verboten

I have a suspicion that it cut into Bernie's profit or he wanted to get paid to film in high def? It deplorable that F1, which is the pinnacle of motor racing can't be watched as it should on a 21st century TV like other sporting events.

It kills me that Indy Car Racing is in HD and I can even see what color lipstick Danica is wearing as she goes around the track.

chris walrod

F1 is in HD when its broadcast on SPEED. Fox sucks.

verboten

I have Speed with DirecTV and have not seen F1 in HD?

Cactus

I don't understand when the shows on Speed say they are in HD but they are not??????

chris walrod

We have Direct TV as well, all of F1 is in HD.

air eater

You have to tune your Direct TV Speed channel to the SpeedHD channel. There is also a analog Speed Channel.
I've gotten every F1 race thus far in HD on Speed Channel HD.

race911

I think we've determined the Speed broadcasts, while 16X9 and of better quality, are NOT HD....... Something about upconverting the PAL feed?

Barney1

The f-1 race WAS in HD on speed.( on Directv) I saw the whole race and was amazed..

ste993

HD for me on FOX in Portland.... proper HD, not just screen size.

cabrio993

They do. I think it depends on who broadcasts the race in your area.

I saw it in 16:9 HD with 5.1 surround sound on Fox today through Comcast cable.

TheOtherEric

Yeah, we have DirecTV and all of F1 this year has been "higher" def either on SpeedHD or Fox. It used to be 720p or 720i, which isn't quite high def, but pretty darn good. Fox's broadcast certainly looked1020 to me.

verboten

The broadcast was okay, but by no means HD. I channel surfed to other sports on ABC, CBS, etc. and Fox was not even close to the detail offered on the other channels. There was quite a bit of pixilation on my Plasma. I believe it has to do with non HD cameras when it was recorded.

I don't even see SpeedHD offered as DirectV service ?

TheOtherEric

Go to www.directv.com and it's listed as an HD channel. 607 to be exact.

BTW, F1 races are DEFINITELY recorded in HD (I've seen pics of the HD cameras). Last fall they were downconverting to 720 for U.S. broadcasts on SpeedHD and CBS at the time. Not sure about now.

Deanriffs

AT&T Uverse, which we have, has Speed, but not the Speed HD channel.

RallyJon

I watched France on Fox HD and it was in widescreen, but definitely not in HD. Easiest way to tell is to look at the graphics like the lap counter box at the top.