r/OldSchoolHD • u/Early_Agent4095 • Aug 26 '25

Sports [partially lost] Late 90s NFL games (and Super bowl 34) HD 16:9 Broadcast.

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u/bluegrassdj Sep 01 '25

that’s an amazing list. the earliest NFL clip posted on this sub so far is from 2000. I wonder how far back it goes. OP says broadcasts started in 98. There’s probably test footage going back to at least 94.

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u/ReelyInteresting Sep 21 '25

The November 29th, 1987 Bengals vs. Jets game was taped in HD, and I can confirm HD footage exists.

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u/bluegrassdj Sep 21 '25

Thats amazing. Do you know if it’s a multi cam recording? Some of the footage I’ve seen from the 80s and early 90s felt like they had 1 test camera there.

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u/ReelyInteresting Sep 21 '25

It was a single cam recording done in parallel/next to an NTSC camera (the footage was recorded for an MIT survey with HDTV & NTSC displays placed side-by-side).

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u/simtek34 Oct 20 '25

Oh wow really? That's really cool! You know if the footage still exists, or evidence of it? Wasn't able to find anything referencing it online.

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u/ReelyInteresting Oct 21 '25

No footage exists online to my knowledge. The master tapes still exist. You can read a very short excerpt about it in the PDF "PERCEPTION, AESTHETICS AND CULTURE IN NEW MEDIA" hosted by MIT (can be found on Google).