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| Re: plus one thing said by Mike  :A big load of interwebs users, the americans, barely give a crap about the Olympics enough to watch it on TV.... yet alone on the internet. I don't think I watched much of it anyways. | |
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join:2007-01-11 | Sure thing, I barely was interested in it enough to catch Phelps. Which was great to see, just hope he doesn't sell his soul to Nike. | |
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1 edit | Re: plus one thing Yes, b/c you or anyone else would turn down a multi-million dollar contract from Nike. Get Real, I hope he makes as much money as he can from his efforts. | |
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join:2007-01-11 | Re: plus one thing If he does sell his soul to the corporate devil, we can have a contest on who has the more Nike Swooshtikas on his person, Phelps or Tiger Woods.  | |
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| Re: plus one thing said by BabyBear :If he does sell his soul to the corporate devil, we can have a contest on who has the more Nike Swooshtikas on his person, Phelps or Tiger Woods. How many times before the Olympics did you see or hear about Michael Phelps? Swimming doesn't have 1/100th the national exposure as golf, so I'd give it 6 months and Michael Phelps will fade in (relative) obscurity. | |
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1 edit | Re: plus one thing said by Matt :How many times before the Olympics did you see or hear about Michael Phelps? Swimming doesn't have 1/100th the national exposure as golf, so I'd give it 6 months and Michael Phelps will fade in (relative) obscurity. The same number of times I heard of any Olympic athlete outside of basketball(and tennis), 0. But that doesn't mean there can't be a year or so of "Phelpsmania".
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| Re: plus one thing Yeah, olympist can never be household names... 
Mary Lou Retton
Scott Hamilton
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| Re: plus one thing said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... I think he was referring to their "pre-Olympic" fame. As in how well known was Phelps before his 8 gold medals this time around. He had 6 previous gold medals from the past but I don't remember hearing his name before. Then again I'm not a big Olympic watcher. | |
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| Re: plus one thing "so I'd give it 6 months and Michael Phelps will fade in (relative) obscurity."
»edition.cnn.com/2008/US/08/18/ph···oryemail
From John Vause
CNN
Phelps already is collecting about $5 million a year in endorsement checks from companies like Visa -- payments that came after he won six gold medals during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
"He may be at $30, $40, $50 million a year in endorsements after all this is said and done," said David Harrow of the National Sports Lawyers Association.
That could put him in the same stratosphere as soccer star David Beckham and golfer Tiger Woods, though Harrow doubted that Phelps is "at the $87-million endorsement number of Tiger." | |
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| Re: plus one thing said by AlexNYC :You for got Mark Spitz. Relative obscurity ... I don't think so. Spitz last Olympics were in 1972 and he's still a household name. I had never heard of him until Phelps got to 6 medals.
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1 edit | Re: plus one thing That's interesting. I have heard of him since I was a child and I wasn't even born in the US. | |
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| said by AlexNYC :You for got Mark Spitz. Relative obscurity ... I don't think so. Spitz last Olympics were in 1972 and he's still a household name. Not according to my own house | |
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| said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... Mary Lou Retton Scott Hamilton Dan Jansen Nada Comaneci Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan Kristi Yamaguchi Jackie Joyner-Kersee Apolo Ohno you forgot donovan bailey  | |
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Re: plus one thing Theres also Peggy Fleming, Dorthy Hamel, Carl Lewis, Micheal Johnson and the infamous Marion Jones. | |
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| said by DJMASACRE :said by ninjatutle :Yeah, olympist can never be household names... Mary Lou Retton Scott Hamilton Dan Jansen Nada Comaneci Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan Kristi Yamaguchi Jackie Joyner-Kersee Apolo Ohno you forgot donovan bailey Ben Johnston!!! World Record Holder! 9.79!!!! OOPS! That was Stanozolol induced, nevermind...
