Winter Olympics 2018
Discussion
Super Slo Mo said:
Indeed it is. I'm single venue based this time, usually I have a handful of venues to look after but things are different here. We deal with the specialty camera stuff for the Host and the Americans, so remote/robotic and RF cams. There's quite a lot of us here across the sites.
Your stuff sounds interesting though, do you work on many of the major sporting events?
Done a few, WTA (we have the net cam that sounds bit like your stuff), Asean Games in KL, got Asian Games in Jakarta soon and Commonwealth on the Goldie. Your stuff sounds interesting though, do you work on many of the major sporting events?
We were hoping for World Cup but that looks like a no-go, not arab enough, and hopefully off this we will get summer games in Tokyo, and hoping to get a foot into F1 soon also.
XJSJohn said:
Super Slo Mo said:
Indeed it is. I'm single venue based this time, usually I have a handful of venues to look after but things are different here. We deal with the specialty camera stuff for the Host and the Americans, so remote/robotic and RF cams. There's quite a lot of us here across the sites.
Your stuff sounds interesting though, do you work on many of the major sporting events?
Done a few, WTA (we have the net cam that sounds bit like your stuff), Asean Games in KL, got Asian Games in Jakarta soon and Commonwealth on the Goldie. Your stuff sounds interesting though, do you work on many of the major sporting events?
We were hoping for World Cup but that looks like a no-go, not arab enough, and hopefully off this we will get summer games in Tokyo, and hoping to get a foot into F1 soon also.
XJSJohn said:
Glad you guys are all enjoying the broadcasts 
Me and my team have spent the last 9 months building the transmission network for all the Rights Holding Broadcasters to get the broadcasts from Pyeongchang to 78 countries!!
Currently have a team of 18 people in Pyeongchang right now running the operational support of the network!
Feel quite chuffed seeing the games broadcast on the telly all over the world and know that it was my project and my team that did that !!
Have to say that even though we've got no 4K broadcasts in the UK, Eurosport's HD quality is outstanding (seems better than BBC on same hardware - BT Box).Me and my team have spent the last 9 months building the transmission network for all the Rights Holding Broadcasters to get the broadcasts from Pyeongchang to 78 countries!!
Currently have a team of 18 people in Pyeongchang right now running the operational support of the network!
Feel quite chuffed seeing the games broadcast on the telly all over the world and know that it was my project and my team that did that !!
I'm guessing they're doing some downscaling from 4K, but even so, pictures are outstanding, especially watching biathlon and cross-country.
Top job!
JonChalk said:
Have to say that even though we've got no 4K broadcasts in the UK, Eurosport's HD quality is outstanding (seems better than BBC on same hardware - BT Box).
I'm guessing they're doing some downscaling from 4K, but even so, pictures are outstanding, especially watching biathlon and cross-country.
Top job!
It's all produced in HD. The difference will just be due to the amount of compression they apply to the signal.I'm guessing they're doing some downscaling from 4K, but even so, pictures are outstanding, especially watching biathlon and cross-country.
Top job!
4K is really just for demo and showcasing purposes
Super Slo Mo said:
It's all produced in HD. The difference will just be due to the amount of compression they apply to the signal.
4K is really just for demo and showcasing purposes
Ah Ok. Thought I'd read somewhere that all in 4K, but only a few broadcasters in US & Japan/Korea taking that, rest in 1080/HD.4K is really just for demo and showcasing purposes
Must have misread.
Thx.JonChalk said:
Super Slo Mo said:
It's all produced in HD. The difference will just be due to the amount of compression they apply to the signal.
4K is really just for demo and showcasing purposes
Ah Ok. Thought I'd read somewhere that all in 4K, but only a few broadcasters in US & Japan/Korea taking that, rest in 1080/HD.4K is really just for demo and showcasing purposes
Must have misread.
Thx.Virtually all the competition stuff is HD though.
Kermit power said:
When did they change the biathlon rules? I thought if they missed a s
t, they had to do a lap of a penalty track, but now it looks like they're just adding on a minute to their time?
Depends on the race, the Individual, a miss gives you a minute penalty (as its the longest), all the others it's a 150m penatly loop per miss.t, they had to do a lap of a penalty track, but now it looks like they're just adding on a minute to their time?Celtic Dragon said:
Kermit power said:
When did they change the biathlon rules? I thought if they missed a st, they had to do a lap of a penalty track, but now it looks like they're just adding on a minute to their time?
Depends on the race, the Individual, a miss gives you a minute penalty (as its the longest), all the others it's a 150m penatly loop per miss.t, they had to do a lap of a penalty track, but now it looks like they're just adding on a minute to their time?Not that I have much of a clue what’s actually going on anyway.
For me, biathlon is far and away the most interesting winter sport - been following it for 15+ years.
It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
JonChalk said:
For me, biathlon is far and away the most interesting winter sport - been following it for 15+ years.
It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
Not an aficionado but watched it by chance and it was a nail biter for sure!It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
Meridius said:
So
Much
Curling
FFS
Missed all the freestyle and downhill skiing, snowboarding races etc, all the good stuff, every time I turn on the TV its bloody Curling.
Curling ice skating, and some sort of slopestyle guff has been on every time I have switched on. Admittedly not that many times.Much
Curling
FFS
Missed all the freestyle and downhill skiing, snowboarding races etc, all the good stuff, every time I turn on the TV its bloody Curling.
At least curling has a clear objective winner.
marksx said:
Meridius said:
So
Much
Curling
FFS
Missed all the freestyle and downhill skiing, snowboarding races etc, all the good stuff, every time I turn on the TV its bloody Curling.
Curling ice skating, and some sort of slopestyle guff has been on every time I have switched on. Admittedly not that many times.Much
Curling
FFS
Missed all the freestyle and downhill skiing, snowboarding races etc, all the good stuff, every time I turn on the TV its bloody Curling.
At least curling has a clear objective winner.
There's still the ski cross to come this week, so you've not missed all the good stuff!
Of all the sports where one could gain an edge from "doping" I would have thought curling would be at the bottom of the list.
Although since it's the Russians it's less surprising
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/winterolympics/ar...
Although since it's the Russians it's less surprising
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/winterolympics/ar...
Pericoloso said:
Curling should send you to sleep.
I just can't get enthusiastic about it.
"Shut up fool!" Mr T is a fan - http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-...I just can't get enthusiastic about it.
JonChalk said:
For me, biathlon is far and away the most interesting winter sport - been following it for 15+ years.
It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
Me too, started watching when I was a Uni student and got Virgin for the first time. Back then, it was the German women were the force to be beaten with Uschi Disl et al. I wish Nena Neuner had stayed in the sport until these games and perfected her shooting.It's probably down to the fact that it can be, and usually is, completely unpredictable up to the last shooting.
Today's mass start for the Men was closest finish I've seen in years - brilliant.
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