tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112047239889440977.post2894163800196075757..comments2023-07-24T23:50:12.008-07:00Comments on Olymprecs - The Ultimate UK Olympics Recording Guide: Day 8 - Oh come on, someone win a gold...and they finally did!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112047239889440977.post-52079491081766025992012-08-03T15:53:59.817-07:002012-08-03T15:53:59.817-07:00Got to say that I'm deeply unimpressed with th...Got to say that I'm deeply unimpressed with the Olympics Tonight "highlights" show on BBC One as well. You'd have thought that any event where we won gold and lasted less than 10 minutes would have been shown in full with the original commentary, so that anyone who didn't see it (being at work or whatever) could sit down and watch the same thing that the people who watched it live did.<br /><br />I was watching it on the evening of 3rd Aug (tonight as I type this) and was utterly appalled at how they showed the men's team pursuit on the Olympics Tonight show. They put some sort of loud dance music in the background, only played brief snatches of the original commentary, only showed brief slow-mo clips of the cyclists at certain points in the race and then went to normal speed/comms only on the final lap! Remember, this was a 5 minute performance that resulted in a gold medal and world record and yet the BBC couldn't give it enough respect for a normal full repeat of the event.<br /><br />It is nice to be able to see all the sports in HD, but I do have a gripe about the slot scheduling (apart from the overly long slots and the empty channels all day!). The Now/Next (EIT) system is designed to allow for schedule adjustments and an obvious example is slot overruns - e.g. weather, extra time, protests, long tennis matches may result in delays.<br /><br />However, I'm pretty certain I've seen overruns not producing a new or adjusted time slot with the system, which is very disappolinting because unless someone is monitoring all 24 video channels continuously (and even I can't do that!), overruns won't be caught and I'm certain I've probably missed dozens of them so far.rklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565814404149850023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112047239889440977.post-35663763707042733312012-08-02T08:26:09.379-07:002012-08-02T08:26:09.379-07:00I agree with everything you've mentioned there...I agree with everything you've mentioned there. I noticed what you mention about the swimming having the commetary go off not just for Sharon Davies interviews but also sometimes just for Clare and Mark's chats even though the Sat channels should be seperate. But at least for the Swimming they don't cut away from the heats on Satellite to show the chats so even though there is not commentary you can still see the action. In fact the Gymnastics is the only event I've watched on Sat where the on screen graphic directing you to what else you can watch appears at the bottom just like on terrestrial.<br /><br />I also agree about the amount of blabbing that can go on on the terrestrial which is why I got a dish set up for the Olympics. I've had this issue with BBC coverage for years. I suppose I should be glad for no adverts though.<br /><br />Despite my issue with the Gymnastics coverage I am really appreciating having the option to watch any sport I want in HD, especially as I find the coverage on the terrestrial channels a challenge. I will really miss these streams at the next Olympics.Olympics Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957661353058173700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112047239889440977.post-6411673723345447662012-08-02T05:52:55.007-07:002012-08-02T05:52:55.007-07:00Really, the 24 channels should be totally at the v...Really, the 24 channels should be totally at the venue and never in any studio or, indeed, have any studio audio either. That's what a bunch of terrestrial channels (which are duplicated on sat/cable as well) are for! However, we do also get the issue of the venue commentators not actually doing any comms when the terrestrial channel switches to the studio or does any interviews at the same time as live action is going on at the venue.<br /><br />As I've mentioned in my posts, the swimming has suffered from this a lot with even the audio of a Sharron Davies terrestrial interview with a previous swimmer being overlaid over the next heat actually starting on the sat channel and the swimmers in the pool for half a length or more before the great comms of Andy and Adrian finally kick in.<br /><br />I think all the sat hard disk recorders I've seen (Humax etc.) have twin tuners, so anyone who wants both the studio (BBC One or whatever) and venue versions (one of the 24 sat channels) can record both - problem solved. One advantage of the sat channels, at least, is that those annoying reminder captions about what's going on the rest of the terrestrial channels aren't present.<br /><br />There is arguably too much blabbing going on in the terrestrial channels, particularly for the swimming. On a few occasions, we've had Clare Balding and Mark Foster talking for a couple of minutes about nothing particularly riveting (stuffed animals or whatever) whilst on the audio we can hear "beep!" as a swimming heat starts - arrgh! Thank goodness for the sat channels...<br /><br />As for that gymnastics coverage, that does seem particularly bad. It appears the BBC direction isn't following a rigid set of rules when it comes to the 24 channels. There is absolutely no point whatsoever in *any* of the channels (Freeview or Freesat) duplicating video content (apart from HD vs. SD of course) across the two "platforms" (sat-only channels vs. terrestrial channels) except when actual live sport (not interviews or studio analysis) is in progress.<br /><br />BTW, am I the only one puzzled why BBC Three keeps being mentioned all the time and yet it has a horrid purple logo, is in SD and is being simultaneously broadcast in a far superior manner on BBC HD (with a much less obtrusive logo and in HD as well)? Not once have I heard a presenter mention that BBC Three is better watched on BBC HD!rklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565814404149850023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112047239889440977.post-60580499339266133702012-08-02T02:08:06.428-07:002012-08-02T02:08:06.428-07:00You know something which annoyed me a bit today wa...You know something which annoyed me a bit today was that during the Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final Stream on Olympics HD 5 they did not carry it uninterrupted. They seemed to be carrying BBC One HD stream and then when it switched to BBC Two they took that stream. This resulted in Sue Barker poping up to show an interview with Bradley Wiggins then an update on what else we could watch and worst of all when coverage moved to BBC Two there was a total loss of coverage for 5 minutes which included losing the start of the British guys routine. I thought the whole point of the streams was that they would be seperate to the normal BBC channels allowing you to concentrate on one sport without breaks.Olympics Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957661353058173700noreply@blogger.com