Comments on: Olympics Rant http://tleaves.com/2004/08/13/olympics-rant/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kat Marsen http://tleaves.com/2004/08/13/olympics-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Kat Marsen Sat, 21 Aug 2004 06:49:06 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=167#comment-552 This year is worse than ever before. NBC's coverage is TERRIBLE. During primetime you can see swimming, swimming, swimming, or 5 minutes of gymnastics, but only of the U.S. gymnast, and only if they win. After midnight, you can see the primetime B.S. all over again, just in case you missed what a tool Bob Costas is the first time around. "A dream, a man, a star, shooting, like so many rays of sun... he comes to the olympics, to test his might, to wrangle with his dreams, like the ancient greeks did, heroically, he--" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. Make him *SHUT UP*! At 4pm you can see... a Dr. Phil rerun... a crappy Bravo program... second-rate news on MS-NBC... 5 channels, and *no* olympic programming? What crap is this? This year is worse than ever before. NBC’s coverage is TERRIBLE. During primetime you can see swimming, swimming, swimming, or 5 minutes of gymnastics, but only of the U.S. gymnast, and only if they win.

After midnight, you can see the primetime B.S. all over again, just in case you missed what a tool Bob Costas is the first time around. “A dream, a man, a star, shooting, like so many rays of sun… he comes to the olympics, to test his might, to wrangle with his dreams, like the ancient greeks did, heroically, he–” AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. Make him *SHUT UP*!

At 4pm you can see… a Dr. Phil rerun… a crappy Bravo program… second-rate news on MS-NBC… 5 channels, and *no* olympic programming? What crap is this?

]]> By: Stewart Clamen http://tleaves.com/2004/08/13/olympics-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Stewart Clamen Wed, 18 Aug 2004 03:40:09 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=167#comment-551 So my excitement regarding the NBC-HD feed (not that I have an HDTV monitor) is dampened considerably now that I've learned that the broadcast is showing events ~24 hours delayed. *sigh* Guess there's always 2008. So my excitement regarding the NBC-HD feed (not that I have an HDTV monitor) is dampened considerably now that I’ve learned that the broadcast is showing events ~24 hours delayed.

*sigh* Guess there’s always 2008.

]]> By: Stewart Clamen http://tleaves.com/2004/08/13/olympics-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Stewart Clamen Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:51:58 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=167#comment-550 It is kinda happening again this year. NBC is showing continuous Olympic coverage on their HDTV channels, with different video (the official HD video stream, available only at certain venues) and commentary. I don't know whether the technology allows for fast enough turnaround, but the On Demand services provided by digital cable services could probably be used to good effect. It is kinda happening again this year. NBC is showing continuous Olympic coverage on their HDTV channels, with different video (the official HD video stream, available only at certain venues) and commentary.

I don’t know whether the technology allows for fast enough turnaround, but the On Demand services provided by digital cable services could probably be used to good effect.

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2004/08/13/olympics-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-549 psu Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:40:11 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=167#comment-549 In 1992 we got the triple cast. It was a thing of Beauty. It will never happen again. In 1992 we got the triple cast. It was a thing of Beauty.

It will never happen again.

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