Anyone watching Winter Olympics? - Page 2

B&DCalgary · #1 02-11-2006, 05:00 PM

Oh yeah.

I love watching the Olympics. The live broadcasts from overseas really screw up my sleep habits, though, because I tend to stay up really late watching practically everything.

One thing I really enjoy since moving up to Canada is that the Olympic coverage here is 100X better than back home in the U.S. where you can only find short highlight broadcasts with way too much filler, and commentary from lame broadcasters. In Canada, the coverage is almost around the clock, the focus is primarily on the events rather than useless background stories, and the quality of commentary is much better. Kudos to the CBC.

E61Silver · #2 02-12-2006, 04:09 PM

I find watching figure skating is boring.

My wife likes it but it puts me to sleep.

The media thinks that’s what people want; to bad they can’t provide a broader range of coverage.

twm67 · #3 02-11-2006, 01:05 AM

I was actually falling asleep...

Until the Ferrari F1 car lit it up with donuts at the Olympics...

A little out of place, of course, but I'm a sucker for all things F1...

Also - funny how the cameras kept seeking out hottie after hottie.

motordavid · #4 02-11-2006, 09:21 PM

The NBC feed via ComCrap in HD, here in SW FLA, ain't bad either on the 60" Sony,NoBaloney.

Thunder22 · #5 02-11-2006, 09:26 PM

when hockey starts, i'll watch. caught some of the luge today...

X5Flyboy · #6 02-12-2006, 12:17 AM

yes,the olympics look great in HD, but I'm getting alot of picture dropouts

and the sound is out of sync.

Of course, the commercials come in fine.

Thunder22 · #7 02-12-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burkleymh

yes,the olympics look great in HD, but I'm getting alot of picture dropouts

and the sound is out of sync.

Of course, the commercials come in fine.

commercials are coming in fine because they're generated right at master control. do you have sat or cable?

motordavid · #8 02-12-2006, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burkleymh

yes,the olympics look great in HD, but I'm getting alot of picture dropouts

and the sound is out of sync.

Of course, the commercials come in fine.

Same deal here in SW FLA via ComCrap: we get dropouts, black screen, "pops and snaps" when it lurches back on, sometimes, etc. The only issue we seldom have is lip sync.

This drop out crap is only on the HD digital feed stations; the non-HD stations never exhibit this, nor does my 2nd TV which is non-digi and just the basic pkg.

I've talked to ComCrap a few times and they have been out a couple times to fix my phone deal with them. The "techs" just sorta shrug on the HD dropout deal and tell me it's normal.

I think it might be "hard" on the set too, with the continual "off and on" effect.

It's 2006 and the CableCo produces signals like it's 1992.

Thanks for letting me rant,

B&DCalgary · #9 02-12-2006, 02:13 PM

Wow... I just watched the Canadian women's hockey team dissect the Russians 12-0

. Nice follow-up to yesterday's 16-0 victory over Italy. Outstanding.

UCrewX5 · #10 02-12-2006, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B&DCalgary

Wow... I just watched the Canadian women's hockey team dissect the Russians 12-0

. Nice follow-up to yesterday's 16-0 victory over Italy. Outstanding.

The Canadian women's hockey team is definately looking sharp. But their toughest games are still in front of them.

It's so nice to be here in the Detroit area where we can pick up the CBC broadcasts. NBC isn't showing diddly for much of the day.

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