[Nik73]

I see the Daytona 500 is in HD again this year, but does anyone know if Sky are going to show more races in HD through the rest of the season? Done a trawl of the usual places and google but no joy.

Thanks in advance.

[C225]

Originally Posted by Nik73

I see the Daytona 500 is in HD again this year, but does anyone know if Sky are going to show more races in HD through the rest of the season? Done a trawl of the usual places and google but no joy.

Thanks in advance.

I looked at a site that showed listings of all sky sports in HD and all the NASCAR races were included.

Will try to find the site again

EDIT: Found it from the sky site shoews all races in HD

http://data.skyprogrammeinformation....=SP3H&week=287
and
http://www.livesportontv.com/hdtv/all-fixtures

[Nik73]

Thanks very much bud, much appreciated!

[dave_a]

Looking forward to the Daytona 500 in HD next weekend.

[dannyblfc]

Most of the races last year were just 16:9 SD even on the Sky Sports HD. I know the duels on Thursday and the 500 is definitely in HD but i don't know about the rest.

Or maybe i'm wrong and theyre gonna change it this year

[Nik73]

Watched the 2 Gatorade Duel races today and was impressed with the quality. You could make out teeny pieces of debris on the track and how shiny were the cars at the start?

May just persuade me to keep Sky Sports if all the races are going to be this quality!

[Starburst]

Excellent coverage of Daytona, I'm not a hardcore fan so the studio banter and style don't phase me as much as it does for some others.
Shame about the weather and the incident which took out my favourite driver, enough said for those who may not have seen it yet

No HD for next weeks race nor the A1.

[Nik73]

I often wonder why Sky insist having their own studio team when covering US sports rather than just using the US feed?? Especially as ESPN America (formerly NASN) just shows the US broadcast as is, apart from the ads obviously.
That said, I did notice a few US studio segments sneak through last night.

I always thought it was due to rights issues but that doesn't explain how ESPNA show the whole shebang, including Sportscenter segments which is apparently a rights nightmare due to the different sports.

Anyhoo, it was a shame about the weather. It was gearing up to be a good ending. I have to say that, as much as I like him, if anyone else had caused that wreck I think they would have been penalised. Even the commentators did a flip flop!! Be interesting to see the fallout from it and post race opinion.

[uno]

Well I have just had a look at listings for next week and again Sky sports are not showing Nascar in HD this is getting very annoying now they really do not seem to care at all about their motor racing fans wanting to see their favourite sports in HD.

Its not just Nascar the same applies to other motorsports like A1 GP and Speedway GP all of which are shown worldwide in HD but yet Sky give us SD coverage . They can not even show the UK based Elite league speedway in HD which I think makes it the only live Uk based weekly sport that Sky dont show in HD which frankly is becoming unacceptable I am now of the view that they just do not care about showing motorsports in HD

[Starburst]

I agree, motorsport is far from the favoured child of SKY Sports but then no one else in the UK treats it any better and I include F1 in that.

[reddevil63]

Am sure NASCAR fans in the US get it in HD and sure the cameras are too unless they have SD ones too and these transmissions get sold elsewhere ie UK.

Surely can't be that hard for Sky to buy and transmit the HD version!

[Nik73]

Looks like the links C225 gave us were telling Porkies. Very disappointed.

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by reddevil63

Am sure NASCAR fans in the US get it in HD and sure the cameras are too unless they have SD ones too and these transmissions get sold elsewhere ie UK.

Surely can't be that hard for Sky to buy and transmit the HD version!

SKY do get the HD feed.

I can only accept the issue raised in another thread in terms of SKY having limited fully integrated HD studio support to handle the amount of HD feeds that have access too. The new studio facilities are under construction but won't be complete for a while yet, of course the fact SKY are making serious cash out of the HD sub begs the question there must be a work around.

[dannyblfc]

This week's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is in hd on Sky Sports 3

[Nik73]

Originally Posted by dannyblfc

This week's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway is in hd on Sky Sports 3

Nice one Danny!

[dannyblfc]

Bloody Sky, it said HD the other day and now they've changed it. It's only in 16:9 SD

[Nik73]

Originally Posted by dannyblfc

Bloody Sky, it said HD the other day and now they've changed it. It's only in 16:9 SD

Yeah, was gutted last night!

[Nik73]

If anyone's interested UKTV Guide says that the next few races will be in HD on Sky. Believe it when it I see it mind.

Nascar on UKTV Guide

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by Nik73

If anyone's interested UKTV Guide says that the next few races will be in HD on Sky. Believe it when it I see it mind.

Alas it only indicates it's simulcast on the SD and HD channel and as we know that is no guarantee. Damn shame the Indy500 isn't HD either, makes you appreciate Eurosports HD coverage of the WTCC, a forward thinking series and broadcaster.

[Nik73]

Good point Batman and quite correct. Sunday's race is SD.

[dannyblfc]

After coming back from the States where the races are shown in HD using OTA transmission, i'm dissapointed that we haven't had a race in HD since the Daytona 500. This was the main reason we subscribed to the HD service and although we do use the HD channels for the Movies and Footy, i'm really dissapointed by the lack of races in HD.

I don't understand why Sky aren't using the HD international feed which alot of my friends get in other countries, especially Australia where they get practice, qualifying and the race all in HD without John Mickel or Keith Huewen, who really do annoy me as they have no clue what's going on.

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by dannyblfc

I don't understand why Sky aren't using the HD international feed which alot of my friends get in other countries, especially Australia where they get practice, qualifying and the race all in HD without John Mickel or Keith Huewen, who really do annoy me as they have no clue what's going on.

The belief is they do have the HD feed but infrastructure (studio) limitations means they broadcast only in SD or upscaled HD, same for many other sports SKY have access to in HD.

Mind you no loss this last week, never enjoyed the Pocono track

[dannyblfc]

But the studio is unnecessary as they could just use the feed's own people. TNT have Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach in the booth/studio so why do we need Huewen and Mickel

[Starburst]

Originally Posted by dannyblfc

But the studio is unnecessary as they could just use the feed's own people. TNT have Bill Weber, Kyle Petty and Wally Dallenbach in the booth/studio so why do we need Huewen and Mickel

For a fan who is upto date with the sport yeah but as we've seen over this and last season there are many emailing in asking pretty basic questions and come on the issue over the change in US coverage speaks volumes for the viewers who are not petrol heads

[wbabbington]

If I miss the main event, I certainly dont miss the UK studio lot when watching the highlights. Even during the race when the US go to ads it would be nice to just be able to listen the engines from the roof cam. With no studio aspect there its a pity they cant show the highlights in HD.

As Starburst said im not a fan of Pocono either, could be something to do with having to get used to the new announcers. I just dont like the TNT lot as much.

[dannyblfc]

Pocono is great in person, really fun in the infield, i went to the Spring Race and both Dover races in 07.

[dannyblfc]

Sorry to double post and bring up an old thread, but has there been a race in HD since the 500?