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The NFL is at least merciful to fans of local market teams. If you live close enough to where your favorite team is based, you can watch most games for free, o

The NFL is at least merciful to fans of local market teams. If you live close enough to where your favorite team is based, you can watch most games for free, over the air, or with a basic TV subscription. It's unfortunate for the NBA or MLB fans that they need to figure out what local cable channel has the rights to their team. The real pain is if you're a fan of an out of market NFL team, in which case... - Cable with ESPN for MNF (if your local team is playing, this should be free on ABC) - Prime for TNF (iirc the local market gets this on fox??) - NFL Sunday ticket I think the only exceptions this year were the two games exclusive to peacock, and the London games. I don't know if they show the London game for free to the local market.

paxys 3y ago
The problem there is that most of the OTA broadcasts are in glorious 720p.
- alexb_ 3y ago
  This is literally not true. OTA broadcasts are in HD and look great.
  - paxys 3y ago
    720p is HD in broadcasting terms.
    - tracker1 3y ago
      Tru enough. Of course God 720p can look better than bad 1080p (overcompressed stream). And one's vision and distance from the display. In my living room I barely notice the difference between fhd/1080p and qhd/4k on a 65" screen at 10' distance.
- wombat-man 3y ago
  I just checked. my local ABC and FOX are 720p, but NBC and CBS are 1080i Idk why, but this hasn't really seemed bad to me. Maybe my TV has been upscaling and that's why I don't notice? Reading around it's unclear if they broadcast above 720p anywhere, even over cable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company . Maybe the cable companies upscale? Whatever the case may be, I'd rather have 720p for free than have to pay.
- JamesSwift 3y ago
  OTA broadcasts look fantastic compared to the streaming counterparts likely due to the bitrate. It is extremely noticeable. source: I used to be a cord-cutter

paxys 3y ago

The problem there is that most of the OTA broadcasts are in glorious 720p.

alexb_ 3y ago
This is literally not true. OTA broadcasts are in HD and look great.
- paxys 3y ago
  720p is HD in broadcasting terms.
  - tracker1 3y ago
    Tru enough. Of course God 720p can look better than bad 1080p (overcompressed stream). And one's vision and distance from the display. In my living room I barely notice the difference between fhd/1080p and qhd/4k on a 65" screen at 10' distance.
wombat-man 3y ago
I just checked. my local ABC and FOX are 720p, but NBC and CBS are 1080i Idk why, but this hasn't really seemed bad to me. Maybe my TV has been upscaling and that's why I don't notice? Reading around it's unclear if they broadcast above 720p anywhere, even over cable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company . Maybe the cable companies upscale? Whatever the case may be, I'd rather have 720p for free than have to pay.
JamesSwift 3y ago
OTA broadcasts look fantastic compared to the streaming counterparts likely due to the bitrate. It is extremely noticeable. source: I used to be a cord-cutter