Swimmod_Luna Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I just realized this When they do the countdown on TV it syncs up exactly with the clock on your phone and everything, like they get to the end exactly at midnight. But isn't live TV supposed to have a slight delay? So it should be like 10 seconds behind or whatever. Is the ball drop in true real time or is everyone in New York actually celebrating 10 seconds early to compensate for the delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmod_Luna Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Never mind my whole life is a lie I don't usually look at my phone too closely during the countdown but apparently we're the ones who look like fools by starting celebrating 6 seconds late if we sync up with the TV Edited January 1, 2020 by Athena 92 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 We're all just basking in the afterglow moments first and better experienced by New Yorkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 a wizard did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 it's magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 12 hours ago, Athena 92 said: I just realized this When they do the countdown on TV it syncs up exactly with the clock on your phone and everything, like they get to the end exactly at midnight. But isn't live TV supposed to have a slight delay? So it should be like 10 seconds behind or whatever. Is the ball drop in true real time or is everyone in New York actually celebrating 10 seconds early to compensate for the delay? It gets worse. Ever watch the news where the studio anchor "throws it to" a reporter doing a remote report? Notice there's a delay before the remote reporter starts? (Of course this is only if the remote report wasn't pre-produced) There's the 5 second delay, then there's the transmission delay before the director at the studio sends the signal to the remote camera person to signal the reporter to start (unless the remote reporter has an earpiece - removing a step). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Naraku4656 said: it's magic the wizard did the magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Yeah I've seen this mentioned on countless new years eve's.. I hardly ever think about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 minute ago, PhilosipherStoned said: Yeah I've seen this mentioned on countless new years eve's.. I hardly ever think about it though. no one really does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I was never into the whole ball drop tradition anyway. Theres aonly two balls I ever cared about dropping, and that happened years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 9 hours ago, PhilosipherStoned said: I was never into the whole ball drop tradition anyway. Theres aonly two balls I ever cared about dropping, and that happened years ago. I wonder if the new year's ball drop is like intentionally some kind of symbolism for someone's testicles dropping. Someone help me out here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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