I'm watching a hockey game between Chicago and Columbus. (Columbus is coached by Ken Hitchcock, who used to coach the Flyers and is sorely missed at the Wachovia Center right now, but that's another story.) The game is being shown on Versus. During a commercial, I flipped over to the NHL Network to check out "NHL On The Fly," their nightly highlights and analysis show. During the show, they do live cut-ins to hockey telecasts around the league. After a moment, they happened to do a cut-in to the Versus telecast.
So I flipped back and forth a bit to compare, and that leads to my question: why is the Versus picture quality so much better on the NHL Network than it is on Versus itself??? The picture on the NHL Network is brighter, sharper and clearer. Versus is owned by Comcast, which is about to close out a deal to buy NBC Universal, making them even more of a major player in the TV industry than they are now. They paid the NHL to show games on Versus as part of a strategy to challenge ESPN for TV sports supremacy. That hasn't happened. Maybe one reason is picture quality?
Well, not really. I just think the picture should look better.
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