I'm enjoying the last round of the U.S. Open golf championship on this Father's Day when on the third to last hole, NBC's HD coverage suddenly vanishes and every camera shot is in SD instead. It's unclear to me whether this is a nationwide problem with NBC or a local problem specific to my cable company (Time Warner). Up until now, the Open has looked fantastic in high-def, both on ESPN HD and NBC.
Did anyone else experience this?
UPDATE: After about 20-25 minutes of no Open in high-def, the SD picture just flipped itself over to HD with Tiger Woods on the 17th hole.
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Mark,
I didn't catch the final round of the US Open, but I have watched the NHL Playoffs on NBC (via DirecTV).
It does seem like NBC still hasn't figured out how to deliver their live HD feeds. Most of the NHL games would flicker or skip (as if there was a scratch on a DVD.)
On Verizon in MA, the HD feed at the beginning of the broadcast was dropping out every 15 seconds (showing about 1/2 second of black). After 10 minutes of this the broadcast flipped to SD, and has stayed in SD since.
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