Or at least thats what the Sports Video Group's survey has
uncovered (big surprise, with that name I really doubt the result was going to be most people get high definition for
Discovery channel). The "Inside the mind of the HD sports fan" uncovered several statistics that will
probably surprise very few of you.
- 39% of sports viewers are extremely disappointed when an
event they want to watch is not in HD
- 22% will watch an event they otherwise
would not have watched because it is in high definition
- Nearly 50% of HDTV owners cited sports as the
reason for their purchase
Hopefully the NBA is paying attention to studies like this, far too many times
this season I've had to watch games in SD because they were not broadcast in high definition, or were not broadcast in
HD nationally.