Is it just me? Broadcast quality of races lacking.

[Aly-Sheba]

Originally Posted by GoIrish

Ten feet from a wall of glorious flat screen TVs in the Monmouth Park teletheater and I have a hard time distinguishing saddlecloths to the point where I have to watch the chicklets. Is it just me or is the broadcast quality of everyday races terrible? I used to think it was the TVs, but MP has nice new flat screens. Why is every sport in the US broadcast in HD except horse racing?

Totally agree. You would think they would come up something different then the saddle cloth colors since they are hard to distinguish a lot of times. How about some type number hologram?

[Cannon Shell]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ithout-changes



Evans touched on a number of issues including the video presentation of horse racing. He said CDI spends more than $1 million a year per track for high-definition presentation and $750,000 a year sending its signals to 42 outlets that can accommodate it. That means there are almost 1,600 wagering outlets that don’t have high-definition television.

“We’ve got to bring our video up to 21st century standards,” Evans said. “Within a few years we’re going to look like black-and-white television in color television world.”

How bad some of these races are you would think they'd just go ahead and make the transition to black and white with video software that can add projection effects.

How many bad races do they need to run before someone says "Hey! Maybe we need to shut down a few tracks and try to restore quality back into the sport."

Because as we all know in most sports people prefer to watch athletes with very little athletic ability and skill. That's why the toughest ticket in the country is youth sports. Outstanding action!

Yeah I've heard the excuses. It would take jobs away oh noes! This usually comes from the same folks that want to ban guns and video games. Job destoyers. Well come on douchers, join this cause!!

yes that's a thick brothy broth. Mmm delicious.