“THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” GAMES OFFERED IN 4K ON FOX

[comp9]

So will almost every major cable provider.

 

[rad]

So will almost every major cable provider.

Hell, Spectrum doesn’t even do WHDVR, they’re luck they can do HD.


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[TheRatPatrol]

HLG-HDR

 

[dtv757]

Cox does not offer 4k either

I'm not sure of WOW or altice south (suddenlink) has 4k either

Also comcast does not show the NFL game on the website /faqs so I'm not sure if they will air the game

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[bluegras]

Good morning here is the article
DIRECTV to Offer NFL In 4K

 

[Juan]

I wonder if they will stream it in 4k

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[Jimbo]

I wonder if they will stream it in 4k

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I'm curious about this too.

 

[Jimbo]

Well, I finally broke down and called the Concessions dept and ordered my 4k equipment ... I figured now with the NFL being in 4k, a few games anyways, more will follow I hope.

The first few times I called D* directly and they continued to ONLY want to give me the HS17, which I refused. Eventually they hung up on me when I explained what I desired.

So, now that I contacted them via a different route, I may be getting some where ...

I will be giving up my HR44 (which has been GREAT every step of the way ....

I'm presuming the HR54 will be basically the same unit with the ability to use the C61k client for my 4k.
Is there a newer 4k client yet ?

I'd rather see a actual rercvr that does 4k and dvr, but that doesn't look likely any time in the future ...

She kept mentioning the HR54, so thats good, but she also mentioned a Genie Mini 4k, is that the Client I need to get the 4k portion ?

Btw, they will be on the same TV.

Any thoughts or advice ?

 

[raoul5788]

Yes, the Genie mini 4k is the C61k. Check the order to be sure they don't send you an HS17.

 

[raoul5788]

So how did you contact them to convince them to send an HR54?

 

[Jimbo]

So how did you contact them to convince them to send an HR54?

Internal numbers.

 

[Jimbo]

Yes, the Genie mini 4k is the C61k. Check the order to be sure they don't send you an HS17.

YOUR EQUIPMENT SELECTIONS

Qty Description
1 DIRECTV® Genie $299.00
1 DIRECTV® 4K Genie Mini $99.00
ADDITIONAL FEES

Installation Fee $49.00
Delivery & Handling Fee $0.00
Tax $32.41

This post doesn't say Genie 2, so I'm presuming that its a HR54.


4K Genie Mini - F&F Coverage

What is F& F Coverage ?

 

[TheRatPatrol]

Was your upgrade free?

 

[Jimbo]

Was your upgrade free?

Yes ...

 

[TheRatPatrol]

Looks like it’s going to be upconverted 1080p HDR to 4K.

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fox-sports-to-launch-thursday-night-football-in-4k-with-hdr

Fox will produce the games in 1080p HD HDR, up-converting the production to 4K UHD HDR for viewers with 4K displays and down-converting to 720p for its HD broadcast audience, says Michael Davies, SVP Field & Technical Operations at Fox Sports.

 

[Jimbo]

Looks like it’s going to be upconverted 1080p HDR to 4K.

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fox-sports-to-launch-thursday-night-football-in-4k-with-hdr

Upconverting is fine if you have a high quality TV set ...
Also, if its going to use HDR that itself will in itself make it well worth the effort to watch.

 

[Jimbo]

Sorry about stealing the OP's thread for a bit.

 

[longhorn23]

Looks like it’s going to be upconverted 1080p HDR to 4K.

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fox-sports-to-launch-thursday-night-football-in-4k-with-hdr

This is disappointing. I'm sure upconverting to 4K HDR will still look much better than the HD broadcast. But it makes no sense they would do this when fox already does college football in native 4k.

 

[bjf]

Just read a news article that the Thursday NFL games will NOT be real 4k HDR.

Instead of spending a buck for real 4k HDR for their football fans,

the Fox and NFL will be recording 1080P HDR and upconverting to 4k HDR.

They think it looks just fine so why bother on the real deal.

I guess they think viewers are too dumb to know the difference and really who cares about 4k seems to
be their attitude.

How cheap can they be.
And get everyone pumped for real 4k HDR.
Pretty lame and disrespectful IMO.

Here's the link for the article I saw.

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fox-sports-to-launch-thursday-night-football-in-4k-with-hdr

bjf

 

[CycloneSat]

That’s disappointing.