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Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity

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Remysun <remysun2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jan 1, 7:10 pm, denni...@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) wrote:
> > A couple of days before New Year's I put a digital javascript countdown on
> > my website just for the heck of it, you just insert the date you want (Jan
> > 1 2012 0:00:01 in this case) in the script and digital numbers that come
> > with the script will count down to that time.
> >
> > But I noticed the javascript countdown -- which uses my computer's clock of
> > course which is periodically adjusted by the Apple Americas
> > (time.apple.com) server -- was about 10-12 seconds faster than all the
> > countdowns that were going on live on TV. Is this because of the lag time
> > of the signal on TV?
> >
> > Not a huge issue but I was just wondering if anybody had an explanation.
> 
> Yes. I once watched a game at Michigan Stadium with a portable
> television, and there was quite a lag from what I saw on the field.
> That was analog, and I know from the transitional days that the
> digital signal was even further behind from the analog signal.


Macs call into the time server during reboot.  If you haven't rebooted
in a while, that might account for some of the discrepancy.

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New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity dennism3@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) - 2012-01-01 18:10 -0600
  Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Remysun <remysun2000@yahoo.com> - 2012-01-01 16:50 -0800
    Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Professor Bubba <bubba@nowhere.edu.invalid> - 2012-01-01 23:46 -0500
  Re: New Year's countdown TV/computer synchronicity Dr J R Stockton <reply1201@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-01-03 20:54 +0000

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