Suns in high-definition all season

July 20, 2007 by Mike Olbinski

Music to my ears. You can ask anyone who knows me. If it’s not in HD, I rarely watch it.

Unless it’s Friends repeats. Or Rescue Me. Or Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Or Phoenix Suns games.

Thankfully, I can cross off the Suns from the regular, crappy, low-def broadcasts and welcome them, into the wonderful, amazing wold of suped-up pixel resolution. The Suns organization announced today that all their games next season will be broadcast by them in high definition. Even on the road!

Unbelievable. This makes me so happy.

“The Phoenix Suns will be the first NBA team and first sports team in Arizona to broadcast an entire season in HD. We want to take a leadership position in providing the highest quality television broadcasts possible for our viewers,” said Suns president and CEO Rick Welts.

The first team in the league to do it. We should be so grateful for this, fellow HD-ers.

Here’s how it all breaks down:

Suns HD games on FSN Arizona will be offered on these systems and channels:

• Cox (Phoenix and Tucson) – Channel 721
• Qwest (Phoenix) – Channel 329
• Comcast (Tucson) – Channel 226
• DirecTV – Channel 96*, 97*, 94** or 95**
• * Customers in Phoenix with HD/DVR Receiver and Ka-Ku Dish (or 5LNB Dish) REQUIRED.
• ** Select HD games. Please check your on screen guide.
• DISH Network – Channel 365
• Western Broadband (Sun Lakes, Robson Ranch, Saddlebrooke) – Channel 726

Suns HD games on KUTP My45 will be offered on these systems and channels:

• Cox (Phoenix) – Channel 709
• Qwest (Phoenix) – Channel 309
• DirecTV, DISH Network and over the air HD games- Channel 45.1

Suns HD games on KTTU MyTucson will be offered on this system and channel:

• • Cox (Tucson) – Channel 702

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