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- From: tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody)
- Subject: Re: Compression artifacts in NBC Olympic coverage
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.064849.15994@noao.edu>
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- Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories
- References: <MONTA.92Jul26181344@image.mit.edu> <1992Jul27.035759.153188@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 06:48:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.035759.153188@zeus.calpoly.edu>, jemenake@zeus.calpoly.edu (Joe Emenaker) writes:
- > Well, bravo. I'm happy for you that you're smart enough to notice such
- > things. I'm sure you must be a very bright little boy. To quote Monty
- > Python: "Gee, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell you.".
- > However, I'm sad for you that knowing that NBC is compressing the signal is
- > ruining your experience of the Olymics so much...
- >
- > .. Is it REALLY that unbearable? For heaven's sake, just sit a few feet futher
- > from the screen or take your glasses off or something.
- >
- > Granted, it is a subtle thing and I AM truly impressed that you caught it.
- > And I acknowledge your attempt to use it to cash in on your 15 minutes of
- > fame that Andy Warhol says each of us will have. But, I think that you're
- > going overboard by expecting NBC to fork over more money to make the
- > transmission absolutely perfect when so few people are even going to
- > nitice... and fewer are even going to care.
-
- Lighten up. I (and I think many others) also noticed it - it was very
- apparent, distracting, and mildly annoying. Personally I would just ignore
- it, I suspect NBC is just experimenting with some new technology and they
- will probably get enough complaints so that something is done about it.
-
- Doug Tody (NOAO)
-