DirecTV HD Olympic coverage

First, it's a day behind. But OK, I get it, NBC wants to protect
their crown jewels of ads. I can understand that. But the looped
aerial footage of Greece? How many times do we have to see that? And
the one commercial for Dish (sorry, SBC)? Surely there are more than
two pieces of footage to run in between the segments.

Or -- better yet, dummies -- don't run any commercials at all. No,
that's too simple. Just run the stock footage forever. People will
forget they've seen it before.

The opening event was totally unwatchable, live or not. The fact that
there were commercials (or, in the HD version a day later
"commercials") is a travesty of highest order. The commentary was
about as inane, low IQ, and thoughtless as any Rose Parade drivel.
(One interesting note -- the live commentary was almost exactly
verbatim the HD coverage, except with different commentators. That
means it was scripted or, horrors, re-enacted! Althought, truthfully,
the HD commentary was not quite as bad and dropped a lot more of the
really stupid stuff.)

I have heard a lot of grumbling about the Olympics in the past and for
this year's events as well. I never understood it and chalked it up
to American shortsightedness and low IQ. But now I begin to
understand it's not your fault, it's your broadcasters' faults.

(T. Pascal) wrote in
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First, it's a day behind. But OK, I get it, NBC wants to protect
their crown jewels of ads. I can understand that. But the looped
aerial footage of Greece? How many times do we have to see that? And
the one commercial for Dish (sorry, SBC)? Surely there are more than
two pieces of footage to run in between the segments.

Or -- better yet, dummies -- don't run any commercials at all. No,
that's too simple. Just run the stock footage forever. People will
forget they've seen it before.

The opening event was totally unwatchable, live or not. The fact that
there were commercials (or, in the HD version a day later
"commercials") is a travesty of highest order. The commentary was
about as inane, low IQ, and thoughtless as any Rose Parade drivel.
(One interesting note -- the live commentary was almost exactly
verbatim the HD coverage, except with different commentators. That
means it was scripted or, horrors, re-enacted! Althought, truthfully,
the HD commentary was not quite as bad and dropped a lot more of the
really stupid stuff.)

I have heard a lot of grumbling about the Olympics in the past and for
this year's events as well. I never understood it and chalked it up
to American shortsightedness and low IQ. But now I begin to
understand it's not your fault, it's your broadcasters' faults.


We all enjoyed the opening event It was super. But then we are not so
critical

(T. Pascal) wrote in
om:

First, it's a day behind. But OK, I get it, NBC wants to protect
their crown jewels of ads. I can understand that. But the looped
aerial footage of Greece? How many times do we have to see that? And
the one commercial for Dish (sorry, SBC)? Surely there are more than
two pieces of footage to run in between the segments.

Or -- better yet, dummies -- don't run any commercials at all. No,
that's too simple. Just run the stock footage forever. People will
forget they've seen it before.

The opening event was totally unwatchable, live or not. The fact that
there were commercials (or, in the HD version a day later
"commercials") is a travesty of highest order. The commentary was
about as inane, low IQ, and thoughtless as any Rose Parade drivel.
(One interesting note -- the live commentary was almost exactly
verbatim the HD coverage, except with different commentators. That
means it was scripted or, horrors, re-enacted! Althought, truthfully,
the HD commentary was not quite as bad and dropped a lot more of the
really stupid stuff.)

I have heard a lot of grumbling about the Olympics in the past and for
this year's events as well. I never understood it and chalked it up
to American shortsightedness and low IQ. But now I begin to
understand it's not your fault, it's your broadcasters' faults.


We all enjoyed the opening event It was super. But then we are not so
critical

I can live with a day late. The HD picture is fantastic. The ads are
repetitive, but there aren't nearly as many of them as on the regular
coverage. Also, the coverage seems to be 24/7. NBC's regular coverage is
somewhat less.

