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Scav 06-18-2008 12:52 PM

HD for Keeneland
 
No wonder they are a leader within the industry, 1) They actually listen to their customers, 2) they keep up with technology

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/45778.htm

Coach Pants 06-18-2008 12:54 PM

That's great. Too bad you have to be at Keeneland to see the full cards in HD.

blackthroatedwind 06-18-2008 12:55 PM

Not quite the case here.....this time it's because they are loaded with cash.

Scav 06-18-2008 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
That's great. Too bad you have to be at Keeneland to see the full cards in HD.

my guess is that your OTB will be able to carry it in HD, as long as they have HDTV's, which Arlington's do....

Coach Pants 06-18-2008 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
my guess is that your OTB will be able to carry it in HD, as long as they have HDTV's, which Arlington's do....

pffft. I can't think of one OTB within a 300 mile radius that has HDTV capability.

ptgiven 06-18-2008 12:57 PM

awesome!!!! this will give people a much more "clearer" opinion now on what happens during the race :eek: :eek: i can see it now...on the HD replay you can see..blah blah blah but on the normal replay you can't see it...blah blah blah :-)

ptgiven 06-18-2008 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
pffft. I can't think of one OTB within a 300 mile radius that has HDTV capability.


funny you say that cause i walked into a OTB the other day for the first time in months in the albany area and i couldn't believe it but i must of seen 3-4 flat HD plasmas on the wall

Coach Pants 06-18-2008 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ptgiven
funny you say that cause i walked into a OTB the other day for the first time in months in the albany area and i couldn't believe it but i must of seen 3-4 flat HD plasmas on the wall

Having the tv's doesn't equal HD capability in this instance. The satellite has to be upgraded in most cases.

Scav 06-18-2008 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants
pffft. I can't think of one OTB within a 300 mile radius that has HDTV capability.

The only reason Arlington did this was because Intertrack (Maywood/Balmoral) started building all these OTB's in existing restaurants and bars, surrounding Arlington and Arlington OTB. They were forced to do two things, eliminate admission fees becuase the new OTB's were free, and upgrade everything, because they were losing business left and right

I think they built about 15 within a 100 mile radius, and Arlington has about 4-5 now within this area.

My friend actually delivered all the TV's to them, 150 32" Flat screens and another 100 50" flat screens (i think)

They are all over now, both Arlington Race Course and the OTB.

Bigsmc 06-18-2008 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
No wonder they are a leader within the industry, 1) They actually listen to their customers, 2) they keep up with technology

http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/45778.htm

Does the fact that Steve had to broadcast from Churchill this spring have anything to do with their addition of a radio broadcast studio in Phase 3?

mes5107 06-18-2008 01:13 PM

I thought I had heard something about Yonkers having their in-house feed in HD. Anybody been there recently?

philcski 06-18-2008 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mes5107
I thought I had heard something about Yonkers having their in-house feed in HD. Anybody been there recently?

HA HA HA!
Now THAT'S a good one.

Yonkers is the absolute worst place to play, anywhere.

SentToStud 06-18-2008 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski
HA HA HA!
Now THAT'S a good one.

Yonkers is the absolute worst place to play, anywhere.

Hard to believe anything can compare to the first floor of the Chicago State Street OTB.

Scav 06-18-2008 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SentToStud
Hard to believe anything can compare to the first floor of the Chicago State Street OTB.

I think he might be talking about as far as winning ticket takeout, I think Marty told me it was like 7% or something

philcski 06-18-2008 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav
I think he might be talking about as far as winning ticket takeout, I think Marty told me it was like 7% or something

At Yonkers? Track prices. It's just dumpy for an actual track, and they don't care about horseplayers one iota now that they have slots. You have to walk up 4 flights of stairs to even find a ticket machine.

mes5107 06-18-2008 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski
HA HA HA!
Now THAT'S a good one.

Yonkers is the absolute worst place to play, anywhere.

I must be mistaken.


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