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Paxil said:
Wait now... it isn't the Blazers! The quality on channel 8 is fantastic... and it is all the same equipment! It is comcast... and I think they are doing it to force their own customers to upgrade to digital so they can get HD? Here is what I just sent Larry Miller:

How sad is it that 55 or so of the Blazer games this year are on comcast AND I CAN'T EVEN TELL WHO THE PLAYERS ARE! DirecTV and Dish customers are mad enough... but really would they want to see that fuzz? People are watching feeds on the internet with better quality! How crazy is that? And to top it off... if I could... I wouldn't deal with Comcast at all. I was with DirecTV and I would have gladly paid the money for NBA league pass to be able to see all the Blazer games, but Comcast blacks them out... so I had to switch to Verizon... and now I get nothing but a blurry mess.

I have been a Blazer fan since about 74... when I was so small I was shooting jump shots with my socks into a hamper while listening to Shonley on the radio. I bleed Blazer red. Personally... I believe Comcast is broadcasting that crap to try to *force* people to switch to Comcast to watch the games in HD... the *only* way to see a Blazer game in Portland and actually know who is on the court. (They are trying to get their own customers to switch to digital package to get games in HD too...)

Sadly... I will probably just have to go back to listening to games on the radio... like I did over 30 years ago.
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I have comcast and it was not in HD at all. So your point is ... not valid? :dunno: But I agree, it looked like garbage.
 
I watched the game on a terrible stream with Spanish announcers and could hardly follow the ball or even tell if the ball went in the hoop. Really makes me feel apart of the Blazers.
 
RoyToy said:
I watched the game on a terrible stream with Spanish announcers and could hardly follow the ball or even tell if the ball went in the hoop. Really makes me feel apart of the Blazers.
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I saw it that way, too. Could hardly listen to it, it was horrendous. Tried watching and listening it to the radio, but the radio is a few seconds ahead, so that didn't work. It sucks.
 
I've had as my only option watching internet feeds from China and Spain, in their languages, stolen off a TV screen by phone cams.

Fuck Allen for selling the fans out!
 
alex42083 said:
I saw it that way, too. Could hardly listen to it, it was horrendous. Tried watching and listening it to the radio, but the radio is a few seconds ahead, so that didn't work. It sucks.
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Same here. But at least there was some intelligent and enlighting chat going on at the same time. :)
 
Can they fire the studio guys and put their salaries into improving the quality of picture? Does anyone actually care what those guys have to say?
 
I await HCP's explanation. Perhaps he's not feeding the gerbils that runs the Comcast cameras enough.
 
does he work for the broadcast team?
 
Do ya'll on your widescreen HD TV's change the picture settings to 4:3? It's still a low quality picture, but that way it's formatted more properly and is a little clearer and less fuzzy.

Sucks that we have to do it for those of us who enjoy literally all other sports on television in beautiful HD, but it does make it watchable.
 
And us DirecTV subscribers are supposed to DEMAND they pay the Comcast ransom so we can have the privilege of watching this crap. Good god. Nothing like a monopoly to drive up prices and drive down quality. Selling out to those greedy, lying Comcast bastards is the singe dumbest thing this team has ever done - and that includes LaRue Martin and Sam Bowie. What a short sighted move that was. Can you imagine how much more ad revenue they could generate and how much more team merchandise they could sell if only WE COULD ACTUALLY WATCH THE GAMES. By granting Comcast this ridiculous monopoly they have excluded a HUGE portion of their potential customer base.

BNM
 
maxiep said:
I await HCP's explanation. Perhaps he's not feeding the gerbils that runs the Comcast cameras enough.
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Well, well, well. I just got back from the airport, crawled into bed and look what I see. Angry blazer fans. I'm in no position to comment on the quality situation, but you guys can trust me that people whose job it is to fix this kind of problem are well aware of it and are working on it.
 
alex42083 said:
I fuckin hate Comcast and all this shit. I'm tired of trying to watch games on the computer that is such crap quality. And I hate we're 1-3. Stupid Comcast, I hate you.
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I switched from Direct TV to get this shit? Comcast is the WORST cable company in America.........maybe the world. Greedy bastards.:ohno: Now that I have cursed on the new forum, I feel better......but not about Comcast.
 
