alright, here's the question, how do they work those keys (the graphics that the display live on the field) to move with the field? It always makes me wonder, and I've never figured it out.

Thanks for any info.

Dave

I agree, I would like to know as well. That is an example of video technology that totally enhances the game for me.

yeah my wife didn't believe me at first, when I told her the green and yellow lines were keyed in ... superb technology...

ken

Seems to be a multi layer key from what I see. I did a quick one just for practice a while back.

Top track game - key out green. Track 2 the graphics. Track 3 the game again to fill in the keyed areas that were dropped on the top track.

Seems to be a multi layer key from what I see. I did a quick one just for practice a while back.

LOL... as a Vegas newbie, last year I would have said "look at the pretty colors"...now I think the same thing about the keying and what track gets placed on top...

Try this link for an explanation.

I don't watch football but I think it is what you are asking.

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/features/go/7851317.htm

The "teen sensations" have dominated the extravaganzas over the past few years.

McCartney has left them shaking in their boots. I hope this ushers in a new era of real entertainment.

Good link. I thought it was simular to the way hockey pucks "streek" across the screen, with chips & things. It's just a really really really REALLY fast key. :)

MichaelS: I couldn't agree more. That was the first time I can recall watching the Super Bowl halftime show. I'm not some old fart, but I find the typical halftime fare completely unwatchable and unlistenable.

My kids hated the halftime show. I love it. I liked it because:

1. The focus was on the music and the performance, not ten camera cuts per second, wild graphics, and over-produced music.

2. McCartney was definitely performing live.

3. I happen to like music (melody, lyrics, harmony, rhtyhm) as opposed to some current pop styles that only include one or two of the above.

As for the first down marker, the technology was developed by Sportsvision. Here's the link:

1st and 10

You should look at the rest of their web site. They have a ton of other amazing broadcast technology as well, including the baseball strike zone indicator.

Here's My Paul McCartney Story:

Four years ago there was a overnight fire at the Hollywood Hills Home of Drew Barrymore and then husband - Tom Green. I had Shot the Fire and had returned to my news vehicle at the base of the hill to change batteries - When Paul McCartney and Heather Mills - walked right by me in their Bathrobes.

They didn't realize that I was a News Videographer until I put my DSR500 back on my Shoulder. When they saw that I was going to Videotape them in the their bathrobes - they pleaded with a LAPD Cop to stop me. The cop said that there was nothing that he could do. So, Heather Mills got in my face and read me the riot act. She told me how disgusting - - We Paparazzi Are - - and how embarrassing it would be for Paul to be caught in his Bathrobe in Public.

So, I explained to Heather that I was a News Videographer and not a member of the Paparazzi. And, that Paul McCartney in his bathrobe on a city street was certainly worth shooting. But, I would be willing to not do it - if Paul would be willing to Shake my hand. So, he came out from behind the Police Car and We Shook Hands and Spoke for a few minutes.

I told him that Video of Him "Caught in His Bathrobe" would be worth Many Many Thousands of Dollars. But, shaking his hand and having a friendly chat with him - was worth a Million! So, I advised them to get back to their home before other Newsguys arrived on scene and spotted them. So, they scooted down the road in their bathrobes and raced up their driveway into their home.

I am certain that Neither of Us - - will ever forget the encounter.

p.s. - - there is much more to this story. But, this is the short version.

Jay Mitchell

Jay! Great story . . and typical Scouser good nature too.

"Scousers"? AKA Liverpudlian's [ a person from Liverpool = Macka = McCartney ] and a person who eats the dish "Scouse" . . . Scouser from "Scouse" derived from the name of the dish Lobscouse - http://www.scouser.com/recipe/ . ...

Not quite Pea Soup & Roast Beef - Jay! But I'm gonna give the Scouse a try, me ole Wacker!

Grazie

That's a great story.

Did anyone else notice that the sound of the superbowl broadcast was really wierd? They kept piping in the crowd noise at odd moments and turning down the broadcast booth. The volume kept going up and down.

It could just be my friends TV set and we had the sound somewhat low because not everyone there cared about the game.

> " The volume kept going up and down."

Could it be the sound mixer was celebrating the return of sixties/seventies live music in an appropriate way?

Paul was definitely live. The sound sync was absolutely perfect. In 5.1 the crowd is aimed to the left/right speakers while the announcers are in the center channel. Some of the commercials would negate the crowd in the left/right channels and just use the center channel. The only thing that was annoying was the incessant low sub-woofer sounds that would come from the crowd which was about 50% of the time, like someone playing bass notes with 10 gillion watt speakers. I loved the monkey commercials. Hysterical.

JJK

I still can't believe Ashlee (ride my sister's wave) Simpson wasn't the halftime entertainment!! Last time she performed for a NFL game they announced her as "superstar" I went out after that and bought a t-shirt and everything......;-)

Seriously, it was nice to see some "old school' talent on the 50 yard line for a change. I've never been a huge Beatles or McCartney fan but I'll take them any day over some of the "talent" that has been developed recently.

In the OT theme, my wife and I were talking about this last night and I asked her if she thought someone with Paul's (or pick your old school star) chops would make the cut on a show like American Idol today. Suspending reality for a moment, if he walked in and nobody on the panel knew who he was would his voice be considered "good enough?" Just really strange how talent in the music industry seems to vacillate. In their day, the Beatles ruled the world but by today's standards they would probably not make it on the Ed Sullivan Show......

Seems you can find plenty of younger people who can hear Sinatra and like it but you find few "older" folks who can listen to a current Top 40 and find that same feeling. Maybe I'm just getting older and out of touch..............................darn kids and their music.

I just finished a DVD of the entire Superbowl, with only the "good" commercials left in, and only McCartney's halftime show (all the "analysis" cut out). I'm doing it for a friend that was in-flight to Thailand to go back to help the Tsunami victims.

The sound was definitely all over the place, even on the halftime show. I've got it up in Vegas right now, and in the middle of "Live and Let Die," long after the fireworks have started, during the extended bridge leading up to the syncopated "what does it matter to ya," someone in the control room definitely yanked the levels WAY down. The band was playing the same thing over and over again at this point, so it was really easy to make a comparative read on the Vegas mixer. Peak sound went from -5.7 to -10.7. This is obviously a MAJOR change. I might have expected this just prior to the fireworks to provide some headroom for the fX sounds, but this was after the first of the two fireworks displays had already happened.

sir paul is known to not have any plastic surgery

look at how jowly his face is, looks like a hound dog almost

overall, he has aged greatly and probably only touches up his hair a bit

other than that he has minor aging signs for a man his age

some crows feet, the turkey neck, the jowls, the laugh lines

looks great for his age but hardly a touched up face from the knife

MichaelS: you hit it on the head, amen to "the new era" of entertainment. I hope this shows the music industry thay we are sick of manufactured idols and we want real songwrite, singer, and musical talent just like we had back in the 50s.60, and somewhat 70s. I'll be 26 in two days and I am so disgusted at the state of music these days... its time for a change. my .02 cents

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Subject: RE: OT: Superbowl
Posted by: MichaelS (Ignore This User)
Date: 2/6/2005 7:00:36 PM

The "teen sensations" have dominated the extravaganzas over the past few years.

McCartney has left them shaking in their boots. I hope this ushers in a new era of real entertainment.

We can only hope he's left them shaking in their boots. There's no accounting for taste and public opinion, unfortunately.

I think it's interesting that they picked McCartney, arguably the oldest guy that could pull this off. It could've been Springsteen, or Elton, or a host of others. But it was Sir Paul, who influenced almost everyone who came after him. Heck, he came over to America this week in 1964. That's the year I was born, so I'm old! He's still going, and I think was talking about a US tour later in the summer.

My only complaint: why couldn't he have invited Ringo and maybe Billy Preston to perform with him? I think that would have been a nice touch.

American Idol is not a good barometer for measuring what currently passes for talent today (or yesterday) for that matter. There are plenty of lousy singers who were and are extremely successful, but wouldn’t make it on American Idol. And most of the winners of American Idol probably wouldn’t have been heard of if not for the show.

What made Paul and the Beatles such a phenomenon went beyond their individual capabilities as “singers” or guitar players. I agree that this was probably the only halftime show that I have ever been able to watch. It went so fast that I thought they were just pausing for another $5 million commercial between songs.