RSN Sports Pack --- In HD?

[DSpud]

After talking with an online chat specialist, I was told that the following RSN's were in HD if I received the Multi-Sports pack.

CSN West
Altitude
FSN Prime Ticket
FSN Rocky Mountain
FSN Arizona
FSN Southwest
FSN West
FSN Midwest
FSN South
Sun Sports
FSN Florida
CSN Mid-Atlantic
FSN Ohio
FSN Northwest
FSN Cincinnati
FSN Pittsburgh
CSN Chicago
FSN Detroit
SportsTime Ohio
FSN North
SportSouth
SportsNet New York

Can anyone confirm this? for 6 bucks a month I am willing to pick up all these extra sports channels!

Second of all, the same chat specialist pretty much talked me out of picking up this package because she stated there were "extensive blackouts" Can anyone confirm or deny this? How extensive are these blackouts? For example if I am watching an out of market RSN and two out of area teams are playing (college bb for example), will the game be blacked out?

Thanks for any assistance!!!

 

[tigerfan33]

They are in hd. From what I understand from several on here, you will not see many pro sports on it, most are blacked out.

 

[mdonnelly]

Yes, if you get the Multi-Sport package, and you pay the $20/month HD fee, you get all the RSNs you can see in HD. But, there isn't much on those HD RSN channels except for a few college basketball games right now. Most of those games are from the PAC-10 and the Big-12, because Fox has national broadcast rights for those conferences.

Out of market professional baseball games are all blacked out. For me it's worth it, because I can get the Cardinals games here in Oklahoma, even though FSN Midwest isn't my default RSN. Oklahoma is still in the Cardinals home territory (also the Rangers, Astros, and Royals).

 

[DSpud]

Ok, how do I find out what baseball teams are in my home territory? Zip code 62053. GO CARDS!

 

[bowens]

No pro sports except in your market and pretty much all of the college games are on nationally so you can get them on your local RSN. Now if you want the multi sports pack to watch games in SD, you will get a lot more college games, but most aren't in HD.