Anyone Watching The Olympics?

[Tig]

As past president of a curling club I'm following curling quite closely. The shots that Kevin Martin can execute sometimes boggle my mind.

 

[jinman]

Nobody has mentioned the curling yet

I watched the match between the US women and Russian women. I gotta say that I felt like a pig lookin' at a wristwatch.


...and congratulations to Bode Miller!

 

[JB4310]

I enjoy most of the games, wow first to watch winter olympics in high def.

Yeah I just realized this is the first winter Olympics I've seen in HD. Was wondering why I was enjoying it so much

Besides the commercials (about 1 hour out of 3) IMO NBC has been covering it pretty well, at least they stick with 1 event till it's finished, instead of jumping around like in years past.

Good Evenin JB,
You gotta love OhNo ! Love the short track speed skating !

Yup, there was a storey about Ono, how his father left him in some remote cabin by himself for 8 days when he was 15 years old to decide what he wanted to do with his skating. No wonder he's so motivated, he doesn't want to be sent back to the CABIN

Really been enjoying the Short track, it's a fine line between jossling for position but not getting DQed.

Was watching the women last night and China took out an American in one of the QF's and as they were going down and sliding into the pads the Chi girl had her skate right up close to face of the American, didn't touch her but it looked intentional to me. I was so mad I was yelling at the TV

Nobody has mentioned the curling yet

You'll have to watch MSNBC for that. Was watching yesterday a little. For the life of me I can't figure that out they stand around and talk about where the stone is gonna end up before they slide it?
And the scoring? was watching one match and there was all kinds of excitement and activity, and just like that it was over, couldn't figure out why or who even won, cause they were congratulating each other???

JB.

 

[Tig]

And the scoring? was watching one match and there was all kinds of excitement and activity, and just like that it was over, couldn't figure out why or who even won, cause they were congratulating each other???

JB.

As far a scoring goes, think horse shoes except only one point per rock. (no three point "ringers")
I do wish they had kept the traditional curling scoreboard instead of the baseball style.

 

[JB4310]

I watched the match between the US women and Russian women. I gotta say that I felt like a pig lookin' at a wristwatch.

Had to think about that "pig lookin' at a wristwatch" statement since I never heard it before. The more I thought about it though, and pictured it in my mind, the funnier it got

As far a scoring goes, think horse shoes except only one point per rock. (no three point "ringers")
I do wish they had kept the traditional curling scoreboard instead of the baseball style.

Was watching a little again yesterday, From what I could tell there is no referee or umpire etc. they have to agree on some of the calls?

JB

 

[Tig]

Was watching a little again yesterday, From what I could tell there is no referee or umpire etc. they have to agree on some of the calls?

JB

Oh, absolutely. The idea is that it is a gentleman's competition. The "thirds" agree on the score each end. Sometimes you have to measure. It gets even more odd from there. Ideally, (in club curling) you are to call fouls on yourself. The offended team has leeway in the penalty in some cases. For instance if a rock is disturbed by a curler, the offended team may be able to put any rocks where they think they should be, had no infraction occurred.
And here is the best one. The winners buy the first round after the game. This is followed by the losers reciprocating and so on.......

 

[NSBound]

You'll have to watch MSNBC for that. JB.

I hear you had to watch MSNBC to see the Canada vs USA hockey game too? What a boneheaded move on NBC's part not to put THAT game on the big network.

 

[czechsonofagun]

I am not watching it, but as Czech there are two goals for our hockey team - beat Slovaks and beat Russians. Now to beat USA would be neat, but I can always say after that match my country won - and my country lost)

 

[jinman]

Had to think about that "pig lookin' at a wristwatch" statement since I never heard it before. The more I thought about it though, and pictured it in my mind, the funnier it got

It does speak to a uniquely high level of bewilderment, doesn't it?

I've loved watching the games in HD. Several of the outdoor events are so clear that it's like sitting on the sidelines without dealing with the crowds or being cold, not to mention having to spend the money to get there.

I've also noticed that the direct digital HDTV reception of the OTA broadcast from our local NBC station is breathtaking. The same signal over DishNetwork is not nearly as vivid. We have one HDTV on dish and another with an antenna on the roof. The OTA digital HDTV is absolutely stunning.

 

[NSBound]

I think our home national network that is doing the Olympic coverage (CTV) is doing a terrific job too. And you're right, HDTV is sure THE way to watch!