Re: cricket commentary (even more hopelessly off topic)
Jane Teather <[email protected]>
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… or if Henry Blofeld is commentating, you compare what he says with what actually happens or has just happened, and try to spot the similarity. ;-) Regards Jane _______________________________ Jane Teather JET Documentation Services 54A Ferme Park Road London N4 4ED tel: +44 (0) 20 8348 9213 mobile: +44 7967 366 252 [email protected] Fellow of the Communication Research Institute http://www.communication.org.au Caroline Jarrett wrote: > > Jane wrote > >> Another UK-centric, cricket-focused posting, I'm afraid! >> >> When watching international matches at Lord's and the Oval, I have TMS >> on my radio. My DAB radio gives me much better reception than my old >> long-wave one (and uninterrupted transmision), but it is annoying that >> the commentary is so far behind the action. At home, I have cricket on >> Sky with the sound turned down, and TMS on the radio. If I use long- >> wave >> radio, the commentary is sometimes about 5 seconds (as I count it, >> anyway) in advance of the picture on TV; the time difference seems to >> vary. >> >> If this is progress, it all seems a bit wrong to me. >> > > No, no, it's all a cunning plan to help you tune up your cricket-watching > skills. > > For relative beginners: you watch Sky with the sound off and TMS on long > wave. This gives you the commentary to listen to just ahead of the action, > then you watch to see if you what they were talking about. (Won't help with > the jokes about busses, but that's another story). > > For relative experts: you watch the live action with TMS on DAB. This gives > you a chance to decide how you would describe the ball that's just happened, > and then compare with what the experts say. > > I've only been listening to TMS for about 25 years so I'm still at the > 'relative beginners' stage :-) > > Best > Caroline Jarrett > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: > [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: > http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe > > For all Information Design matters: > http://InformationDesign.org > > Problems? Write to: > [email protected] > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________ Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit: http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe For all Information Design matters: http://InformationDesign.org Problems? Write to: [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________