The delay was there before last year's superbowl. A "live" TV broadcast has to go through a lot to get to you: - Field cameras generate video - A digital video enhancement trailer augments all the imagery (yellow field lines, digitial interstitials for camera switching, player info, etc) - A switching bank controls which video is currently 'active' - Goes up to a satellite, then back down to the broadcasting headquarters (ABC, etc) where it is again delayed slightly for various reasons - Goes up to a satellite and is then picked up by the affiliate TV stations (another slight delay, mostly genlocking the incoming signal (digital video and audio) with the station clock) - Broadcast on local airwaves. Whereas the local radio broadcasting the local game will have little or no noticable delay, and local radio broadcasting an away game may have one satellite hop. This is actually on *top* of the induced delay which both the radio and broadcast stations may choose to use. If you take a TV and radio to the stadium you may find that your delay is actually 20 seconds for broadcast and 15 seconds for radio. If you tune in other TV stations broadcasting from one city over, the delay may be reduced or increased as they sync with their schedule. In any case, due to the satellite transmissions and digital enhancment, the TV signal is always going to be more than 1-2 seconds behind the game. As always, YMMV. -Adam On 9/1/05, Robert Rolf wrote: > > > > I do not know whence this 5 second delay comes > > You can thank Janet Jackson and 'nipplegate' for the delay. > It exists because broadcasters are afraid of the huge fines they > would get from the FCC if any 'bad words' (or gestures) > slipped out of the mouths of the players and were picked up > by the field mics. Politically correctness run amok. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist