all HD audio feeds not created equal
It's a nice night for an HD sports fan, with a free NBA TV HD feed of Chicago and Washington, the Spurs and Nuggets on TNT HD and the Angels and Yanks on ESPN HD.
I run my audio through a Sony ES receiver; the NBA TV surround audio sounds great, and TNT's is terrific as usual, but ESPN really needs to pay more attention to its audio. For whatever reason, ESPN uses Circle Surround, whatever that is, and their audio is definitely several notches below NBA TV's and TNT's. It's very, very nice to see the other two committed to quality audio.
E* gets bashed a lot in these forums, and they deserve some of it, but as an NBA fan I thank them for having TNT HD this NBA playoff season, a great advantage for me over D*.
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