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March 16th, 2010, 01:05
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/masterslogo040108.jpg (http://blog.comcast.com/2010/03/masters.html)Very cagey way to play it Comcast (http://hd.engadget.com/tag/comcast/). While DirecTV (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/eyes-on-with-directv-3d/), ESPN (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/espn-3d-launches-in-june-with-world-cup-soccer-our-football-t/) and Discovery (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/sony-imax-and-discovery-bringing-24-7-3d-home-first-in-2011/) were first to say they would have 3DTV broadcasts back at CES, the cable company will actually be the first to deliver it, starting with the Masters Tournament (http://hd.engadget.com/tag/masters) (but why not the 3D broadcast of the Final Four (http://hd.engadget.com/2010/03/09/cbs-sports-to-present-the-final-four-in-100-3d-theaters/)?) April 7-11. That's right, the first "live next-generation 3D broadcast of a major sporting event on TV, the first live simulcast of a next-gen 3D event online, and the industry's first live multi-camera next-gen 3D production" will be on cable (& internet), not satellite or telco. Again, that's right, if you don't have a 3D television set up yet, it will also be streamed at Masters.com (no word whether this is a Comcast only or if it will be open to all) for those with a 3D setup on their PC. We'll temper our expectations until we see what kind of quality (http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hd-101-the-difference-between-sequential-and-side-by-side-3d/) is able to squeeze (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/hdmi-1-4-spec-getting-freshened-up-in-preparation-for-broadcast/) through Comcast's fiber backbone and down our neighborhood coax wires, but this should certainly blow away the anaglyph stuff currently offered on VOD (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/comcast-positioning-itself-to-be-king-of-3d-programming/). Of course, the old school HD streams will still be broadcast on ESPN and CBS, but if Tiger really does make his comeback at Augusta this should give us a better view of the course (and any residual damage from that "car accident") than ever before.
[Thanks, Simon]Comcast will broadcast the Masters Tournament in 3D April 7-11, beat DirecTV to the punch (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/comcast-will-broadcast-the-masters-tournament-in-3d-april-7-11/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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