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1 edit | said by BabyBear :Sure thing, I barely was interested in it enough to catch Phelps. Which was great to see, just hope he doesn't sell his soul to Nike. What is the logic of a footwear company getting endorsed by a swimmer?? | |
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| Re: maybe speedos said by avd706 :said by BabyBear :Sure thing, I barely was interested in it enough to catch Phelps. Which was great to see, just hope he doesn't sell his soul to Nike. What is the logic of a footwear company getting endorsed by a swimmer?? Nike sells everything sports related, not just footwear. I just finished running in my Nike running shorts and shirt actually. They also make swimwear, goggles, you name it and if it's sports related, they make it.
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join:2002-04-17 | Yeah, I stopped watching just before Coca Cola purchased the Olympics a few games ago. | |
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| said by SLD :Yeah, I stopped watching just before Coca Cola purchased the Olympics a few games ago. Coke had a few commercials, but nothing like the Atlanta games. The Atlanta games were so bad because that is where Coke started and where their current headquarters are. | |
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| Re: plus one thing Your "assumption" is better than his? (No statistics = neither is right, neither is wrong... both are just generalizations based on personal preferences)
Personally, I think nothing on commercial TV is worth watching. The fallacy of ads is that those who place them think they're noticed by more than a very small percentage of viewers; they're being paid for, however, by ALL viewers in higher prices for everything they buy. You couldn't pay me to watch this stuff. | |
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| said by Tzale :said by Mike :A big load of interwebs users, the americans, barely give a crap about the Olympics enough to watch it on TV.... yet alone on the internet. Well you're certainly wrong with me... Probably the best thing on network television right now.... All those "shows" on TV suck. I have no interest really in watching it on the internet though. Don't make assumptions. Okay? -Tzale i have been pretty much ONLY watching on the net
why?
the TV coverage SUCKS
weres the good evnets like Rowing Sailing and Archery?
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clubs: | I'm in the same boat.. I've been spending every free minute I have watching the Olympics, both on the TV, and online.
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join:2004-03-17 | Not helping was NBC's decision to prevent full screen videos from being shown. I know they want people to watch TV for the $$$$$$$$$, but this limitation on the online video worked against it. | |
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| Re: plus one thing said by ElJay :Not helping was NBC's decision to prevent full screen videos from being shown. I know they want people to watch TV for the $$$$$$$$$, but this limitation on the online video worked against it. I'm not sure what you mean? The fact you can't make the online videos full screen? Why would you want to do that? The online video is meant to supplement, not replace, the TV coverage. It would have looked terrible full screen anyway. | |
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join:2004-03-17 | Re: plus one thing It would probably look better than the analog cable I have. I know Hulu's 480p video looks good full screen, and NBC's Olympic video seemed about the same resolution. | |
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| Re: plus one thing said by ElJay :It would probably look better than the analog cable I have. I know Hulu's 480p video looks good full screen, and NBC's Olympic video seemed about the same resolution. The Olympic video seemed to have a lower bitrate to me. Perhaps what I watched on Hulu had a higher resolution, but the Olympic stuff was nowhere near 480p.
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| Re: plus one thing TVTonic turned out to be completely useless for me. The only videos they have are the exact same coverage that was shown on TV. Why do I need to download it when I can just record it myself?
The real issue is the live streams of events that have virtually no coverage at all on TV. Those absolutely need full screen options.
Also, have you tried out the "multicast" feature in the online streams? They put the things in minuscule windows that are unwatchable. It would be partially alleviated if we could fullscreen that as well. | |
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clubs: | The Olympics are pulling in more viewers than any olympics since '92. 30 million viewers a day, and a 30 share...
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| Re: plus one thing said by tiger72 :The Olympics are pulling in more viewers than any olympics since '92. 30 million viewers a day, and a 30 share... In other words, Americans do give a crap this year. I have to agree with this. Maybe it's an age thing, but all my friends and I are really excited about the Olympics this year. We've all been tuned in via the TV and online. | |
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masterdave23
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| »www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastruct···2008STR1
The network is using Cisco Systems' IP video network infrastructure and video encoding software to distribute its Olympic coverage from China—through the same virtual pipe—to televisions, PCs and smart phones around the world. | |
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