Could well be. The ball-drop guys could have been off too. I've no idea who or why any were off. And it really doesn't matter much. In all probability, nobody other than a real time nut cares anyway.
-John ============ > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 09:14:03PM -0800, J. Forster wrote: >> I was referencing anything to an external, local reference. My comment >> was >> the time difference between the FOX on screen timing and the ball >> dropping >> fireworks. Presumably, the on-screen timing was inserted at their local >> control center in NYC, not after satellite hops. > > Fox was producing and uplinking that in NYC, though I suspect > the primary link back to their master control was fiber through the NYC > media switch with very low delay. I was not watching the Fox show > (don't watch much Fox) but I rather suspect the production trailer was > where the screen overlay got added to the video. > > Doubtless nobody bothered to get the time on the graphics > inserter system set to match the real time and camera video... most of > the > time nobody cares or notices. Quite possibly it has manually set time > of day from a web page or front panel rather than even house time codes, > which > themselves may not be GPS synced. > > > > -- > 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.