I missed the first half of the Hall of Fame game. To those who saw it, how did JT look in a Redskins uni? How did he play? Did he look comfortable on the sidelines, etc. etc.
He didn't play at all. That and he decided to go with a "Villiage People" look by rolling up his jersey sleeves as high as humanly possible for camera opps. I had to chuckle.
He didn't take part in the game but he look really odd in the Redskins jersey. He seemed happy I think, if I remember right, he was laughing or something. He then did an interview and he said how he was giving out pairs of shoes to his teammates. Jokingly, the reason was to get the teammates to like him I believe.
I'm still elated that he's gone. The highlight of that Hall of Fame game was really NBC's high def picture. I have never seen a 1080i signal that pretty before. It's amazing. ABC/ESPN could really learn a thing or two.
Tell me something, Stitches; how is it that ESPN can broadcast in 720p yet their picture looks grainier and more washed out than NBC's 1080i signal? Going with 720p for sports should result in a smoother picture (since you get the full 60 frames per second) and there should be more bandwidth in the signal for a clearer image. But NBC is schooling ABC/ESPN in production. Maybe they (ABC/ESPN) just don't care.
It's... technical. 1080i is an interlaced 1920x1080 resolution picture. Instead of a 60 frames per second full picture, you're seeing two interlaced pictures with a resolution of 1920x540 at 30 frames per second. (1080p, marketed as "full HD," is 1920x1080 at the full 60 frames per second, no interlacing.) 720p is a 1280x720 image shown at the full 60 frames per second, no interlacing. As you can imagine, for sports and fast-moving images, it's better to have the full 60 frames per second rather than the interlaced 30 frames per second picture. Also, since 1280x720 is a smaller image than 1920x1080, there should be additional space in the broadcast signal for better picture quality. But then you turn on ESPN or ABC and their picture looks grainy and washed out despite being broadcast in 720p. You then flip on NBC's Hall of Fame game in 1080i, and it looks crystal clear and perfect. The difference is striking. I'm almost ready to call up ESPN and complain about their picture quality. (Actually, I know why ESPN's picture is inferior to NBC's--each company uses different signal compression methods--but it's still unnecessary.)
I don't think he could've wore a tighter jersey and tried to look like a bigger hardass. As one writer put it: "Why was Jason Taylor still in his Dancing With The Stars outfit?"
That may have been the reason. Another reason could have been that they have had so much injuries along the defensive line that they are keeping him out. Their DT Montgomery just broke his hand last week.
Well, the progressive should have better motion capture in high speed sports etc, and a more vivid color impact due to the full set of lines being used instead of alternating ones. I am surprised thaqt the 1080i looks as good as it does, but let me tell you... the same is totally true of every video game I rent at 1080i instead of 720p. My pet peeve is that most video game franchises (especially Madden) have NO excuse for continuing to lazily feed us 720 res titles when 1080 looks SO much better. Come on, get with the nextgen technology!!! My Call of Duty looks incredible at 1080i, while the 720p games look lik really nice PS2 stuff. Oh, and let's mention Jason Taylor once in this post to please the ModGods. There. I did.
