The delay is ridiculous.. just show it live for the people that can watch it.. on the East Coast of the US they aired the Mens 100 meter dash finals at damn near midnight. If they're gonna show it on delay at least play it at a reasonable time, midnight on a Sunday night is absurd. And no steeple chase?? We need more of Kemboi's dance. How can NBC not show that??
T-man wrote:
Kanye North wrote:So even if they were showing it live, you couldn't watch it? Unless you are seriously arguing that they should show live every event you happen to want to watch on NBC.
People here are so entitled.
Here i what bothers people. NBC buys exclusive broadcast rights, then they record the events and choose not to show it to viewers. They could buy the rights, record everything, then delete it 5 minutes later. There are things that people want to see that NBC has recorded and has chosen not to ever show. Instead we are told that the events we want to see will be shown in primetime, but rather than seeing actual competition we get 20 interviews with Michael Phelps and a godawful ten-minute Mary Carillo bit that is nothing more than an extended ad for the new Bond movie.
The only reason why they're showing so much women's beach volleyball is so 14 year olds can fill their spank-bank.
Bottom line, if you buy the rights to the sport, show the f*cking sport. It should be in the contract.
I'm glad I have the live stream. I never have to listen to pompous jackoffs like Bob Costas or Tom Hammond.
Easy solution for you T-Man....get all your internet friends together and buy the rights for 2024..then you can you broadcast them anyway you see fit.
Denise wrote:
I take it you people don't have the internet where you are.
Go to nbcolympics.com. It's all on there...LIVE. Plus, you can see replays anytime you want.
False. Continually repeating the same thing using different usernames does not make it true.
It seems like NBC likes to hire all the worst TV announcers. Tom Hammond doesn't know jack about distance running. Don't get me started on Doc Emerick.
Watching NBC kills brain cells.
For those who constantly insult others in this thread and say all events are broadcast live over and over again like a broken record...have you actually tried to watch these streams? They are nearly unwatchable. It spends more time buffering than it does showing smooth video. I just watched a heat of the 800 and it constantly buffered. When they came up on the last turn it started buffering and then once the video returned everybody was shaking hands after the race.
The problem isn't with my computer either. It was purchased this year and I have no problems streaming mlb.tv smoothly.
brogan1 wrote:
For those who constantly insult others in this thread and say all events are broadcast live over and over again like a broken record...have you actually tried to watch these streams? They are nearly unwatchable. It spends more time buffering than it does showing smooth video. I just watched a heat of the 800 and it constantly buffered. When they came up on the last turn it started buffering and then once the video returned everybody was shaking hands after the race.
The problem isn't with my computer either. It was purchased this year and I have no problems streaming mlb.tv smoothly.
I just watched the 800m semis and the stream worked just fine. No buffering for me.
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Astroturf failure.
Koppenberg wrote:
^This is a corporate plant.
Astroturf failure.
No, it's a guy who has a decent internet connection and is happy to be able to watch the 800m semis live. Though I can understand why you might think that anyone who is not a whinny b@stard could not possibly be an actual Letsrunner.
it is freakin ridiculous because I can't even figure out when what is on...I haven't even seen an 800 semi yet and they just completely avoided one of the heats earlier on of a 1500 meter semi.
Thank you NBC wrote:
brogan1 wrote:For those who constantly insult others in this thread and say all events are broadcast live over and over again like a broken record...have you actually tried to watch these streams? They are nearly unwatchable. It spends more time buffering than it does showing smooth video. I just watched a heat of the 800 and it constantly buffered. When they came up on the last turn it started buffering and then once the video returned everybody was shaking hands after the race.
The problem isn't with my computer either. It was purchased this year and I have no problems streaming mlb.tv smoothly.
I just watched the 800m semis and the stream worked just fine. No buffering for me.
It can depend on your ISP. You don't get that problem on the BBC as they show every event live on TV.
ESPN takes this opportunity to take a few necessary shots at NBC.
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8237067/media-criticism-twitter-olympics
You know, I wouldn't mind if NBC would simply air the Olympics Twice, once live and once at primetime.
Then again, if it was such an outrage you gus wouldn't tune in day after day after day for the entire Olympics trying to catch some event on tv. To cripple ratings you have to actually stop watching the channels.
My beef is that I do pay for basic cable and Internet through Comcast. It's about $65 a month. But to view the Olympics online I'd need to upgrade to the superior package at $100 a month. I'm already paying for cable and Internet service. Why am I not allowed to watch the global phenomena that is the Olympic games?
If you have comcast cable you can watch the live feed of all events. Mostly without live commentary which makes it even better.
What many of you people are missing in the debate is HDTV. You have your internet live streaming, great.
I would rather see it live on NBC in a big HDTV screen.
How about you NFL fans, better on a big HDTV versus live stream on the internet?
Seeing the 100M Men's final live on a 50 or 60 inch HDTV live would have been really cool.
I've been watching BBC live online and replay online from the US for free with no problems. Google PCMagazine and ExpatShield.
alanson wrote:
I've been watching BBC live online and replay online from the US for free with no problems. Google PCMagazine and ExpatShield.
+1
Perfect live feeds with no Americano-centric commentaries and no commercials. No Mary Horseface Carillo either. Ewww!
brogan1 wrote:
For those who constantly insult others in this thread and say all events are broadcast live over and over again like a broken record...have you actually tried to watch these streams? They are nearly unwatchable. It spends more time buffering than it does showing smooth video. I just watched a heat of the 800 and it constantly buffered. When they came up on the last turn it started buffering and then once the video returned everybody was shaking hands after the race.
The problem isn't with my computer either. It was purchased this year and I have no problems streaming mlb.tv smoothly.
Likely not your computer, tablet, lap top, phone, etc. Likely your internet connection.
I have the lowest tier of Comcast and never had any buffering.
I can't believe people are complaining about this. I love having the live feed for any sport I want. I can switch "channels" if I want to catch some other sport for a while. It's great since EVERYTHING is streamed.
Exactly...NBC needs to back off and allow others to take better coverage. And how about those trials? What a fiasco...wish Flotrack woulda handled that. And isnt Tom Hammond the commentator for horse racing? Bring back Frank Shorter from the 80's!