Don't get us wrong, the news that Russia's first Winter Games will be in HD is great, obviously, but frankly we've become a bit spoiled as of late. We were figuring by 2014 they'd be moving beyond
3D,
1080p live broadcasts to straight 4K
Silverlight streaming, or
holograms, or something. Still, as high definition still spreads throughout Russia, for the moment at least, we'll pencil it in as "just" an HD
Olympics, and be glad it's not the muddled mess of HDTV and widescreen SD we endured during the
Torino Games in 2006.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
acme @ May 5th 2009 11:38AM
that silverlight streaming was pretty sweet. I'm looking forward to more.
Casey Vincent @ May 5th 2009 11:45AM
Well if it is still on NBC we should call it a HD* olympics.
*Technically 1080i but so straved for bits the 1998 analog brodcast looked better.
Richard @ May 5th 2009 1:15PM
I wanted to see Hulu coverage this, but it probably dead by 2014.
Anton @ May 5th 2009 3:36PM
In Soviet Russia, Silverlight streams you!
HC @ May 5th 2009 8:17PM
We haven't even received any 1080p broadcasts yet and you think they'll already be giving 4k 3d broadcasts??
We may be in the now when it comes to HD or any new technology but your forgetting that there are still 3.5 million households in america unprepared for the analog cutoff and nearly 65-70% of homes still do not have HDTV yet.
We should count our blessings that at least we now have guaranteed programming in at least 720p/1080i.