The ODU sound and video problems are consistently bad every game and the technical quality is by far the worst of any other games I have seen on ESPN+. Among other things, we never saw the Steven Williams trick TD pass, the video went out a few times, and the video and sound were out of sync most of the time.
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2019 05:14 PM by CalODUFan.)
(11-09-2019 04:50 PM)CalODUFan Wrote: The ODU sound and video problems are consistently bad every game and the technical quality is by far the worst of any other games I have seen on ESPN+. Among other things, we never saw the Steven Williams trick TD pass, the video went out a few times, and the video and sound were out of sync most of the time.
This has been a big problem for years. Basketball is the same problem.
At the time the Ted was built and now Ballard stadium, they were touted as state of the art facilities for broadcasting. Not sure who is to blame for the lousy production values. Just one more area where Selig needs to pay attention to and do something about it.
Shame to spend so much money on infrastructure then not have professional personnel on hand to take advantage of it.
(11-09-2019 06:34 PM)VB Monarch Wrote: At the time the Ted was built and now Ballard stadium, they were touted as state of the art facilities for broadcasting. Not sure who is to blame for the lousy production values. Just one more area where Selig needs to pay attention to and do something about it.
Shame to spend so much money on infrastructure then not have professional personnel on hand to take advantage of it.
Monarch Media’s production and the in-house production are two vastly different things. One only needs to look at a couple minutes of gameplay on the board to figure this out.
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2019 07:55 PM by SmokeEmIfUGotEm.)
I can promise you that yesterday' problems were not the fault of anyone on Hampton Blvd nor Bristol CT, the issue(s) were the work of one of our media partners
I can understand technical difficulties.
But watch the first half of the game broadcast from yesterday. It wasn't until about 5 minutes left in the half that the camera zoomed in to a somewhat normal shot. It was like watching a game from a blimp. It was as if the camera operator was hell bent on getting all 22 players on the screen at the snap of the ball. Why?
Also, the fast zooming in and out was highly unprofessional. Who the hell is running this operation?
Also, the camera shots from on the field are brutal. If you have stands that are as empty as they were, go up and shoot from the first row in the bottom corners of the stands. Get a little elevation.
And the hand-held cameras are still being dropped before the shot is switched to a different camera on the broadcast. Tell these clowns to hold the shot longer. Geesh.
These are operational errors. It does not cost money to correct these mistakes. Train the camera operators properly. It would only take a few friggin' minutes to correct these mistakes.
Take a look, and listen to the audio delay, of what the broadcast was like;
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2019 09:47 AM by The Flagship.)
They just need to hire professionals. It doesn’t appear to be the equipment. I hope they are using unpaid student interns, because there’s no excuse for that type of broadcast if you are a D1 program. Thankfully, my experience hasn’t typically been that bad.
I agree with the issues. I turned the sound off, because the play had already happen before Ted spoke. However I will say this, at least you can watch the game from home and only pay $4.95 per month. Even with problems, at least you have the games on TV. I suggest if it doesn't get any better, then just drop paying your $4.95 per month. Something is better than nothing at all!
This here is an example of how lousy the camera work is. I understand that cameras are responsible for more than one shot, but when they cut away too late or don't cut away at all it looks amateur. There was one point where the ball was in the southern half of the field, and I think it went to what was supposed to be a commercial break. The camera lingered on the players, zoomed out, zoomed in on the band, panned a little, then zoomed back out before going back to the players but it was really unprofessional and looked janky as hell. This was after I flipped back from the VT game, and I know you can't compare a P5 broadcast to us but there still should be some level of professionalism that we just lack. Is it that difficult to hire a good production crew?
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The Broadcast Problems Are An Embarassment
