Astros HD Schedule

Directv channel 302 ?

Thanks for this .

 

Thanks for the info. I had no idea at all the Astros we're gonna be broadcasting in HD unless it was a rare game on ESPN 292. Or any idea that channel 302 even existed. And, i just tuned to it and it's off air. Seriously, on another note, how is Fox Sports even still around? Other than the fact you can't even make out the crummy picture when the Rockets or Astros would play on KNWS.

 

Now we can watch the Astros suck more clearly

 

Games will air on the following affiliates:
Time Warner Houston (Ch. 302)
Time Warner Austin (Ch. 1639)
Time Warner San Antonio (Ch. 150)
Time Warner Waco (Ch. 1016)
Time Warner El Paso (Ch. 994)
Time Warner Del Rio (Ch. 994)
Time Warner Port Neches (Ch. 994)
Time Warner Pharr (Ch. 894)
Time Warner Kerrville (Ch. 894)
Time Warner Laredo (Ch. 994)
Time Warner Uvalde (Ch. 994)
Time Warner Wichita Falls (Ch. 994)
DirecTV Houston DMA only (Ch. 96)
DirecTV FSN Southwest territory (Ch. 95)

F*ck. I need to get my DirecTV on HD...

 

Cool, thanks!

I hope that 302 has more Rockets games next season as well.

 

Typical Fox Sports. Can't even broadcast high definition right. It's in 720p rather than 1080i. There's just not much difference between in pitcure quality between 720p and regular broadcating in my opinion.

 

huh? the games i watched last year on 302 looked real good. a whole lot better than regular fsn that's for sure.

 

Don't get me wrong, 720p is good and better than all regular channels. However Fox Sports on channel 37 has always had bad picture quality compared to most every other cable channel i've noticed. KNWS is just a plain aweful picture like you're using rabbit ears with tinfoil to get reception. It's the worst one i get next to channel 37. I just don't see too much difference between say between TNT and channel 302. However TNTHD 295 (1080i) looks way more clear than Fox Sports 302 or any other regular channel for that matter.

We're only talking about 480-525 lines of resolution on a regular TV channel vs. the 720 lines on channel 302.

Maybe you can notice more of a difference because different TV's still have differences in color, brightness and other factors. However on mine, 1080i is where i can really notice the difference, like being able to clearly read the names on the back of a basketball players jersey while he is still on the move. For some reason, even if ESPNHD is broadcasting in 720p, it still looks better than Fox broadcasting in 720p.

Anyways, lets talk sports now...lol

 

HAHAHAHHAHAHA

talk about an ignorant comment.

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To answer the question, it's important to understand the difference between 720p vs 1080i. A 720p signal is made up of 720 horizontal lines. Each frame is displayed in its entirety on-screen for 1/30th of a second. This is know as progressive scan (hence the 'p')The quality is like watching 30 photographic images a second on TV. A 1080i signal comprises 1080 horizontal lines but all the lines are not displayed on-screen simultaneously. Instead, they are interlaced (hence the 'i'), ie every other lines is displayed for 1/60th of a second and then the alternate lines are displayed for 1/60th of a second. So, the frame rate is still 30 frames per second, but each frame is split into two fields, which your brain then puts together subconsciously.

Most of the time interlacing works fine, but for fast moving images, such as sports like baseball and hockey it can cause problems which manifest themselves as a 'stepping' effect on-screen. Progressive scan signals don't have this problem and so are better suited to sports.

ESPN puts it like this: 'Progressive scan technology produces better images for the fast moving orientation of sports television. Simply put, with 104 mph fastballs in baseball and 120 mph shots on goal in hockey, the line-by-line basis of progressive scan technology better captures the inherent fast action of sports. For ESPN, progressive scan technology makes perfect sense.'

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edit: can your tv handle 720p??