Grueling Stage 7 of the Giro LIVE broadcast

by universalsports on May 14, 2009 1:49 PM EDT Comment 14 comments

If you missed the any of the first 6 stages of the Giro d’Italia don’t worry you can still watch them on demand here: http://www.universalsports.com/club/std/ViewCategory.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&CAT_SPORT_ID=13044&DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=&SPID=13044&SPSID=105625

You don’t want to miss tomorrow’s stage 7, it will be a grueling day(244km) through beautiful Austria, check out the LIVE broadcast: http://www.universalsports.com/mediaPlayer/media.dbml?id=133215&catid=-2&db_oem_id=23000

And don’t forget about the quality action shots, littered with those dominating Italians, and ovcourse some Lance Armstong: http://www.universalsports.com/PhotoAlbum_Archives.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&SPID=13044&DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=

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bad news on Stage 6 video-on-demand

it’s what was shown on Universal Sports TV channel, with those insipid american commentators…

unlike the earlier stage videos-on-demand, which were the replay of the live stream…

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on May 14, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just watched stage 6 on demand. In addition to the "insipid american commentators"

it has commercial breaks of 3-4 minutes each every 10 minutes or so. You get a black screen with a “Will return shortly” type of graphic during the break. It is definitely not “As Live” but then it doesn’t advertise itself as such. (I don’t mind the commentators, Schlanger and Gugulio.)

I liked the live version better even if I have to deal with the monotone voice of the one commentator.

by ZoeRochelle on May 14, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just actually "watched" the stage 6 vod with the american commentators...

the “off-air” conversations are a hoot… setting up an interview with “chris” during the first break… “no one knows the results yet”…

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on May 15, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tried to watch Stages 2-4 vod last night, and it directed me to

a 2 minute view of the last Ks of the race. The full stages were nowhere to be found. How does one access the full “as live” videos of those stages?

by Ruthann on May 14, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

there are two ways

1) from the universal sports home page, “Select a Sport” and choose “cycling” from the pull down menu. once on the cycling home page, click on “Video” tab, last one on the right. from that page, where it says “All Categories”, select the “on-demand event”. the vods should show up there

here’s a link to the universal sports cycling home page. http://www.universalsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=&SPID=13044&SPSID=105618

2) from the universal sports home page, select the “Video” tab, third in from the right. from “All Categories”, select “on-demand event”. then choose “Cycling” from the “All Sports” list.

i haven’t seen stages 1-3 for several days now. at the moment, only giro stage 4 is showing up as vod. who knows what’s going on over at that website.

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on May 14, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This the link I use to view VOD. It is spoiler free.

Here

by ZoeRochelle on May 15, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Grueling, heh

Why do I think of the breakfast cereal when I see that word? And not in a good way.

How ’bout colorful, epic, exciting, exuberant, bursting with fruit flavor, well, really, just about anything would work. But grueling. Meh.

by gavia on May 14, 2009 8:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

I like “epic”

formerly known as cyclingchallenge

by Willj on May 14, 2009 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

epic always works

beautiful would probably be appropriate in this case, also :-)

by gavia on May 14, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why? tomorrow could end up being very grueling...to watch

i’m hopeful there will be some action but it could turn out to be a long boring sluggish stage, in which the break gets a huge lead and the peloton does nothing cause they are tired. In that case, a word as ugly as grueling applies.

In Chauncey we trust!

by Phil H. on May 14, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only this were true

Universal you aren’t allowing me (and it sounds like many others) to watch stage 7. I just get a delay signal and no video. So this post is false….

by Markk on May 15, 2009 10:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Universal has been horrid since the change to Flash!!!!

Thank goodness for the alternative viewing options!!

by steph- on May 15, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

It was working flawlessly until they upgraded now it doesn’t work at all for me.

by cyclingdiva on May 15, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

worked for me... but wouldn't it be nice...

If people who were “upgrading” always allowed a few months-worth of access via the old process, for those who find themselves shut out of the new one? If supercomputers can do it (e.g. when they get a new compiler, you can still access the previous version) how tough can it be for video servers to do it? I guess it might involve paying for use of two different proprietary sorts of software, but really, isn’t there some way to get a few months of overlap, and ease us forward gently?

by JFS_PGH on May 16, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs