Olympics Closing Ceremonies in HD? Plans?

[rvaidyan]

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]

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]

I heard that NBC has the rights to the next winter olympics , but the HD delay broacast wont begin until the following summer.

 

[acpmadness]

at least u guys get to watch NBC without it breaking up every few seconds.

 

[rkr0923]

my PG says "closing ceremonies" for tonight on Olympics HD Channel

 

[rvaidyan]

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]

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]

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]

NBC sucks! What a bunch of crap. Yah... I'll get up at 4am to watch their delayed crap... right.

 

[garveyj]

Actually NBC has the olympics through 2012.

 

[rvaidyan]

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?

 

[Dvlos]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Ilya]

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!