No. These wouldn;t be paying customers. Their friends and family would be, these would be the teams competing on the night in question.
It's a massive difference - the ESPN picture is crisp and clear, the Channel 51 picture looks like it's being picked up with rabbit ears from 50 miles away. I'd also like to know whether next season's quailty (picture quality, I mean ) will be better. I have found, and I can't explain it, that when I watch the game through my VCR instead of straight from the cable to the TV that it is a much clearer picture.
my only real complaint with Ch. 51 is that I have a had time reading the scores...the numbers are tiny on the bottom of the screen....
Yeah, 51 looks like they are broadcasting with the power of a AA battery. As for the sounds in the arena. I don't mind, as it is now part of the NBA, but I do think that it does take away from the game itself. It is just not needed and really doesn't enhance the game experience.
Gotta love those electronic "Defense-Defense" chants they force down your ears. Seems they play it every other possession, from the begininng of the first quarter to the end of the 4th quarter, no matter what the score is. We're whipping Washington by 20 in the 4th and their still blaring Defense-Defense- chants. Fans use to chant defense without the help of electronic mind manipulation. But they did it when the occasion called for the chant, like late in a game, when the game was tight. It was real emotion then. Now when the time is right, the fans don't seem to do it even then. I'm guessing by that time they are feeling exasperated with the computer force fed chant that begins during the first quarter and mechanically plays throughout the game. It's becoming a brave new world out there. But it is the way it is.
B-Bob raised a great point. just watching espn classic makes you realize each decade brought more noise from broadcasters (in any sport). the problem with hearing all the sound effects during the espn broadcast was a sound tech problem, i noticed it myself. the network probably has around 20 microphones around the stadium for broadcasters, sideline reporters, crowd noise, etc. connected to a mixer that determines what sounds you will hear during the game. sounded to me like the guy at the mixer was allowing too much stadium noise to come through. more ambient noise like this is a trend similar to increased play-by-play chatter, but in this case it was more than usual. since when did the rules of radio (no dead air) apply to television?
Is there any chance Cynthia Cooper could do the PA announcing AND her halftime bit? Ah, one can only dream! Broadcast excellence at its finest.
I've been asking this question for a while now, but still no answer...but Why doesn't Channel 51 broadcast the starting line-ups?? I mean we have a brand new intro and all....wouldn't they like to show it off? Plus, I haven't been to the Toyota Center since the very beginning of the season and I want to see this new intro. Tim, anyone?
