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DVR'ing HD Sports

5455 Views 110 Replies 51 Participants Last post by ckenisell, Jan 22, 2007

ckenisell

Discussion Starter · Jan 12, 2007

With the NFL being in the playoff's right now, a coworker and I are discussiing DVRing sports. Since I love to record a game and skip commercials and half-time, I say watching the game after the events have actually occured is no less stimulating than watching the game live.

The argument is that it is not as exciting to watch a game when you know that what you're watching occured in the past.

I say that, as long as you have no idea what is going to happen, you get the same effect (just without the stupid commercials). In fact, I hit fast forward as soon as the play ends until the next play begins. I can watch an entire football game in less than an hour. I also fast forward in basketball when they are dribbling it down the court (unless there is a fast break).

How do the rest of you feel about this? Obviously, it would suck if you already knew the results (somebody told you, you heard it on the radio, etc.) I'm merely talking about watching a DVR'd game without knowing anything about the results.

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CPanther95

· #2 · Jan 12, 2007

If I could guarantee not to hear results (very unlikely in my case), it wouldn't bother me. I even stopped using the dual buffers to watch two games "live" because invariably, the ticker will reveal a new score on the other game and ruin the enjoyment of my other buffer.

It is nice though to hit the 30 second skip when the whistle blows and they are almost always right at the line ready to snap the ball.

pappy97

· #3 · Jan 12, 2007

With my current job I don't have the time to get home in time for San Jose Sharks Hockey (many times in FSN-HD).

So we tape the game. Since hockey is not big in the Bay Area, it is easy to not know the results.

I agree with your premise, as long as you have no idea what is going to happen, you get the same effect.

But I would only do it the same night. To me something is lost by watching it the next day, even if you still don't know the result. BUT it's all psychological.

When my wife and I are not attending the games, we are to the point where we prefer watching it taped later that night. In fact even if I get home in time to watch a game, we let the DVR record while we casually eat dinner or something.

Then we don't have to deal with commercials and the worst part of hockey, long intermissions. We are always disappointed when we catch up (As we did last night, even though we started watching an hour into the game).

As long as you don't know anything about the game, I like it. But to each his own on what to fast forward. I don't FF any of the game play, and I usually keep most of the broadcast. I just skip commercials and intermission.

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Nachosgrande

· #4 · Jan 12, 2007

Most people who do not own a DVR have the opinion of your coworker. Only problem is if a friend calls after a great play and you haven't watched it yet. I usually watch a game with 1/2 hour delay. I can't stand the commercial timouts anymore. Ruins the flow of the game

tonybradley

· #5 · Jan 12, 2007

I like watching it live. Purely psychological, but I feel like I am 'there' when it's live, but don't have that same feeling if I would have DVRd it. Knowing that I'm watching a game when something has already happened, and the post game is on and they are going nuts talking about next week's possible matchup, etc. etc. would drive me nuts. But really, it shouldn't matter, it's just all in my head.

It would be like DVRing a Breaking News Story that US was just Nuked about 4 hours later to me. I want to know NOW....LOL!!

R_Willis

· #6 · Jan 12, 2007

No matter whether I hear the results or not, I CANNOT watch taped/dvr sports.

Just doesn't feel "right" to me.

Just my .02 cents.

steverobertson

· #7 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by tonybradley /forum/post/0

I like watching it live. Purely psychological, but I feel like I am 'there' when it's live, but don't have that same feeling if I would have DVRd it. Knowing that I'm watching a game when something has already happened, and the post game is on and they are going nuts talking about next week's possible matchup, etc. etc. would drive me nuts. But really, it shouldn't matter, it's just all in my head.

It would be like DVRing a Breaking News Story that US was just Nuked about 4 hours later to me. I want to know NOW....LOL!!

I agree this is about the only thing I on't do with my TIVO everything else is recorded it is all in the brain which I know I have very little left

lexluthor

· #8 · Jan 12, 2007

I can't watch taped sports either.

The few times I've DVR'd sports, I always wind up skipping part of the game because I'm too anxious to find out what's going on or I wind up fast forwarding between plays and go past the next play.

pappy97

· #9 · Jan 12, 2007

I should add that Sharks hockey is the only sports I DVR. I simply don't want to miss a minute of every televised game. It's my favorite sport, favorite team, we're season ticket holders, etc.

I'm an SF Giants Fan (ugh), but I don't tape any of their games. Ditto that for the 49ers. I just watch those live if I can, but if not, no biggie. I just refuse to let my life outside Sharks hockey effect my viewing of Sharks hockey. That is why I sacrifice live games. When playoff time comes, I probably won't do it, except if they play an east coast team and there is a 4:30pm pacific start time on a weekday. That is just too early.

I should also add this that thread should be moved since it is not about HD sports per se, but general sports on television.

Vampz26

· #10 · Jan 12, 2007

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I usually DVR the superbowl because I usually miss half of it while hosting the party...at least I get to see the highlights later...

I DVR'd my daughters first Cubs game when I took her last year when she was 5. Some guy caught a foul ball right in front of us and there we are on television!

...now I have 3.5 hours of old sports footage saved on my ViP622 saved indefinitely all because of 30 seconds of footage of my daughter clapping and cheering...

At least that was one of the few games they actually won! lol...

