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    Olympic Opening Ceremonies

    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.
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    I found a good feed.

    NBC can suck it....
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    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!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkLawrence View Post
    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.

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    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?
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moose135 View Post
    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.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerard View Post
    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.
    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'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerard View Post
    BTW that was NOT the real Queens helicopter she and James Bond jumped out of.
    Yeah, but just the fact that she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond was neat, whatever chopper they used!

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    Quote Originally Posted by moose135 View Post
    Yeah, but just the fact that she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond was neat, whatever chopper they used!
    RIGHT? Gotta give the old girl credit for doing that!! LMAO!!!!!

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    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.
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    NBC is catching a lot of slack for not running it live, clearly delaying airing for commercial purposes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D. View Post
    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerard View Post
    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.
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