World Cup tech-fever

good article allthough the link on the last page is wrong.

should be www.liketelevision.com not www.liketelivision.com

good article though!

Thanks, missed that one.

Nice job guys!
Luckily, we get DVB feeds of the thing in Finland.

Meh, Desperate Housewives is over for me as of last night (E4). Still, being a football fan I've still got something to cheer about. Oh, and stop poaching CPC staff ;)

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Loving "footiefox", but wheres the direct link? ;)

Man, I can't wait until this is over, we're just building up to a massive loss, and hopefully it'll be soon.

I like the electronics. just such a shame that you had to drag it down by making it about football :(

There is also some football extention which is created by Google and Nike (apparently) which you can find here.

Originally Posted by BioSniper
I like the electronics. just such a shame that you had to drag it down by making it about football :(

I hear you, thankfully there were a couple of pics of decidedly better topics at the end hehehehhee

surprised to see an article like this on bit-tech made up :D n1 guys

Originally Posted by BioSniper
I like the electronics. just such a shame that you had to drag it down by making it about football :(

Same here, can't understand why people love football, I'm partial to a kick about down the park but watching a sport is one of the most boring things I can think of.

I'd just like to pimp this which was forwarded on IRC to me as an awesomely pointless use of a protocol :)

ASCII Feed

couldnt be simpler, open up cmd.exe type telnet 213.129.247.65 2006 or telnet 213.129.247.119 2006

As you'd expect, the res isnt great :) but it IS watchable and you can generally make out whats going on.

Originally Posted by Veles
Same here, can't understand why people love football, I'm partial to a kick about down the park but watching a sport is one of the most boring things I can think of.

Am I right when I say that you obviously never played any 'competitive' sport yourself? I don't play Football (I did play Tennis and Waterpolo competitivly at high level for many years though), but I enjoy watching it.. The whole atmosphere arround the World Cup is fantasitic.. Best thing is at the start of a match when they play the anthems and the fans sing it, I love that part..

Besides that, it's just entertainment, and who doesn't like entertainment? Some people go to a movie or concert, others go to a Football match, it's all the same imho.. Most funny thing I heard was people on a beach commenting that watching the World Cup was a waist of time.. Yeah, and lying on a beach doing nothing isn't, right? LOL!

Just some feedback Stateside. I just joined the HD crowd by getting a 32" Phillips 480P screen with HD tuner. Unfortunately, my cable provider only offers a digital signal, not HD, not even for more money. I got a Terk HD aerial antenna and the only channel that really came in from inside the house was ABC who just happened to be broadcasting the England v Trinidad game live and it looked incredible. The only problem was that was the ONLY channel I could pick up so after the game, I just went back to my digital cable box. Oh well, maybe next tourney