Making television easy again. By Phillip Swann
Q. I know the Super Bowl is in 4K. (Many thanks for your coverage of this.) But will you be able to stream the 4K feed for free? And if you don’t have a 4K TV, will you be able to stream the game for free in HD? — Danny, Greenbelt, Maryland. Danny, I have
Comcast said today that it’s now uncertain if it will broadcast next month’s NFL Super Bowl from Miami in 4K. Update: Comcast says it will show the Super Bowl in 4K. The cable operator’s Twitter page said this week that it would carry it in 4K in response to a question from a subscriber on
Q. I’m confused. I read here that the Super Bowl will be in 4K, but I also read it won’t be produced in 4K. What’s up with that? Will it be in 4K or not? — Pete, Tampa, Florida. Pete, I don’t blame you for being confused. As usual, the 4K TV industry has done
Q. I bought a 4K TV to get the Thursday Night Football games in 4K. So my question is: Will Fox have the Super Bowl in 4K. If so, the party will be at my house. The 4K games look so much better. — Aaron, Pittsburgh. Aaron, the Super Bowl has never been in 4K.
Q. I see from your articles that the Thursday Night NFL games are available in 4K. That’s very interesting and I’m wondering if the Super Bowl will be? That might be enough to get me to buy a 4K TV. — Cleve, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cleve, the Super Bowl has never been in 4K. In
Q. I am still going nuts over losing Fox on my TV with Dish. But at least we have Thursday Night Football. Well, until a friend told me that they might not have it. What’s the deal here? — Glenn, Big Spring, Texas. Update: Dish and Fox announced on October 6 that they have signed
Q. Hey, I just lost my Fox channel on Dish. What the hell! What’s going on?! And when will the channel come back? Before Sunday’s games, I hope!! — Charlie, Des Moines, Iowa. Update: Dish and Fox announced on October 6 that they have signed a new deal, ending the blackout. Charlie, Dish and its
Q. You did a story about DIRECTV and some other guys doing NFL games in 4K. But what about Comcast? Will it show some games in 4K? — Pete, Boston. Pete, I am happy to report that Comcast has joined the list of pay TV providers that will air Fox’s Thursday Night Football games in
Q. I’m thinking of buying a 4K TV to watch all the new shows on the new Fall TV season. Is this a good time to buy one? — Terry, Milwaukee. The four big networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox) will kick off their new Fall lineups next week, debuting new shows and returning old
Q. Is there any hope for sports fans who have Dish? We have been without our Fox sports channel forever, or so it feels like!! Will they ever settle this thing? Is there anything we can do about it? I want to watch the Brewers during the stretch drive! But I don’t watch to switch
Q. I am a Dish customer and I am very angry that it has not had my Atlanta Braves on for a long, long time. They took the Fox Sports channel (Fox South) away. And now I read that Cox Cable just got a new deal with Fox Sports. How can Cox get a deal
Q. I want to get rid of my cable provider, but I don’t want to miss my local channels. I would get an antenna, but it won’t work where I live, a rural county in Maryland. I’ve heard of Locast, but a friend tells me that it’s been declared illegal to watch. Is that true?