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- From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression,rec.video,rec.video.satellite,rec.video.production
- Subject: Re: "Artifacts" in corners of cable TV pictures
- Message-ID: <3727@vidiot.UUCP>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 03:55:38 GMT
- References: <MONTA.92Jul26181344@image.mit.edu> <62860@cup.portal.com> <cee1.712287859@Isis.MsState.Edu> <Bs2u6x.6v2@world.std.com>
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- In article <Bs2u6x.6v2@world.std.com> dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) writes:
- <Most cable channels seem to have a little logo in one of the corners,
- <usually the lower right but, in the case of the Olympic triplecast,
- <the upper right. In most cases the logo is ALWAYS there.
- <
- <I don't know who puts it there or why. I assume it's the actual
- <cable signal provider, probably both as a way of discouraging
- <illegal recordings and also as a handy aid for the clueless cable
- <watcher who can't remember fifty channel numbers, such as yours
- <truly.
-
- The logo is put there by NBC. During replay you will see the words
-
- OLYMPIC
- ENCORE
-
- in the upper left corner.
-
- As I have mentioned in a previous posting, I have been watching the triple-
- cast channels on my cable system and I don't pay. I used what existing
- video equipment that I have to provide a viewable B&W image.
-
- Last night one of the TC channels was on the 5" monitor, but I didn't
- really watch it. Tonight I didn't even bother to fire up the equipment to
- have it on at all.
-
- As another poster pointed out, the main stuff occurs while we are at work.
- By the time you get the see the final results on one of the TC channels,
- you've already seen the results on the NBC broadcast channel. Since I can
- see the results I want to see on the NBC broadcast, I'm not even going to
- bother to watch the TC channels. I'm glad that I didn't pay for any of it.
-
- Too bad the main stuff doesn't occur during prime-time. It won't get any
- better when the Olympics come to the states.
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