Thanks for the confirmations. I guess it must have strangely been removed/left-off the international feeds. It's odd because we usually see them, and indeed we get all the network's graphics. I always enjoy seeing the in-game promos for shows that we're either never going to see, or air on different networks in the UK (often at a several week/month delay).
Somebody must have just plugged the wrong lead in somewhere yesterday. Adam On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > I recall that in the first 2 seasons those lines were shown, they > involved TWO trucks for live video processing, and all the cameras had > to be outfitted with encoders to read the angle-of-the-camera-dangle. > My simple university graphics course in the late 1980s gave me an > appreciation of the computational power required for this at 30 frames > per second (or 29.97 in NTSC average). > > all that said, it seems weird that they didn't have it live for your > games. Perhaps they lent the trucks to TSN in Canada to process the CFL > division finals :-) > > > > David Lynch wrote: > > I guess it may not have been added for your feed - I just caught a > > highlight on ESPN with the line of scrimmage and down/to go graphics > > overlaid onto the field. It's very rare these days to see a football > > game on a major network without the first down line. > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 17:48, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I've been watching (or half watching) the CBS double-header this > afternoon > >> (or evening where I am). We've seen Indianopolis at Baltimore, and are > >> getting the less exciting San Diego at Denver as I type. > >> > >> But in neither game this week, have I seen those "1st & Ten" lines > overlaid > >> on the screen. I know that the deep shadows of the early game in > Baltimore > >> can cause issues with placing those lines. But the Denver game doesn't > seem > >> to have any problems. > >> > >> Is there a reason for this? Or perhaps the feed being sent to the UK > this > >> week perhaps has had them left off by mistake this week? > >> > >> Just curious. > >> > >> > >> > >> Adam > >> > >> -- > >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