I noticed it last night too on DirecTV. I couldn't read the numbers of the players on the court--and this was zoomed on my 60" plasma. You have to wait for MB to tell you who made the play.
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
Well, well, well. I just got back from the airport, crawled into bed and look what I see. Angry blazer fans. I'm in no position to comment on the quality situation, but you guys can trust me that people whose job it is to fix this kind of problem are well aware of it and are working on it.
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Go get 'em HCP!!!!
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
Well, well, well. I just got back from the airport, crawled into bed and look what I see. Angry blazer fans. I'm in no position to comment on the quality situation, but you guys can trust me that people whose job it is to fix this kind of problem are well aware of it and are working on it.
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Jeez, its been like this for a while now, they known about it since last year! What have they been doing?

Comcast draws the comparison to the Mac commercial where the dorky looking guy (windows) is dividing money into advertising and a little to fix vista, than just puts all the money into the advertising budget. That's Comcastic......
 
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Hi Brad,

The problem with the picture quality is at the Comcast head end in Troutdale. It is being addressed and will be fixed by our next Comcast game Monday, November 10th.



Dick Vardanega

Vice President-Broadcasting & Production

Portland Trail Blazers
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Sweet!!!
 
Paxil said:
Hi Brad,

The problem with the picture quality is at the Comcast head end in Troutdale. It is being addressed and will be fixed by our next Comcast game Monday, November 10th.



Dick Vardanega

Vice President-Broadcasting & Production

Portland Trail Blazers
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Sweet!!!
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That's the man who would know right there! Good work guys.
 
We know it was our inside presence that helped get er done. ;)
 
I sent them an email last night, too. No response yet, but I hope that the issue is resolved for us Seattle viewers, too!

Ed O.
 
Fixing the problem? like they haven't had enough time to do so?

The picture quality has been like this for the...well, for ever.
 
Ed O, I'd be willing to bet it is (if it is fixed here that is).

Fez is also correct... the picture did suck last year too... but there is a weird possiblity that no one complained about it.
 
Fez said:
Fixing the problem? like they haven't had enough time to do so?

The picture quality has been like this for the...well, for ever.
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Or you could be positive about it.
 
Paxil said:
Ed O, I'd be willing to bet it is (if it is fixed here that is).

Fez is also correct... the picture did suck last year too... but there is a weird possiblity that no one complained about it.
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It makes me wonder who the idiots are that are running CSNW. Are they all vision impaired?
 
There is no way what that guy said about the problem being in Troutdale is true. They had the problem all season last year too, and your going to tell me they just happened to figure out the problem is in Troutdale? I call bullcrap. I bet you the game they said it will be fixed by will be just as bad as the rest of them.
 
It is really on Comcast to fix. I am sure they told the Blazers it would be... but yeah... they did say there would be deals with Dish and Direct too.
 
Paxil said:
It is really on Comcast to fix. I am sure they told the Blazers it would be... but yeah... they did say there would be deals with Dish and Direct too.
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Yup, they stood up and told us in May, 2007 that a deal was in the works and that CSNW would be available to all Oregon satellite subscribers "soon". Either they're big fat lying scumbags, or they are too stupid to understand what "soon" means to their customer base. I guarrantee it doesn't mean a a year and a half to the average Blazer fan, who continues to be held hostage by their greed and stupidity.

BNM
 
Paxil said:
Hi Brad,

The problem with the picture quality is at the Comcast head end in Troutdale. It is being addressed and will be fixed by our next Comcast game Monday, November 10th.



Dick Vardanega

Vice President-Broadcasting & Production

Portland Trail Blazers
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Sweet!!!
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Troutdale!

I always knew Troutdale had it in for us Blazer fans.

Since I don't get Comcast installed until Monday night, I may not get to experience what others have suffered through. At least that's the dream.
 
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