From a presentation standpoint, Super Bowl LIX will largely be sticking to the established order on Sunday. Fox Sports is capturing the sport in 1080p HDR and upscaling that to 4K for its personal networks and the free Tubi dwell stream. Comcast simply introduced that it’ll be airing the sport in Dolby Vision, which it has finished earlier than, however now with Dolby Atmos for the primary time. The latter is definite to be a virtualized encompass sign, but it surely might nonetheless lend some additional environment to the sport if you happen to’ve received a pleasant dwelling theater setup.
Comcast says the Dolby Vision / Atmos broadcast of Super Bowl LIX will probably be out there to Xfinity TV clients as a part of its Enhanced 4K choices, which “gives clients with an unmatched viewing expertise with the perfect image and audio high quality, delivered to the house within the quickest method attainable so the motion clients see of their front room is simply seconds behind the sport unfolding in New Orleans.” If you’re an Xfinity Stream subscriber, you can too watch it there as properly.
The recreation’s image high quality will probably be much like what we’ve seen lately, however you would possibly discover some distinctive pictures because the Eagles and Chiefs face off. Fox Sports says it’s utilizing a Super Slowmo / 4K SkyCam, which is a primary for the Super Bowl, so I’ll be curious to see when and the way that’s used.
I’ve received pals who nonetheless insist on the OTA antenna technique of watching the Big Game for the “purest” feed, however I undoubtedly choose the HDR expertise over that — wherever yow will discover it. The wider coloration gamut makes an actual distinction, and the upscaled 4K picture apparently meets the “ok” bar for the large viewers that will probably be watching on Sunday if we’re nonetheless doing it this fashion. For reference, final 12 months’s recreation tallied 123.4 million common viewers throughout all platforms, in line with the NFL.
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