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Larr

I have to vent somewhere

by Larr » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:23:52

It ain't Winston Cup/Fox any more :(

-Larry


Larr

I have to vent somewhere

by Larr » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:25:37

I thought I'd get TrackPass to get more out of the race.  For me, it's been
a waste of time and I'm cancelling before the 14 day trial is up.

It's WAY behind the live action (8-12 seconds).

Plus to use it you really have to watch the race live, which is a problem
for me because I like to let it Tivo for an hour then start watching.  You
can figure out why.

Finally, it requires RealPlayer, and I can't think of a company I despise
more.

-Larry


Larr

I have to vent somewhere

by Larr » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:29:22

SURE they can.  They have two channels to get it done on.  Three if you
include Speed.

-Larry


> Ever notice that each year, Fox carries the first half of the season and
NBC
> carries the second -- even though they alternate coverage of the Daytona
500 in
> February from year to year?

> Unfortunately, because Fox has the Major League Baseball broadcast rights
they
> have to cover a lot of late summer/early fall afternoon baseball games
during the
> pennant drives in September, and the playoffs and World Series in October.
So
> there's no way they could broadcast the entire Nascar season.  Not to
mention
> that their broadcasts of the NFL on Sunday afternoons starting in
September
> present a direct scheduling conflict with Nascar.

> NBC only got the late season Nascar rights after they lost the rights to
both
> baseball and football.  (Hmm.... Maybe MLB and the NFL knew something that
Nascar
> didn't?)

> I also prefer Fox's Nascar coverage, but don't expect the situation to
change any
> time soon.




> > >The coverage of this Pocono race is pathetic.  Tony just spun and we
watch
> > >how many replays, then useless commentary.  Then we watch the pit stops
then
> > >we watch more replays and useless commentary and finally it goes green
> > >again.  We get to watch 2 green flag laps then a fn commercial.  After
3+
> > >minutes of commercial it comes back to yet another yellow flag for
debris on
> > >the track and we missed the lead change to boot.  Jeeeez, the actual
race
> > >plays second fiddle..

> > I totally agree.  I guess coverage is better than no coverage, but I
> > can't stand watching the NBC crew .   If they would just focus on the
> > great racing that goes on throughout the pack, they wouldn't have to
> > do that lame-ass through-the-field crap.  They always focus on some
> > part of the race where nothing's going on and you get moronic
> > commentary from the three (especially BP, who's getting more senile by
> > the minute), and the three guys will engage in some in-depth, but
> > totally uninteresting, discussion about some driver.
> > Total.bunch.of.idiots.

> > I think they're just  trying to be the anti-Fox.  They just want to do
> > everything differently, regardless of whether or not it's better.  I
> > wish Fox could do the whole season.  They're not perfect by any means,
> > and Larry Mac can be such a dope, but NBC looks amatuerish compared to
> > Fox.

Larr

I have to vent somewhere

by Larr » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:29:37

Yessir!

-Larry


Uwe Sch??rkam

I have to vent somewhere

by Uwe Sch??rkam » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:40:05


> Finally, it requires RealPlayer, and I can't think of a company I despise
> more.

Shitty as real's product offering may be, at least they provide a
(unsupported, I believe) Linux client.

cheers,

uwe

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Eldre

I have to vent somewhere

by Eldre » Thu, 05 Aug 2004 07:10:23

Intuit?
<ducking>

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Larr

I have to vent somewhere

by Larr » Fri, 06 Aug 2004 04:34:39

They aren't my favorite, but at least they don't take liberties with my
computer when I use Quicken.

-Larry



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