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scowl

· #11 · Jan 12, 2007

If I have three or four football games on disk that I want to watch, I'll actually skip forward 20 seconds every time the play ends so I'm watching continuous action instead of a bunch of players standing around. I stop doing this if the game starts to get interesting or if a team is doing hurry-up offense. By skipping over the commericals and half time as well I can get through a boring football game in a little over an hour and not really miss anything.

RemyM

· #12 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by ckenisell /forum/post/0

I hit fast forward as soon as the play ends until the next play begins. I can watch an entire football game in less than an hour.

That's how I watch football too. I almost never watch anything live any more. I can watch Sportscenter in 15 minutes or less by eliminated all the talking heads and just watch the highlights. I watch 4 times as much TV in the same amount of time since getting my DVR 2 years ago.

mythical_phenix

· #13 · Jan 12, 2007

For sporting events I truly care about (that would be anything Pittsburgh, including Pitt) I prefer to watch the recording but only if I already know the outcome and it is favorable. If the outcome is not good, I'm just not interested. Having last year's superbowl and the preceeding playoffs on my HR10 was just super, but then the damn thing died! Needless to say, I didn't spend much time watching football this year, or baseball or hockey for the past 15 years. If I'm watching something I have no personal interest in, such as any one of a number of bowl games or anything New England, I'll watch it live. I'm sure this says something negative about my personality, but I just don't care.

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homcom

· #14 · Jan 12, 2007

I like to start watching games about an hour after they start, for NFL games and hockey and 45 for baseball and basketball games. During the NFL games when there are two games on I use the dual records to record both games. One game I will watch in whole and the other game I will watch in fast forward stopping when I see big plays or scoring plays.

sterno3

· #15 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by Nachosgrande /forum/post/0

Most people who do not own a DVR have the opinion of your coworker. Only problem is if a friend calls after a great play and you haven't watched it yet.

I agree with this, and it even bothers me when my wife is watching the game in the kitchen (on the analog OTA) tv, and she reacts to a play a couple seconds before the play happens on the (digital OTA) tv i'm watching in the living room. The delay is only a couple seconds for the decoding, but it still is enough to wonder what I am about to see. The same thing happens when talking on the phone with a friend who is watching the game on analog.

CPanther95

· #16 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by sterno3 /forum/post/0

I agree with this, and it even bothers me when my wife is watching the game in the kitchen (on the analog OTA) tv, and she reacts to a play a couple seconds before the play happens on the (digital OTA) tv i'm watching in the living room. The delay is only a couple seconds for the decoding, but it still is enough to wonder what I am about to see. The same thing happens when talking on the phone with a friend who is watching the game on analog.

That's something I don't allow at my house. Nothing worse than a ball in mid flight and you hear "YES!" or "OH, CRAP" from another area of the house, or from the schmo on the other end of the phone.

steverobertson

· #17 · Jan 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by sterno3 /forum/post/0

I agree with this, and it even bothers me when my wife is watching the game in the kitchen (on the analog OTA) tv, and she reacts to a play a couple seconds before the play happens on the (digital OTA) tv i'm watching in the living room. The delay is only a couple seconds for the decoding, but it still is enough to wonder what I am about to see. The same thing happens when talking on the phone with a friend who is watching the game on analog.

That happens in my house all the time as there is always 3 tv's on every Sunday so no matter which room I am in I can still watch and here the game. It doesn't bother me to much though we usually laugh about it.

jgNJ

· #18 · Jan 12, 2007

I almost always record NFL (NY Giants) games on my DVR and watch the games in two sittings. I'll watch the first half (takes me 35-40 minutes per half) about 1.5 hours after the game starts. When I catch up to live, I'll do something else for a while (pay attention to the kids or do a project) then I'll come back to watch the second half.

I have a deal with my wife, that if she does not want me to watch football all day live then no live media (tv or radio) can play in the house until I have watched my game. If she wants to watch something recorded on the dvr thats fine but no live anything because their may be a ticker at the bottom of the screen.

sandiegojoe

· #19 · Jan 12, 2007

depends on the game. If i want to watch a game "Live" I start watching about 45 mins into it and only fast forward through commercials and halftime. That's close enough for me. I guess I'd call that "semi-live" You still get the anticipation and suspense without the lame ads.

Fast forwarding is really convenient and can free up a lot of time in your day, but it totally sucks the suspense and anticipation out of the game. There's no way around it. a three hour long football game that has a last minute score to win is a lot more intense if you let it sink in over three hours, than if you just fast forward play to play and get to the end in 30 minutes.

That said, I fast forward through a lot of games where I don't care enough to spend three hours on it. Or if I only like one teams offense, and only want to see those series.

Either way, the great thing is having AN OPTION to watch live, semi-live, or ffwd the heck out of it.

This weekend I'm planning on watching all of the games semi-live, except for seattle and bears, cause I hate both of them. (in fact the only good thing about that game is knowing that one of those teams is going to lose)

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JMartinko

· #20 · Jan 13, 2007

To me, the drama of sports is the fact that it is unpredictable and most of all, live. Unless I just want to review the highlights from a game I have seen in person, I just can't really watch a DVR'd game. I am often even bothered watching a game with the satellite delay built in since I know what I am seeing may be as much as 5 seconds delayed from the real thing (i.e. I am tempted to turn on a radio to see what is really happening). If I can't watch a game live, and DVR it, I FF to the end to see the score and highlights and only if the announcers talk about some 'highlight or turning point' will I skip back to the game tape. Once I know the score I hit the Delete button and it is gone. To me, it just has to be live (or technically near live). YMMV.

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