Olympic Opening Ceremonies

[eric8669]

Since NBC is waiting till Prime time to air the Opening ceremonies, anybody know where I could watch it live?

I'm assuming a proxy will be involved.

[eric8669]

I found a good feed.

NBC can suck it....

[MarkLawrence]

NBC did suck! Turned a probably 2 hour show into 3 1/2 hours with all the blasted commercials - especially during the parade of nations - an ad break every 5 minutes?? Really?? i normally think Matt Lauder does a pretty good job - but - not for that - NBC should be renamed to Normally Beaming Commercials!!!

[moose135]

NBC did suck! Turned a probably 2 hour show into 3 1/2 hours with all the blasted commercials...
Actually, I think it really was that long - someone elsewhere posted that he watched the BBC live feed, and it was 4 hours long.

[mirrodie]

And yet the commentators kept stated how quick the processions of athletes was going!

It was a cute presentation, more to show the kids about storybook fairy tales...


Anyway, I awoke this AM and plugged into channel 4. But there are like 5 diff channels of Olympics.

Is there a way to view events....a la carte, by event, online? Or by a good phone app?

[gonzalu]

Like with the BBC show on the 747 teardown, you can watch on the BBC's iPlay service. You can use a free (or paid) proxy in the UK to give you an IP from there and then watch ...

I subscribe to VyprVPN which is likely the best paid service. They have proxies in a lot of countries around the world and typically get speeds close to, if not line rate.

[Gerard]

Actually, I think it really was that long - someone elsewhere posted that he watched the BBC live feed, and it was 4 hours long.

Correct!! I saw that in a number of newspaper articles.
BTW that was NOT the real Queens helicopter she and James Bond jumped out of. :wink: :tongue:
That was an AW139 while the Royal Helicopter is a maroon S-76C+++.
And did anyone catch the Red Arrows flyover with colored smoke in the beginning? Yeah it was a quick clip by NBC but looked cool.

[megatop412]

Correct!! I saw that in a number of newspaper articles.
BTW that was NOT the real Queens helicopter she and James Bond jumped out of. :wink: :tongue:
That was an AW139 while the Royal Helicopter is a maroon S-76C+++.
And did anyone catch the Red Arrows flyover with colored smoke in the beginning? Yeah it was a quick clip by NBC but looked cool.


I saw that and my first thought was 'it would have been really sweet for them to have brought a Concorde out of retirement to do a flyover, talk about national pride that would have been perfect for them'

[moose135]

BTW that was NOT the real Queens helicopter she and James Bond jumped out of. :wink: :tongue:
Yeah, but just the fact that she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond was neat, whatever chopper they used! :biggrin:

[Gerard]

Yeah, but just the fact that she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond was neat, whatever chopper they used! :biggrin:

RIGHT? Gotta give the old girl credit for doing that!! LMAO!!!!!:eek:

[eric8669]

I ended up watching the BBC feed live. It was great. watching it live was about 3 hours and 45 minutes. NBC coverage was from 7:30 to Midnight, so they did stretch it out a bit.

BBC, no commercials, pleasant commentary and all around a good presentation.

[PhilDernerJr]

NBC is catching a lot of slack for not running it live, clearly delaying airing for commercial purposes.

[Gerard]

NBC is catching a lot of slack for not running it live, clearly delaying airing for commercial purposes.

Olympic Ceremonies and events epecially with the big time difference are rarely shown live. I mean it may be annoying but totally understandable. They have
made a big investment to show the Olympics so they would want to get something back from that investment! I DVR'd it and plowed through the commercials.

[megatop412]

I really enjoyed McCartney's performance, even though at first he was clearly overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. He recovered nicely. I can't even speak at a family member's wedding without my voice cracking so I can't even imagine an event of that scale

[PhilDernerJr]

Olympic Ceremonies and events epecially with the big time difference are rarely shown live. I mean it may be annoying but totally understandable. They have
made a big investment to show the Olympics so they would want to get something back from that investment! I DVR'd it and plowed through the commercials.

There's a difference between saving the stuff for a more optimal time, and blasting commercials literally every 5 minutes, affecting the experience.

[Matt Molnar]

Yeah, but just the fact that she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond was neat, whatever chopper they used! :biggrin:
Kinda bugged me that the closeups were clearly shot during the day but the actual jump was well after dark.

[Gerard]

Kinda bugged me that the closeups were clearly shot during the day but the actual jump was well after dark.

LOL yeah the Continuity Dept messed that one up!!