I'm guessing it'll be the same as the last few years on Speed. "Enhanced" definition, but not even 720p HD. Still way better than before.
Fox owns Speed, so you bet they will cover at least the Canadian GP, and a couple others. Probably no HD, definitely not 1080p. MAYBE 720p but most likely it will be EDTV, or enhanced.
What's even worse, is they sometimes don't have the Acura PreRace Show, and if the race goes more than 2 hours, they cut to NASCRAP, and you'll miss the end of the race, post race interview, or both.
No over the air TV stations in the USA do 1080p. Up till the end of 2010 there has been no F1 in HD on TV, its not like you guys have been missing out, everywhere on the planet it's been the same. They announced in January this year that the F1 will be broadcast in 1080i and the speed schedule states HD, no reason to assume it wont be in (real)HD when every other country is doing it in HD this year.
I believe the Japanese GP is broadcast in HD, but only in Japan, as they own the cameras/rights that are used at that GP, but yeah, everywhere else doesn't have HD.
SPEED issued a press release back in January: Speed to Air Formula One In HD Washington, D.C. (January 13, 2011) -- The Speed channel this March will begin airing Formula One racing in High-Definition for the first time. The Formula season begins March 13 with live coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Speed will air 16 of the season's 20 races with four events airing on Fox. "We couldn't be more pleased with this decision and our ability to bring our rabid F1 fan base coverage of their favorite racing in HD in 2011. And Speed is going the extra mile, installing continuous fiber service to guarantee the best possible picture quality," said Rick Miner, Speed's senior vice president of production and network operations. In previous seasons, Formula One Management, which handles the television broadcasts of the races, had delivered a standard-definition feed to all broadcasters worldwide. But the organization decided this year to switch to HD. Along with Speed, the BBC and Sky Deutschland announced that they will offer the F1 season in high-def. Also, SPEED built a new studio for F1 Debrief so it seems they are taking this sport somewhat seriously now.
Also, FWIW there is no 1080p HD format. There is 1080i and 720p. Nothing is broadcast in 1080p... the only 1080p content that is delivered in 1080p is Bluray. I have no idea if Speed will show F1 in 720p or 1080i, but many sports used to be in 720p due to the nature of how CRT's displayed the 1080i picture. Now that many of us no longer use CRT's, I imagine 1080i may end up being the preferred choice. It's still going to be compressed by the provider though, if it's cable or satellite
I don't know about your provider Mike but here we don't even have the option of getting SPEED in HD by cable.
I have HD channels SPEED included and the difference on my 1080P TV is amazing so with SPEED airing in HD it should be even better.
I doubdt F1 will be in 1080P until Bernie can figure a way to squeeze an extra nickle from every veiwer. A buck would be more better.
1080p is doable over cable, but most providers don't want to allocate that much bandwith to it. which is why most stuff is 720p or 1080i. on a side note; fox is airing 4 races this year?? like, the main network feed, or fox sports?
Really? Who do you have, Comcast? I have DirecTV and they have SpeedHD, but of course they compress the digital signal, so it definitely loses some (questionable how much) quality from Speed to your TV.
There is no 1080p broadcast format. It does not exist. There is zero difference between 1080i and 1080p in terms of what we watch on TV, unless you're watching on an old CRT.
I receive Speed in so-called "HD" (widescreen) on Comcast cable. Of course it's bundled with a bunch of other channels that I pay extra for. If they go to true 720p HD this year, that'll be great. Not to derail the thread, but can anybody explain to me the difference between 1080i (interlaced) and 720p? I have a feeling that most HD content comes through Comcast in 1080i, but it looks quite good on my 4-year-old 46" 720p HDTV.
comcast in the northeast does NOT offer SPEED in HD (unfortunatly). I'm told they do in some markets...just not here. 1080i vs 720P - The number simply represents the number of vertical lines that make up the displayed image. 1080 would mean more lines for a given picture so each line has to be "finer" thus smaller details are clearer. i- (interlaced) vs p -(progressive): A progressive signal means that each image is sent in it's entirety. If it's 720P (or 1080P) all lines are sent and updated simultaneously. Interlaced signals means that each image is sent in 2 parts. The first signal has exactly 1/2 the lines (360) and- it's sent as every other line (think -odd numbered lines) THEN the second half of the image is interlaced "between" the lines already sent . This happens very quickly and on slow moving images, you may not even notice BUT with some scenes and motion, the refresh rate coupled with the two step image update can cause noticable image degradation. BTW- as far as I know, as of today, no one is broadcasting in 1080P... it's either 720p or 1080i. To get 1080p- you need blueray or some gaming consoles.
All I know is my HD channels are a vast improvement over normal broadcasting and with SPEED going HD it may even be better.
TSN in Canada is listing it as HD, whereas all previous years it was listed as Widescreen. Happy Days.
