Comments on: Versus versus Versus

By: jkp1187

jkp1187 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:19:56 +0000

Connect computer to HDTV. Problem solved. I hooked up my old desktop to the TV in the living room a few months ago – it has revolutionized the living room experience.

By: psu

psu — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:50:12 +0000

I would be happy to tape the replays, but because the guide data makes them the same program as the live broadcast, you can’t tape just one of them. If you use the season pass you have the choice of either just the live one, which won’t work, or everything, which in HD will fill your disk in one day. Thus, you have to pick the programs BY HAND, which defeats the entire purpose of having the DVR in the first place. But this is where we are even in 2009.

This, of course, gets back to my main complaint, which is that no one gives a shit about the guide data. Make the edited replay a different program!

By: erinK

erinK — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:10:35 +0000

Okay, just two counter-arguments:

1) The live telecast and the noon replay and the 3:00 replay and the 5:00 replay all feature only Phil and Paul only. Now, even if you don’t trust the program guide, by the time they hit the 3:00 replay they’ve frequently re-edited to get it to come in on time. So record one of those and you can watch it on TV at night if that’s what you really want.

2) Some of the cycling commercials are pretty cool. You can fast-forward through the bull riding and “Grand Prix of Edmonton” (BTW, WTF????) and just watch the good ones.

Though I concede that if you’re required to work during the live broadcast the online video is probably the best. It’s pretty hard to avoid hearing the results for five hours (well, if you’re me, at least.)

By: psu

psu — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:13 +0000

You shall not mention Al again in this weblog, otherwise I’ll have to come and hunt you down.

By: Hank

Hank — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:39:09 +0000

Unfortunately, my DVR decided not to tape all but the first 10 minutes of the morning broadcast of stage 3, so I was forced to watch in prime-time; I think Craig Hummer and crazed monkey-man Bob Roll spent the entire 3 hour broadcast talking about everything *but* the race they were covering, and then they cut back to Phil and Paul to the call to the finish.

That said, I like the studio segments with the four of them. Phil and Paul provide some insight, Bob Roll adds some color, and Craig does a decent job of steering the show. Lets not forget the dark days of Al Trautwig — it could be much worse…