I was referencing anything to an external, local reference. My comment was the time difference between the FOX on screen timing and the ball dropping fireworks. Presumably, the on-screen timing was inserted at their local control center in NYC, not after satellite hops.
-John ============ > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 05:54:46PM -0800, J. Forster wrote: >> To me the ball drop/fireworks was different from the on-screen time on >> FOX >> by a few secnds. > > I was watching the media pool HD satellite feed on AMC-1 and > through a broadcast grade IRD (ex PBS Bitlink ) it appeared to be about > 2 seconds slow relative to my house NTP timing. This would about > exactly match what I would expect for uplink encoder, satellite path, > and decoder delays. > > I would expect a TV station using that feed might add anywhere > from 1-6 seconds to the delay in their internal processing to OTA... and > a digital cable system might add further delay to that (couple of more > seconds at least). > > Real time TV these days is only RELATIVELY real time. > > > -- > Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, [email protected] DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass > 02493 > "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten > 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole - > in > celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now > either." > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
