Top Three Reasons Sports Fanatics are switching to HDTV

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by Allora Jefferson

HDTV is a must for any sports fanatic. Having HDTV is like being there only you don't have to drive, park, pay admission fee and you can fix your own refreshments! HDTV has revolutionized sports television. ESPN has been a leader in the trend toward broadcasting sports in HDTV. March 30, 2003 marked the first telecast of a Major League Baseball game between the Anaheim Angels and the Texas Rangers. ESPN considered the worldwide leader in sports, has transformed its network to be the world's leader in sending out HDTV programming. Currently, ESPN is the leader in HDTV covered events along with baseball, hockey, football, and their current programming such as Sports Center and award winning Sports Century series.

The top three reasons why sports fans are switching to HDTV are:

Picture quality and resolution is one big factor that sports fans are turning to HDTV. HDTV makes you feel as if you're on the 50-yard line and 15 rows up. You can see every inch of the field and the images are so sharp and clear, you'll swear they're real. With progressive image technology, the entire screen is filled from top to bottom to make you feel like you are in the seats of a movie theater. Better suited for the motion of sport, HDTV can give you the coverage of the 90-mile an hour fast ball, and just exactly where it sailed over the plate. You can clearly see the one hundred plus mph slap shots in hockey and every inch of the field in that record setting return catch and follow-up touchdown. You can even see the scuffs on the shoes of the players, and see the mud between the cleats of a pitcher. The image seen on a HDTV set has five times more detail than regular analog televisions. It makes you think you're looking through a perfectly clean picture window with wider rectangular screens like movie theaters. Colors are rich and text is easier to read. You have to see the difference between an HDTV college basketball game and one that is telecast in analog. There is no comparison. No "ghosts" or "snow" will be found on an HDTV broadcast. You'll see pristine clear, sharp, colorful, a put you in the arena type of broadcast. This leads us to our second top reason sports fans are switching to HDTV.

Historical Quote

...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.

—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)

The sound quality is as advanced as the picture. Remember changing from records to tapes? The white noise is gone, and now that we have our music on CD's its even clearer. It's the same with HDTV. Many programs also contain six-channel surround sound so you are able to immerse yourself in the whole experience. Every game you watch will give you movie theater sound quality by surrounding you with the sounds of the game. Hear the slap of basketball shoes running down the court, the swish of the basketball as it sails through the net or the resounding sound of the backboard rebounding from a dunk shot. The sounds of the fans in the stadium or arena make you feel that you are right there. Crisp audio and higher quality supercharges every game you watch. You'll be there, in the crowd, caught up in the excitement of every sports event you watch.

What is the third top reason sports fans are switching to HDTV? Because they want the very best sports coverage TV has to offer. When did my sports fan husband get his HDTV? Right before the Super Bowl, just like millions of other fans across the country. Digital television service was launched in the United States in November of 1998. Today, in 2005, digital TV sets are out selling the former analog versions. The Consumer Electronics Associates believe that in 2006, HDTV will outnumber the amount of analog TV's that are sold in this country. The clarity and depth of the picture, according to a sports enthusiast is the two biggest reasons anyone would enjoy watching their favorite sports programs on HDTV. According to many sports fans, you can see the crowd in a dimensional view. It doesn't look like cardboard cutouts and the game has a three dimensional feel to it.

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