What, no whacky weekend thread?
NBC and the NFL are, for the first time, televising the Super Bowl and its
preshow on the Internet... using a Silverlight app (so I hope you Linux people
don't enjoy football).
It's supposed to be available to tablets too, as a second-screen cast with
selectable angles and such, but Verizontal has an exclusive on mobile, so the
target page should bounce cellphones, unless a) they lie or b) they weren't
smart enough to IP block the carrier ranges.
http://mashable.com/2012/02/04/watch-super-bowl-xlvi-online/
It will be interesting to see how this works out.
Enjoy the game. Especially if you have a Big Wall to watch it on.
Cheers,
-- jr 'we want pictures' a
Jay Ashworth wrote:
What, no whacky weekend thread?
NBC and the NFL are, for the first time, televising the Super Bowl and its
preshow on the Internet... using a Silverlight app (so I hope you Linux people
don't enjoy football).
It's supposed to be available to tablets too, as a second-screen cast with
selectable angles and such, but Verizontal has an exclusive on mobile, so the
target page should bounce cellphones, unless a) they lie or b) they weren't
smart enough to IP block the carrier ranges.
http://mashable.com/2012/02/04/watch-super-bowl-xlvi-online/
It will be interesting to see how this works out.
Enjoy the game. Especially if you have a Big Wall to watch it on.
Cheers,
-- jr 'we want pictures' a
Halftime observations from 72.253.0.0/16:
On Vizio 37" 1080p display:
Local NBC affiliate via off-air antenna= flawless 720p picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via Dish Network=flawless 1080i picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via DirecTV Network=flawless 1080i picture.
On Samsung 23" 1080p monitor via Dell 2.8GHz GX270 with 7Mbps down:
Low resolution (appears to be less than VHS), sometimes jerky, picture.
I don't suppose you have the MPEG bitrates on those... 
Cheers,
-- jra
Jay Ashworth wrote:
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
On Vizio 37" 1080p display:
Local NBC affiliate via off-air antenna= flawless 720p picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via Dish Network=flawless 1080i
picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via DirecTV Network=flawless 1080i
picture.
I don't suppose you have the MPEG bitrates on those... 
Cheers,
-- jra
No, but that's my next project. I just received the ATSC dongle from AVerMedia.
Getting the SuperBowl in HD (and the house-sound in sync) to all 32 displays at the sportsbar has been a challenge, but we made it with 2 hours to spare.<g>
Best,
--Michael
What gear were you using for the sports bar?
-mike
Mike Lyon wrote:
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Jay Ashworth wrote:
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
On Vizio 37" 1080p display:
Local NBC affiliate via off-air antenna= flawless 720p picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via Dish Network=flawless 1080i
picture.
Local NBC affiliate re-broadcast via DirecTV Network=flawless 1080i
picture.
I don't suppose you have the MPEG bitrates on those...
Cheers,
-- jra
No, but that's my next project. I just received the ATSC dongle from AVerMedia.
Getting the SuperBowl in HD (and the house-sound in sync) to all 32 displays at the sportsbar has been a challenge, but we made
it with 2 hours to spare.<g>
Best,
--Michael
What gear were you using for the sports bar?
-mike
I'm integrating the b520 modulator(s) into our exisiting 16 Ch. analog system. Works great.
When i did a sports bar of about 24 HD TVs, i used gear from here:
http://www.neoprointegrator.com/products.php
Good product, good support.
-mike
Mike Lyon wrote:
When i did a sports bar of about 24 HD TVs, i used gear from here:
http://www.neoprointegrator.com/products.php
Good product, good support.
-mike
Looks like a well designed product...Thanks!
Any idea of what the 'Tahoe' costs (we have 16 sources)?
--Michael