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, d...@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." _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.