"Real time TV these days is only RELATIVELY real time." Well there goes the credibility of reality TV for me!
Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David I. Emery > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:09 AM > To: [email protected]; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] US New Year countdown - accurate? > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
