR looks - apparently that is the feature that has stood out from people on the forums that have watched the events. 4K is pretty cool too.
Stay tuned - good chance I can get a copy of an upcoming Michigan Football game in 4K HDR :)
Waiting for a chance to use my 3D glasses on my 3D tv. The football game they showed me in 3D OSU vs USC was amazing. You could actually see the distance between one tight end to the other. I bought the tv because of that demo. Also it was 8 years ago.
ESPN abandoned it a few years ago. I worked on the UM/OSU basketball game a few years ago (Trey Burke was in the team) that broadcast in 3D. It was a cool experience, but was real costly for them to produce for such a small market segment.
I find myself going in the opposite direction in terms of TVs. I used to want the biggest/fanciest/newest TV, but now I care less about that stuff because I watch more and more on my computer/phone/ipad. Curious if others are in the same boat.
This is a trend. And also 1m people cancel pay TV service every quarter.
but aren't they getting them back in other forms - youtube, hulu, roku, playstation, etc., where you end up being a 'pay TV' customer, simply paying to a subsidiary of the company you left and maybe saving a few $?
But with no hardware, no contract, no bundles...
that is good, no doubt. i wonder how it will play out in terms of sports, in particular, as the years go on.
i had the worst time getting rid of direcTV a few months back.
i've been using the combo of netflix/amazon prime plus an HD antenna in LA for a while. enough sports are broadcast here in 1080 that i'm not worried.
i was using my dad's xfinity account to watch michigan football using the espn or fox roku apps but he may have cancelled his xfinity so i'll have to figure out an alternative because i'm not signing up for direct tv or spectrum.
Like jack Hammer said, yes basically. But like you said, if you can get the same product for less money, that's a win. That said, I signed up to YouTubeTV so save money, but the part I like best is being able to watch on my phone or computer (I work in sales and travel) and the unlimited DVR. The saving money part is good too.
how do you do youtube through the phone thing, and how does the effect the use of whatever data budget you get through your phone?
unlimited data is the only way to make that cost effective.
Couple additional comments:
1. XM you’re spot on regarding sports. Sports and news are the last bastion of Live TV viewing. Everything else is on demand through an OTT provider. Interestingly, 2 of Netflix most watched shows are free in live tv syndication - Friends and Seinfeld.
2. There is no easy way to consume HD live tv anywhere you want on any device you want without a bloated subscription.
3. Programming fees leave little to no margin for distribution. Distributors are getting killed.
4. ISPs hold all the cards due to margins. For now. The whole model is changing and will continue to evolve toward lower costs and better technologies but still a long way away.
Time to flip the burgers.
okay jack, can we put you in charge of getting us all hooked up to the college football stuff in the most efficient and cost-effective manner when the fall comes. deal?
Unfortunately that is an impossible task at this point. But I’m working on it.
I find myself going in the opposite direction in terms of TVs. I used to want the biggest/fanciest/newest TV, but now I care less about that stuff because I watch more and more on my computer/phone/ipad. Curious if others are in the same boat.
I finally spoiled myself with a tv that has good picture and size and it's wonderful. HDR CAN be a great thing, if it's used properly. The nice thing about proper HDR tvs is that they render blacks and colors better than other tvs, period.
I'd be curious what real 4k sports broadcasting looks like. When I get cable (we're unplugged until football season starts) the broadcast quality they provide just isn't that great, and its consistency varies from channel to channel.
Uh... is this the established/ old/ ? fubu brand?
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August 18th, 2020 at 4:28 AM ^
Hi! Oh, I tried to watch this translation, but it was quite difficult for me, because I have not enough speed of the internet to watch 4k quality. It is quite unpleasant, so I decided to check verizon wifi router and to choose something new for me, I think that it could help me to increase the speed of the connection.