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Agreed. It make a lot more sense for sports.

by edgarvaldes 12y ago

uptown 12y ago
Which is one of the least time-shifted forms of content.
- sp332 12y ago
  Well... that's what this fixes :)
  - silverlight 12y ago
    I think they mean, it's one of the types of shows that people don't typically record because they want to watch it live, so this would not be useful for sports.
    - sp332 12y ago
      A major reason for wanting to watch it live is that it's so easy to have it spoiled. And for a lot of people, a game (much more than other TV) isn't worth watching if you know the outcome. So partly, people want to watch the "action" live, but also, they just don't feel like watching it later. This can address the second part.
- 6cxs2hd6 12y ago
  That's interesting. I almost always time-shift sports. Stuff like American football is otherwise interminable. Even when I want to get to the finish, live, I just start watching an hour after the recording begins. Fast forward through commercials and head-under-hood challenges, etc. If it's a game I'm only semi-interested in, I'll wait until it's completely finished. Then just FF until I notice a score change, back up some reasonable number of minutes. Voila, personal highlight reel.
  - mutagen 12y ago
    I likewise timeshift Formula 1 coverage so I can watch with my brothers, sometimes weeks later. This kind of timeshifted community to would be great to participate in. Spoilers are generally hard to avoid. This year I've given in and accepted spoilers in exchange for following various communities. So far the participation has been worthwhile and knowing race outcomes and other highlights in some cases had made watching an even better experience.
    - stefanwild 12y ago
      That's interesting. Maybe we should try sports earlier than planned, then...
  - acheron 12y ago
    Whereas I can't watch recorded sports for the most part. I always feel like "why don't I just fast forward to the end?" YMMV as they say.
stefanwild 12y ago
We've thought about that but felt that the interest in non-live sports is probably a little less. Will experiment with it (and reality and casting shows), though.

Agreed. It make a lot more sense for sports.

uptown 12y ago

Which is one of the least time-shifted forms of content.

sp332 12y ago
Well... that's what this fixes :)
- silverlight 12y ago
  I think they mean, it's one of the types of shows that people don't typically record because they want to watch it live, so this would not be useful for sports.
  - sp332 12y ago
    A major reason for wanting to watch it live is that it's so easy to have it spoiled. And for a lot of people, a game (much more than other TV) isn't worth watching if you know the outcome. So partly, people want to watch the "action" live, but also, they just don't feel like watching it later. This can address the second part.
6cxs2hd6 12y ago
That's interesting. I almost always time-shift sports. Stuff like American football is otherwise interminable. Even when I want to get to the finish, live, I just start watching an hour after the recording begins. Fast forward through commercials and head-under-hood challenges, etc. If it's a game I'm only semi-interested in, I'll wait until it's completely finished. Then just FF until I notice a score change, back up some reasonable number of minutes. Voila, personal highlight reel.
- mutagen 12y ago
  I likewise timeshift Formula 1 coverage so I can watch with my brothers, sometimes weeks later. This kind of timeshifted community to would be great to participate in. Spoilers are generally hard to avoid. This year I've given in and accepted spoilers in exchange for following various communities. So far the participation has been worthwhile and knowing race outcomes and other highlights in some cases had made watching an even better experience.
  - stefanwild 12y ago
    That's interesting. Maybe we should try sports earlier than planned, then...
- acheron 12y ago
  Whereas I can't watch recorded sports for the most part. I always feel like "why don't I just fast forward to the end?" YMMV as they say.

stefanwild 12y ago

We've thought about that but felt that the interest in non-live sports is probably a little less. Will experiment with it (and reality and casting shows), though.