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Two best technological inventions in sports broadcasting?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:30 am
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:30 am
1 -The Line of Scrimmage and 1st down line markers in football broadcasts.
2 - Golf tracer in golf.
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Grew up before these were things. It makes watching these sports so much better.
Can't think of anything else that makes watching a sport more enjoyable.
I couldn't imagine watching a football game without that yellow line across the field.. and it's so nice actually getting to see ball flight during golf tournaments. Hate watching tournaments without it now.
2 - Golf tracer in golf.
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Grew up before these were things. It makes watching these sports so much better.
Can't think of anything else that makes watching a sport more enjoyable.
I couldn't imagine watching a football game without that yellow line across the field.. and it's so nice actually getting to see ball flight during golf tournaments. Hate watching tournaments without it now.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 11:31 am
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:32 am to i am dan
Also, not an 'invention', but leaving the score and clock on the screen.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:34 am to Master of Sinanju
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High definition.
Yeah, a good one too. Watching 80s and 90s games on youtube... eeesh..
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:35 am to Master of Sinanju
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Also, not an 'invention', but leaving the score and clock on the screen.
Was such a pain growing up in the 70s and 80s. No score bug on the screen sucked.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:39 am to i am dan
The mute button
3500 other things to watch
3500 other things to watch
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:47 am to i am dan
They need to come up with options like which camera angle and "no announcer" and "ball tracking" and "player tracking"
I'd love the option to mute the announcers and just have the crowd and field mics as the only sound
I'd love the option to mute the announcers and just have the crowd and field mics as the only sound
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 11:48 am
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:50 am to SirWinston
my grandfather might have stayed awake had golf had that technology years ago
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:52 am to Sao
Remember NBC's ten minute ticker?
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:53 am to Sao
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Was such a pain growing up in the 70s and 80s. No score bug on the screen sucked.
And the rationale for not having it sooner was because the networks thought that if the viewer saw it was a blowout, they’d immediately change the channel.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:55 am to i am dan
I like the Strike Zone box as well
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:55 am to i am dan
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Yeah, a good one too. Watching 80s and 90s games on youtube... eeesh..
While the picture wasn't great, the picture wasn't as bad as it appears on today's digital screens. The way the cathode rays would scan the lines and render the picture doesn't reproduce well on modern equipment. Add to that, you're looking at remastered tape recordings where there a lot of degradation. Older video games are much the same way. If you play an old Nintendo game on a digital screen the graphics are actually worse. If you find an old CRT screen they'll look better because of how the colors blend and the the edges of the pixels won't be as harsh.
What you see on Youtube is the equivalent of watching a copy of a copy on a non-native platform. Don't get me wrong, the picture wasn't good, but it's not as bad as the surviving recordings make it seem.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 11:59 am to RolltidePA
I hate the strike zone box. Use it for replay on a close/questionable pitch but hate it while I’m watching the game
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:23 pm to Master of Sinanju
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Also, not an 'invention', but leaving the score and clock on the screen.
I'd say this is even a bigger game changer than the golf tracker.
Looking back, it was absurd to force fans to watch the game literally without know how much time was on the clock....which was an integral part of the game.
The long held belief by the networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) was if people knew the game was a blowout they would turn off the game. Thus, they purposely wanted to keep viewers in the dark about what was going on. Thank God an innovated network like Fox came around to change that absurdity.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:30 pm to i am dan
The ability to stream the radio broadcast anywhere in the world.
Nothing better than syncing the radio broadcast up with the game on TV with the TV on “mute”.
Nothing better than syncing the radio broadcast up with the game on TV with the TV on “mute”.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 12:36 pm to i am dan
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2 - Golf tracer in golf
Not much difference between this and the glowing puck
Posted on 5/20/24 at 1:03 pm to SirWinston
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I'd love the option to mute the announcers and just have the crowd and field mics as the only sound
That would be cool.
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which camera
click on a player on the screen and get their POV would be bad arse.
Couldn't be THAT hard to do.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 1:20 pm to chalmetteowl
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Not much difference between this and the glowing puck
I mean, even Augusta National agreed to allow the shot tracer.
No has used the glowing puck in decades.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 2:40 pm to OchoDedos
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The mute button 3500 other things to watch
You’re not making sense here
Posted on 5/20/24 at 2:43 pm to SirWinston
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love the option to mute the announcers and just have the crowd and field mics as the only sound
I wish there were an easier way to watch the game and listen to Hoss and Deuce.
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