MASN to broadcast 80 Nationals / Orioles games in HD this season

Say it ain't so! After what feels like ages of watching the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals in shoddy SD, its regional carrier has finally decided to slip into this decade and go HD. As we'd heard rumored just weeks ago, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network will indeed be beaming out 80 MLB games this season in high-definition: 40 for the Nats and 40 for the O's. More specifically, all six interleague games between the two aforementioned clubs will be in high-def as well as the Nationals' first game back after the opener. Unfortunately, 242 games between the duo will still be in SD, but at least we're making progress. Look for the complete schedule of HD games to surface "in the next two weeks."

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[jhuster Posted Feb 27th 2008 1:02PM]

Why does EVERYONE seem to forget that when the O's were on Comcast SportsNet exclusively, EVERY HOME GAME WAS IN HD?! Jesus...we've been down this road before, it's not like MASN is breaking ground. MASN was actually step BACKWARD for the O's...when they started carrying them, they were DOWNGRADED to SD.

[hpmoon Posted Feb 27th 2008 1:14PM]

I wonder if this includes the my20 OTA feed of MASN content? (ATSC OTA Channel 20.1 in the DC area is an HD channel.)