View Full Version : Olympics Closing Ceremonies in HD? Plans?
rvaidyan
08-29-2004, 11:47 AM
Having been completely disgusted with NBC for their HD coverage of the Olympics (only able to see on-day-delay on local NBC-DT), I was wondering what the HD plans are for the closing ceremonies.
Will this be shown live in HD? Or will it also be one a one-day delay on my local OTA digital channel?
Anyone know?
deArgila
08-29-2004, 11:55 AM
According to the schedule - it will follow the one day delay.
It will only be available from 4-8 am EST on Monday and repeated just once from 8 am to noon.
WORTHLESS!!!! NBC did a very VERY poor job with the HD coverage - from the delay to the constant pixellation during motion.
vinnyv07
08-29-2004, 12:45 PM
I heard that NBC has the rights to the next winter olympics , but the HD delay broacast wont begin until the following summer.
acpmadness
08-29-2004, 01:13 PM
at least u guys get to watch NBC without it breaking up every few seconds.
rkr0923
08-29-2004, 03:02 PM
my PG says "closing ceremonies" for tonight on Olympics HD Channel
rvaidyan
08-29-2004, 04:34 PM
Maybe, but like a lot of people on this list, I do not get the wonderful "Olympics channel" and am stuck getting it OTA. The OTA HD schedule is quite different from the "Olympics Channel" HD schedule, right? I tried reading through the other thread, but still don't understand why NBC elected to do this to us.
DarrellP
08-29-2004, 06:14 PM
Maybe, but like a lot of people on this list, I do not get the wonderful "Olympics channel" and am stuck getting it OTA. The OTA HD schedule is quite different from the "Olympics Channel" HD schedule, right? I tried reading through the other thread, but still don't understand why NBC elected to do this to us.
The HD feed is identical regardless of where you get it.
vurbano
08-29-2004, 06:30 PM
Maybe, but like a lot of people on this list, I do not get the wonderful "Olympics channel" and am stuck getting it OTA. The OTA HD schedule is quite different from the "Olympics Channel" HD schedule, right? I tried reading through the other thread, but still don't understand why NBC elected to do this to us.
The HD feed is identical no matter how you get it.
owlbox
08-29-2004, 06:52 PM
NBC sucks! What a bunch of crap. Yah... I'll get up at 4am to watch their delayed crap... right.
garveyj
08-29-2004, 07:01 PM
Actually NBC has the olympics through 2012.
rvaidyan
08-30-2004, 10:48 AM
The HD feed is identical regardless of where you get it.
Really? I was under the (obviously mistaken) impression that if I had been "authorized" to get the Olympics Channel on Voom, I would have been able to see the HD events live.
Then why even have the Olympics HD channel in O&O markets? What is the advantage of that over OTA? :confused:
Dvlos
08-30-2004, 11:55 AM
Voom's OlympicHD channel was better in my area, it's almost 12pmET here in Florida, can anyone check if they are going to keep playing the closing ceremonies (which I can't see cuz I'm at work) maybe Ill catch them after, or also check to see if NBCHD stays on?
jawilljr
08-30-2004, 01:29 PM
Channels 321, 593, and 594 are all gone from the PG. Here in Memphis the NBC HD OTA is back to normal programming. The closing ceremonies ended at 11:00 CST.
Jerry
rvaidyan
08-30-2004, 03:27 PM
So it is done???? The only way to see the closing ceremonies are to have woken up at 3 AM? I mistakenly read it as 3 PM and was planning on going home early to see it. No repeats? This has to be the most ridiculous HD coverage of a major event on earth!
Scott Greczkowski
08-30-2004, 03:41 PM
I saw the closing ceremonies this morning while getting ready for work, the closing ceremonies were cut up and was less then 15 minutes long.
It was kind of disapointing to see it cut up like it was.
Greece did a great job as host for the Olympics though. :)
I watched it this morning around 8:30 for 15-20 minutes or so. It actually looked very good. Much less pixelation then on my local SD channel yesterday. And it was also more interesting to watch: longer shots, panoramic views, and not so frequent commercial breaks!
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.10 Copyright © 2012 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Search Engine Optimization by
vBSEO 3.6.0