By Phillip Swann
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Former Sony employee and editor of 4 TV magazines.
TV Answer Man, is there any chance that Fox will have NASCAR races in 4K this year? — Jim, Lima, Ohio.
Jim, Fox has just announced that it will stream six NASCAR races in 4K HDR this year on its Fox Sports app. The first one will be the Cook Out 400 on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. from the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.
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Following the Martinsville race, the 4K races will be the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 on Sunday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET from the Texas Motor Speedway; the Geico 500 on Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. ET from the Talladega Super Speedway; the Wurth 400 on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. ET from the Dover Motor Speedway; the Goodyear 400 on Sunday, May 12, at 3 p.m. ET from the Darlington Raceway; and the NASCAR All-Star Open at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 19, from the North Wilkesboro Speedway.
The races will be simulcast in HD on Fox network affiliates or FS1.
How Can You Watch NASCAR Races On Fox In 4K?
The NASCAR 4K races can be seen in the format on the Fox Sports app by logging with your TV Everywhere user name and password from your pay TV provider. (Note that the Fox Now app is no longer available.) The pay TV services that are expected to carry the races in 4K on special 4K channels are DIRECTV, Dish, Comcast, Verizon, Optimum, DIRECTV Stream, YouTube TV, and FuboTV. (In FuboTV markets where the Fox affiliate is provided with your programming package.) Check your on-screen guide for more details.
What Is Upscaled 4K On Fox?
Fox’s 4K live sporting events are upscaled from 1080p HDR (High Dynamic Range). Upscaling is the process when one video format is converted to another. Fox takes the 1080p HDR signal and converts it to a 4K format. Upscaling 4K is not considered as good as native 4K, but the inclusion of HDR can offer heightened colors and vividness.
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