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 CrusaderPi
Messages: 8140
Registered: December 2003
Location: Downtown Edmonton
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| oilfan94 wrote on Mon, 04 November 2024 13:49 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 04 November 2024 15:08 |
| nullterm wrote on Mon, 04 November 2024 11:41 |
I will say, Amazon blows Sportsnet out of the water video quality wise. Maybe it'll make SN spend more than $5 on their infrastructure. Kids streaming video games from their parents place have better video quality than Sportsnet.
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This is something we don't talk enough about in Canada. Sportsnet does a terrible job with most of their hockey broadcast, but especially their regional content. Poor production, no pre or post games, bad intermission content, barely better than illegal streaming quality. Every game feels cheap... probably because it is all done on the cheap. Last night is a perfect example. In a world where Sportsnet has the west channel, Flames channel, and Oilers channel plus all the available online bandwidth there's no reason not to have two audio feeds unless you're being cheap. The Oilers try to act like a premium entertainment product, but somehow let their regional TV partner act like third rate public access.
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I've never been too caught up on the product of the broadcast outside the actual game. Growing up mostly in the Southeastern US in the 90s and early 00s, it was so rare that I actually got to see the Oilers play a game, I'm still just happy that any games are available to see in the US now.
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I get that. I watch some weirdo sports that I'm just happy to get on my TV from time to time like Australian Football and African Cup of Nations Soccer. But that doesn't mean a professional broadcasting company like Sportsnet pretends to be shouldn't be constantly selling to their core audience or improving their product. I do think Sportsnet does well enough for what they put into their broadcasts, they just don't put anything into it. Maybe they'll be shamed into improvements that'll make the viewing experience less awful for jaded hockey consumers and people who struggle to find the games alike.
African soccer is wild, by the way. All the athleticism, passion, and outright corruption as the South American style, but without any of the finish or scoring. Strong recommend for occasional daytime work-from-home viewing.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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