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- From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon)
- Subject: Re: Compression artifacts in NBC Olympic coverage
- Message-ID: <Bs2Fzy.5zM@exnet.co.uk>
- Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK
- References: <MONTA.92Jul26181344@image.mit.edu> <1992Jul27.035759.153188@zeus.calpoly.edu> <1992Jul27.064849.15994@noao.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:07:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.064849.15994@noao.edu> tody@noao.edu writes:
- >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)
-
- Yes, do lighten up. NBC *want* people to watch. If what they do irritates
- people (eg playing muzak over the action) then they'd rather people told them
- so they could change it. So yes I *would* expect NBC to spend lots of money on
- getting this sort of thing right to keep the viewers happy. That's why we use
- TV rather than radio, yes? (BTW, I'm in the UK and so don't see NBC at
- all---this makes me very happy B^>)
-
- Damon
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