Bill

"T. Pascal" wrote in message
om...
First, it's a day behind. But OK, I get it, NBC wants to protect
their crown jewels of ads. I can understand that. But the looped
aerial footage of Greece? How many times do we have to see that? And
the one commercial for Dish (sorry, SBC)? Surely there are more than
two pieces of footage to run in between the segments.

Or -- better yet, dummies -- don't run any commercials at all. No,
that's too simple. Just run the stock footage forever. People will
forget they've seen it before.

The opening event was totally unwatchable, live or not. The fact that
there were commercials (or, in the HD version a day later
"commercials") is a travesty of highest order. The commentary was
about as inane, low IQ, and thoughtless as any Rose Parade drivel.
(One interesting note -- the live commentary was almost exactly
verbatim the HD coverage, except with different commentators. That
means it was scripted or, horrors, re-enacted! Althought, truthfully,
the HD commentary was not quite as bad and dropped a lot more of the
really stupid stuff.)

I have heard a lot of grumbling about the Olympics in the past and for
this year's events as well. I never understood it and chalked it up
to American shortsightedness and low IQ. But now I begin to
understa ndit'snotyourfault,it'syourbroadcasters'faults.

I can live with a day late. The HD picture is fantastic. The ads are
repetitive, but there aren't nearly as many of them as on the regular
coverage. Also, the coverage seems to be 24/7. NBC's regular coverage is
somewhat less.

Bill

"T. Pascal" wrote in message
om...
First, it's a day behind. But OK, I get it, NBC wants to protect
their crown jewels of ads. I can understand that. But the looped
aerial footage of Greece? How many times do we have to see that? And
the one commercial for Dish (sorry, SBC)? Surely there are more than
two pieces of footage to run in between the segments.

Or -- better yet, dummies -- don't run any commercials at all. No,
that's too simple. Just run the stock footage forever. People will
forget they've seen it before.

The opening event was totally unwatchable, live or not. The fact that
there were commercials (or, in the HD version a day later
"commercials") is a travesty of highest order. The commentary was
about as inane, low IQ, and thoughtless as any Rose Parade drivel.
(One interesting note -- the live commentary was almost exactly
verbatim the HD coverage, except with different commentators. That
means it was scripted or, horrors, re-enacted! Althought, truthfully,
the HD commentary was not quite as bad and dropped a lot more of the
really stupid stuff.)

I have heard a lot of grumbling about the Olympics in the past and for
this year's events as well. I never understood it and chalked it up
to American shortsightedness and low IQ. But now I begin to
understa ndit'snotyourfault,it'syourbroadcasters'faults.

why is it a day late NBC is NBC whether their on directv or not. They really
need to fix things up
End higher ticket prices! Go to local college games!

why is it a day late NBC is NBC whether their on directv or not. They really
need to fix things up
End higher ticket prices! Go to local college games!

"Dan the fan" wrote in message
...
why is it a day late NBC is NBC whether their on directv or not. They
really
need to fix things up

It's a day late because it's a special HD feed. I'm getting it on the
NBC HD channel in Los Angeles, not DirecTV. The regular NBC feed is also
delayed, but not by nearly as much. The HD feed only has one sponsor,
apparently. I've lost track of how many sponsors are on the main network
feed.

It appears that the HD feed will run 24/7 for the full run of the
Olympics -- plus one day, I suppose.

Bill

PS There are no college games here in early August!

"Dan the fan" wrote in message
...
why is it a day late NBC is NBC whether their on directv or not. They
really
need to fix things up

It's a day late because it's a special HD feed. I'm getting it on the
NBC HD channel in Los Angeles, not DirecTV. The regular NBC feed is also
delayed, but not by nearly as much. The HD feed only has one sponsor,
apparently. I've lost track of how many sponsors are on the main network
feed.

It appears that the HD feed will run 24/7 for the full run of the
Olympics -- plus one day, I suppose.

Bill

PS There are no college games here in early August!

Rest assure I got the countdown for college games and its only 10 days away the
27th when things really get swinging thanks
End higher ticket prices! Go to local college games!