I'm An Entitled Asshole & I Hate NBC

Greenguy · 2006-02-12, 02:19 PM

Sent this into the blog section of http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html this morning:

I have a few questions & comments, and oddly enough, I'm not even going to ask why there are no "contact" or "feedback" links/pages other than this blog form on the entire NBC Olympic website.

1st off, I love the Olympics, especially the Winter Games. I have a High Def TV that I invested a lot of money in about 3 years ago. NBC's HD coverage of the Summer Games in 2004 was fantastic! The HD feed seemed to be 24/7 Olympics, with the regular NBC feed showing the normal daily shows & a couple of hours of Olympic coverage during prime time. I watched the HD channel pretty much all day & loved that I could watch live events at 8 in the morning.

I eagerly awaited the 2006 Winter Games & the almost 24/7 coverage I assumed would be on the HD feed. What happened? Why is Meet The Press on my HD feed this morning? Why is the weekday daytime schedule filled with talk shows & soap operas? These programs are not in HD anyway, so no one would care that the HD channel is all Olympics like the Summer 2004 games.

I'd also like to ask if anyone there has watched CBC Canada's coverage of the games? I live just outside Buffalo, NY, so we get CBC on our local cable provider & I can pick up their HD feed with my antenna. This is a major national channel that is pretty much 24/7 HD Olympic coverage. Take a look at any day on their TV schedule page - http://www.cbc.ca/television/index.html - from 7-8 AM until 11 PM, it's pretty much all Olympics, with the occasional news show thrown in. They also have 4-5 hours of coverage in the middle of the night. This is what NBC's HD channel should be doing. I've honestly had CBC'd HD feed on my TV at least 50% of the time so far this weekend. I have it on right now watching Women's Hockey, even though you have it on one of the other channels. I guess The Chris Matthews Shows is needed on both the regular & HD feeds for some reason.

I'm probably a bit jaded on all of this, since I do have the CBC feed from Canada & I remember the HD coverage from Summer 2004, but come on! Why would you go with the 24/7 coverage for the Summer 2004 Games & put normal programming on for the Winter 2006 Games? It doesn't make sense to me.

I'll watch the NBC HD Feed a little bit when it comes on, but for the most part, I'll be sitting here watching CBC's coverage & wondering why we have no Canadian Tire locations here in the states.

2006-02-12, 02:19 PM	#1
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	I'm An Entitled Asshole & I Hate NBC Sent this into the blog section of http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html this morning: I have a few questions & comments, and oddly enough, I'm not even going to ask why there are no "contact" or "feedback" links/pages other than this blog form on the entire NBC Olympic website. 1st off, I love the Olympics, especially the Winter Games. I have a High Def TV that I invested a lot of money in about 3 years ago. NBC's HD coverage of the Summer Games in 2004 was fantastic! The HD feed seemed to be 24/7 Olympics, with the regular NBC feed showing the normal daily shows & a couple of hours of Olympic coverage during prime time. I watched the HD channel pretty much all day & loved that I could watch live events at 8 in the morning. I eagerly awaited the 2006 Winter Games & the almost 24/7 coverage I assumed would be on the HD feed. What happened? Why is Meet The Press on my HD feed this morning? Why is the weekday daytime schedule filled with talk shows & soap operas? These programs are not in HD anyway, so no one would care that the HD channel is all Olympics like the Summer 2004 games. I'd also like to ask if anyone there has watched CBC Canada's coverage of the games? I live just outside Buffalo, NY, so we get CBC on our local cable provider & I can pick up their HD feed with my antenna. This is a major national channel that is pretty much 24/7 HD Olympic coverage. Take a look at any day on their TV schedule page - http://www.cbc.ca/television/index.html - from 7-8 AM until 11 PM, it's pretty much all Olympics, with the occasional news show thrown in. They also have 4-5 hours of coverage in the middle of the night. This is what NBC's HD channel should be doing. I've honestly had CBC'd HD feed on my TV at least 50% of the time so far this weekend. I have it on right now watching Women's Hockey, even though you have it on one of the other channels. I guess The Chris Matthews Shows is needed on both the regular & HD feeds for some reason. I'm probably a bit jaded on all of this, since I do have the CBC feed from Canada & I remember the HD coverage from Summer 2004, but come on! Why would you go with the 24/7 coverage for the Summer 2004 Games & put normal programming on for the Winter 2006 Games? It doesn't make sense to me. I'll watch the NBC HD Feed a little bit when it comes on, but for the most part, I'll be sitting here watching CBC's coverage & wondering why we have no Canadian Tire locations here in the states. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network