Delays on live coverage

[John Francini]

It may have been discussed before, but why should the analog signal 
have to be delayed simply because the HD encoding delays the digital 
signal by a like amount?  Why not let them be asynchronous to each 
other?

j


At 20:36 -0400 9/24/06, Jeff Lehmann wrote:
>The 8 second delay on WBCN is because of HD Radio. You'd think they would
>turn it off during the game, like it's been reported that WFAN and WCBS do
>during daytime Mets/Yankees games.
>
>Jeff Lehmann
>Hanson, MA
>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org
>>  [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf
>>  Of John Francini
>>  Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:34 PM
>>  To: A. Joseph Ross; Boston Radio
>>  Subject: Re: Delays on live coverage
>>
>>  Speaking of delays in live coverage, right now I'm watching the
>>  Patriots with Gil Santos & Gino's audio on WBCN.  Why the heck is the
>>  audio about 8 seconds behind the video?  Did they fail to turn off
>>  the phone-in delay when they went to the live game?
>>
>>  Makes it extremely frustrating to watch the game with the proper
>>  announcers (i.e., NOT NBC network announcers!)
>>
>>  john francini
>>
>>
>>  At 19:10 -0400 9/24/06, A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>>  >Tuesday evening, at Deb Goldberg's campaign headquarters, I noticed
>>  >that, between the TV tuned to NECN and the one tuned to Channel 38,
>>  >there was a delay of several seconds on NECN.  Has this sort of thing
>>  >become standard since the Janet Jackson incident?  Does Channel 38
>>  >not have a delay or was it simply less of a delay?
>>  >
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John Francini, francini@mac.com

"The journey is more important than the destination-that's part of 
life. If you only live for getting to the end, you're almost always 
disappointed."     -Donald Knuth