Written by Don Gregory
Ice hockey has to be my favorite thing to watch in High Definition. All sports are better in HD, but hockey is the best. Trying to follow the puck on television can be really frustrating, but in high definition it’s much easier to spot.
The players faces are more distinct and the numbers really stand out on the jerseys. The colors are bold and you can see the skates cut right through the ice. The picture is so clear and close up that you can read the players lips when they are yelling at each other.HD television let’s you see what’s going on while it’s happening, rather than waiting for the commentator to catch you up.
I could never go back to watching hockey without high definition tv. It would feel like I was watching from one of those little old black and white televisions. You know the ones with the rabbit ear antennas that you had to adjust every five minutes. The picture was so bad that you hardly ever knew what was going on.
Our family loves to watch hockey and all our High Definition programming on Direct TV deals. We figure if we’re going to watch something we enjoy, then we might as well have the best picture available. We deserve it and so do you.