NESN It appears NESN will show the first round in 4K HDR on Xfinity and DirecTV

[Fenway]

NESN has struck carriage deals with Xfinity and DirecTV at a slightly lower rate than the previous contract. In return, both providers will set up a NESN 4K channel at the beginning of the Red Sox season and I'm told any Bruins home game after April 7th.

Bruins/Red Sox home games have been produced in 4K for several years but there was no way to deliver the product to consumers.

Having a 4K TV is useless UNLESS your set-top box is 4K compatible.

If you live in Central Massachusetts or Maine and have Spectrum

I do not know how Astound/RCN, Verizon Fios or Cox will deal with this but Spectrum has no plans to embrace 4K nationwide.

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[Sturm und Drang]

NESN has struck carriage deals with Xfinity and DirecTV at a slightly lower rate than the previous contract. In return, both providers will set up a NESN 4K channel at the beginning of the Red Sox season and I'm told any Bruins home game after April 7th.

Bruins/Red Sox home games have been produced in 4K for several years but there was no way to deliver the product to consumers.

Having a 4K TV is useless UNLESS your set-top box is 4K compatible.

If you live in Central Massachusetts or Maine and have Spectrum

I do not know how Astound/RCN, Verizon Fios or Cox will deal with this but Spectrum has no plans to embrace 4K nationwide.

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I’ve never watched a game in 4K. Is it revolutionary, like going from SD to HD? Or just kind of nice? At what point does the human eye stop discerning the difference in more tiny dots?

 

[Gee Wally]

But of course.
Charter/Spectrum blows.

 

[jgatie]

I’ve never watched a game in 4K. Is it revolutionary, like going from SD to HD? Or just kind of nice? At what point does the human eye stop discerning the difference in more tiny dots?

It's not so much the increased detail, though that is noticeable. It's the dynamic range. The brights are brighter, the darks are darker, and the contrast is sharper.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

It's not so much the increased detail, though that is noticeable. It's the dynamic range. The brights are brighter, the darks are darker, and the contrast is sharper.

Is it the same premise (but even greater scale) going from like 4k to 8k?

 

[dafoomie]

Even going from 1080i to 1080p is a big deal. Would be nice if NESN.com/NESN Go were 4k.

 

[Fenway]

 

[mar2kbos]

I assume others have asked but bumping this up. Fenway, seems xfinity still hasn’t picked 4K up? No the deal why not

 

[Fenway]

I assume others have asked but bumping this up. Fenway, seems xfinity still hasn’t picked 4K up? No the deal why not

Xfinity claims the NESN 4K signal does not meet its standards

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

The NESN 360 should have 4k, no?

 

[mar2kbos]

Xfinity claims the NESN 4K signal does not meet its standards

meanwhile xfinity is getting eviscerated on their forums for this

The NESN 360 should have 4k, no?

The app is not available on many tv services yet, like my lg, PlayStation or Xbox doesn’t have the app yet

 

[Fenway]

The NESN 360 should have 4k, no?

Yes - That will work

 

[jmon1313]

meanwhile xfinity is getting eviscerated on their forums for this


The app is not available on many tv services yet, like my lg, PlayStation or Xbox doesn’t have the app yet

You can run it off of the browser on the xbox.