Why did super bowl 35 have much better video quality than super 36?
April 3, 2023
Why did super bowl 35 have much better video quality than super 36?
17 comments
CBS vs Fox
Transition from tape to shitty low quality digital. Early 2000s sports are unwatchable and can’t be optimized
Man this patriots team was good. Didn’t vinitieri throw a TD pass in this one too?
36 had better game quality compared to 35 😩
Because the NFL has been rigged against the patriots since the beginning
CBS used better cameras than Fox during a time when tech was constantly changing for both better and worse
Y2K
Pretty sure you’re watching the HD broadcast of SB 35 here. I bet the SD version looks a lot like SB 36, similar to most video captured from this era.
The 35 copy looks like an HD version.
36 looks like a SD version
SB34 was the first to be broadcast in HD.
Given the difference in aspect ratio, it seems 35 was the HD broadcast and 36 was SD.
Edit: it pains me to know that there is an entire generation that has no idea this was a thing or how much of an impact it had.
36 was using the patriots camera
Because my favorite team won by a lot
SB XXXV was in Tampa and was the first SB broadcast in HD. Many consumers did not have HD capable TVs (additionally many smaller broadcast affiliates didn’t have the proper equipment to transmit in HD) so Broadcasters supplied both an HD and an SD broadcast of the game.
This is similar the dual 4k / HD broadcasts we currently see, but much more dramatic shift imo.
NOOOO DONT REMIND ME OF THIS😱😱😱😱😱
CBS had 2 separate feeds apparently. Wiki article lists 2 different sets of announcers between SD and HD feeds. Fox only had SD.
CBS was the first major station to go 1080p – not sure if thats related to the situation but it was a big deal around 2005-2007
17 comments
CBS vs Fox
Transition from tape to shitty low quality digital. Early 2000s sports are unwatchable and can’t be optimized
Man this patriots team was good. Didn’t vinitieri throw a TD pass in this one too?
36 had better game quality compared to 35 😩
Because the NFL has been rigged against the patriots since the beginning
CBS used better cameras than Fox during a time when tech was constantly changing for both better and worse
Y2K
Pretty sure you’re watching the HD broadcast of SB 35 here. I bet the SD version looks a lot like SB 36, similar to most video captured from this era.
The 35 copy looks like an HD version.
36 looks like a SD version
SB34 was the first to be broadcast in HD.
Given the difference in aspect ratio, it seems 35 was the HD broadcast and 36 was SD.
Edit: it pains me to know that there is an entire generation that has no idea this was a thing or how much of an impact it had.
36 was using the patriots camera
Because my favorite team won by a lot
SB XXXV was in Tampa and was the first SB broadcast in HD. Many consumers did not have HD capable TVs (additionally many smaller broadcast affiliates didn’t have the proper equipment to transmit in HD) so Broadcasters supplied both an HD and an SD broadcast of the game.
This is similar the dual 4k / HD broadcasts we currently see, but much more dramatic shift imo.
NOOOO DONT REMIND ME OF THIS😱😱😱😱😱
CBS had 2 separate feeds apparently. Wiki article lists 2 different sets of announcers between SD and HD feeds. Fox only had SD.
CBS was the first major station to go 1080p – not sure if thats related to the situation but it was a big deal around 2005-2007
Fox sucks