Watching pro paintball on HDTV
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Topic: Watching pro paintball on HDTV
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Subject: Watching pro paintball on HDTV
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 4:45pm
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Has anyone watched paintball in HDTV? I'm just wondering if it makes it any better of a spectator sport. I'm watching xtreme pb on tv and while coverage is becoming very honed it's still impossible to see the paint in standard def. Hat's off to the guys walking off immediately after being hit(instinctively). also years ago my competative drill competition idea was lol'd at but I see they are doing it now =) |
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 4:57pm
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I would imagine the paint would still be moving too fast for HD camera frame rates to catch the paint. I'm assuming that's the problem with SD not being able to show paint well, and I can't see HD solving that problem with something that small moving that fast. Even golf it's hard to see the ball sometimes. Edit: It's on now? What channel? ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 6:10pm
My HV20 was able to catch the paint flying by, but only as orange dots that would appear and disappear almost instantly. It really gave a good perspective on how much paint was being used, but you wouldn't really follow the paint. http://files.filefront.com/BeefyMax1wmv/;11370459;/fileinfo.html - http://files.filefront.com/BeefyMax1wmv/;11370459;/fileinfo. html You can tell that paint is at least flying by in that clip, and when the camera is behind the guy shooting, it's not hard at all to follow the paint. And FSN/whatever other networks put PB on tv don't want to show the cheating going on. The people you see walking off are just the ones that KNEW they couldn't get away with it. ------------- 
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ThatGuitarGuy wrote:Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 8:03pm
| The framerate of HD and SD are the same... They are both equally capable of filming the paint or not, HD would just be clearer. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 10:32pm
| So it is super-detailed boringness. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 10:48pm
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Alot of pro-teams, at least I KNOW the other XO teams, use dark shelled paint, so you wouldn't be able to see it on TV.
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 10:49pm
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HD kicks ass. Never seen paintball in HD, probably never will.
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 05 August 2008 at 11:46pm
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I'm not gonna lie. I enjoy watching paintball. Like playing it more, but I like watching it.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 12:25am
Yeah but dude, it'd HD! |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 3:29am
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I, for one, can't wait until they have 3D scanners at the fields, so we can watch individual shots in slow motion.
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Posted By: TheWrAith
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 3:39am
Now that would be awesome... I will be buying a HDTV very soon, and I feel like when I do if I see paintball on, I for once, will watch it, to take in all its high BPS glory.. ------------- Black*1* then*1* White Are*2* All I see*3* in my infancy*5* red and yellow then came to be*8* reaching out to me*5* lets me see*3* Swing on the Spiral= 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,8,5,3,2,1 |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 8:55am
I've got an HD 52" Mitsu but only like 3 or 4 HD channels
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Posted By: mitchell_a_ok
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 10:19am
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what channels do they show paintball on? I have satellite and i've never seen it on |