WWE Fans Can Be Smart AND Own HDTV's~!

[balmudo]

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[Gillberg: 0-175]

With new technology, you don’t want to lag behind, but you also don’t want to be too far ahead,” said WWE’s Gary Davis, vice president of corporate communications. “There are always costs to new technologies, so we wanted to make sure it is a good investment.”

Translation: We're gonna wait until we figure out how to make our botchfest matches less fake.

[Dean-o]

Or they don't wanna put money into something that won't do anything to increase their audience. Now I know I just set myself up by saying that, so I will leave now before their countless booking mistakes are brought up

[EJS]

Yeah there's really no benefit from WWE hopping on board of HD, they'll have to eventually, but why not wait until it's cheaper for them? Other than the divas, I can't think of much about wrestling that would attract viewers in high definition. If anything Snitsky will scare everyone away...

[RatedRKoffee]

Every time I watch I see multiple things that I'm glad aren't in HD. Trust me if it happens it ain't gonna be pretty.

[John Oates' Moustache]

corncakes said:

Every time I watch I see multiple things that I'm glad aren't in HD. Trust me if it happens it ain't gonna be pretty.

But funny. Botch city, and moar teh lulz for me!

[paragon]

hadesgigas said:

If anything Snitsky will scare everyone away...

His teeth in HD may cause me never to watch again.

[balmudo]

I was actually more alarmed by these comments:

Unlike some offerings that appeal to an upscale HD audience, WWE has more of a downscale appeal, Mr. Leichtman said. As a result, its viewers are less likely to own HD sets.

And then WWE's counter:

The WWE countered that logic, saying its fans include doctors, lawyers and accountants as well as construction workers.

Although yes, having to see Snitsky's full body acne in painstaking High Definition-detail would be far worse than being thought of as a rasslin' watching moron who wasn't likely to watch programming in HD.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

I hate stereotypes

[willywonka666]

most things dont need to be presented in HD-hows baseball or grey's Anatomy any classier? it's just a game and a f***ing pretend tv show

[Lino]

willywonka666 said:

most things dont need to be presented in HD-hows baseball or grey's Anatomy any classier? it's just a game and a smurfing pretend tv show

I enjoy watching baseball on HD.

[Deleted]

Whether they like it or not, WWE needs to go into HD sooner or later.


And, going into HD would only be for the better. The current picture on RAW is terrible, much worse than other shows that aren't in HD.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

I don't care if they switch to HD or not.

[Dean-o]

I would love wrestling in HD, and honestly I don't think it would expose the product as much as they are fearing. I'm used to spotting calls anyways simply by the way the wrestlers move, so it makes no difference to me.