Q. Football season is coming and I want to know if I can watch NFL games in 4K? They have baseball, basketball and even soccer in 4K, but what about the NFL? Come on, we need football in 4K. — Maurice, Baltimore.
Maurice, I have some good news for you.
For starters, DIRECTV, Dish, Optimum and fuboTV last year offered several college football games in 4K, and they are expected to do so this year. But the big news is that fuboTV, the live streaming service, and Optimum, the cable service in the tri-state New York area, have announced at their web sites that they will offer 10 regular season NFL games in 4K during the 2019 season.
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This will be the first time that the NFL will be available in 4K on any service, including satellite and cable. (Note: fuboTV is the only live streaming service that offers live sports in 4K.). The first game in 4K will be the Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers matchup from Green Bay on September 26 at 8 p.m. ET.
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All 4K NFL games will be produced by Fox as part of its Thursday Night Football coverage. So you might want to examine this list of Fox stations that are carried by fuboTV before you sign up. (fuboTV does not carry Fox in every market. And unlike Optimum, which is a regional cable service, fuboTV is available nationally so it could be your best bet to watch the games in 4K.)
By the way, DIRECTV and Dish have yet to announce whether they will carry these games in 4K, but it’s quite likely. We will monitor this situation and report back here if there are new developments.
The games that will be in 4K on fuboTV and Optimum are:
September 26
Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers 8 p.m. ET
October 3
Los Angeles Rams vs. Seattle Seahawks, 8 p.m. ET
October 10
New York Giants vs. New England Patriots, 8 p.m. ET
October 17
Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos, 8 p.m. ET
October 24
Washington Redskins vs. Minnesota Vikings, 8 p.m. ET
October 31
San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals, 8 p.m. ET
November 7
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 8 p.m. ET
November 14
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns, 8 p.m. ET
November 21
Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans, 8 p.m. ET
December 5
Dallas Cowboys vs. Chicago Bears, 8 p.m. ET
December 12
New York Jets vs. Baltimore Ravens, 8 p.m. ET
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IS DIRECTTV GOING TO HAVE 4K FOR THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL,
Yes
I’ve seen a lot of the 4K DirecTV sports on 105 and 106 and last Thursday’s Seahawks /Rams game was horrific. The frame rate was off and it didn’t look any better than the regular broadcast. The college games and stuff they have shown have been eye-popping, but that NFL game was a visual disaster
What seems to be the whole of for having all the football games in 4k