[time-nuts] US New Year countdown - accurate?

[Tom Holmes]

"Real time TV these days is only RELATIVELY real time."

Well there goes the credibility of reality TV for me!

Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Tipp City, OH
EM79


> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of David I. Emery
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:09 AM
> To: jfor at quikus.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Cc: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] US New Year countdown - accurate?
> 
> On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 05:54:46PM -0800, J. Forster wrote:
> > To me the ball drop/fireworks was different from the on-screen time on
FOX
> > by a few secnds.
> 
> 	I was watching the media pool HD satellite feed on AMC-1 and
> through a broadcast grade IRD (ex PBS Bitlink ) it appeared to be about
> 2 seconds slow relative to  my house NTP timing.   This would about
> exactly match what I would expect for uplink encoder, satellite path,
> and decoder delays.
> 
> 	I would expect a TV station using that feed might add anywhere
> from 1-6 seconds to the delay in their internal processing to OTA... and
> a digital cable system might add further delay to that (couple of more
> seconds at least).
> 
> 	Real time TV these days is only RELATIVELY real time.
> 
> 
> --
>   Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, die at dieconsulting.com  DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass
> 02493
> "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten
> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole -
in
> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now
either."
> 
> 
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