Alternative to OLN for cycling on TV in US?
01-25-05, 05:15 PM
#26
Maglia Ciclamino
Alright, since I work in television and have DVD production equipment and experience in hand, I'll be the front man (buy the gold pkg & make copies for others). Let me get in touch with him, see what the gold package will bring us, and I'll post details here. Once we figure out how many folks want to join the group, we can discuss how much to split the costs. Any $ I can get would be gravy, because I can copy DVDs very quickly, and I'd pay $160 for full coverage of 16 (right?) races.
Stay tuned...
Stay tuned...
01-25-05, 05:39 PM
#27
Maglia Ciclamino
William,
My name is Gregg Casillo, and I'm a regular on the forums at bikeforums.net.
As you probaby know already, a bunch of us in the Road Racing forum are
interested in DVDs of any and all bike races.
I work in television and do a lot of DVD production myself. I am organizing a
group of forum members to share in the costs to purchase race DVDs from you.
Basically, I'd like to find out what races I can get, how much they would
cost, and make sure that it is okay for me to make copies for other forum
members...only for a share of what it costs me! I am not in this to profit
off of you!
I just want DVDs of any races I can get. I understand the gold membership is
$160, correct? How many races/DVDs does that offer? Do we choose what races
we would like (much preferred) or do you offer a static package of
pre-selected races?
I am willing to bet that with several forum members, we're going to want a big
selection of races if not most of the UCI/Pro Tour calendar. Any chance of a
larger volume discount, or is the gold package it? FWIW, assuming OLN covers
the TdF (come on, Lance), I plan to get that from OLN myself from cable.
Finally, what races do you record (if not all)? Like I said, we've got a good
group of racing nuts who will want to watch any race they can get their hands
on.
Regards,
Gregg Casillo
PS - If you're interested, you may want to join the discussion in the forums,
yourself at:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=84278
My name is Gregg Casillo, and I'm a regular on the forums at bikeforums.net.
As you probaby know already, a bunch of us in the Road Racing forum are
interested in DVDs of any and all bike races.
I work in television and do a lot of DVD production myself. I am organizing a
group of forum members to share in the costs to purchase race DVDs from you.
Basically, I'd like to find out what races I can get, how much they would
cost, and make sure that it is okay for me to make copies for other forum
members...only for a share of what it costs me! I am not in this to profit
off of you!
I just want DVDs of any races I can get. I understand the gold membership is
$160, correct? How many races/DVDs does that offer? Do we choose what races
we would like (much preferred) or do you offer a static package of
pre-selected races?
I am willing to bet that with several forum members, we're going to want a big
selection of races if not most of the UCI/Pro Tour calendar. Any chance of a
larger volume discount, or is the gold package it? FWIW, assuming OLN covers
the TdF (come on, Lance), I plan to get that from OLN myself from cable.
Finally, what races do you record (if not all)? Like I said, we've got a good
group of racing nuts who will want to watch any race they can get their hands
on.
Regards,
Gregg Casillo
PS - If you're interested, you may want to join the discussion in the forums,
yourself at:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=84278
Basically however many people I get in my group is how many ways we'll divide the cost (DVDs from William, DVDs to copy to, sleeves of some sort, mailing costs).
Does anyone who has received DVDs from William know if the DVDs are dual-layer (9GB, commonly mass-produced, what you get from Best Buy or Blockbuster) or single-layer (5GB, cheaper, common among SOHO environments, half capacity of dual-layer)?
01-25-05, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by gcasillo
BTW, I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by trying to organize a long-distance group. Like I said, I can produce DVDs quickly & don't mind mailing them. So if I get set up with this fellow, I'll do what I can to make them available to everyone.
Basically however many people I get in my group is how many ways we'll divide the cost (DVDs from William, DVDs to copy to, sleeves of some sort, mailing costs).
Does anyone who has received DVDs from William know if the DVDs are dual-layer (9GB, commonly mass-produced, what you get from Best Buy or Blockbuster) or single-layer (5GB, cheaper, common among SOHO environments, half capacity of dual-layer)?
Basically however many people I get in my group is how many ways we'll divide the cost (DVDs from William, DVDs to copy to, sleeves of some sort, mailing costs).
Does anyone who has received DVDs from William know if the DVDs are dual-layer (9GB, commonly mass-produced, what you get from Best Buy or Blockbuster) or single-layer (5GB, cheaper, common among SOHO environments, half capacity of dual-layer)?
Thanks for taking the reigns!!
Again, count me in.
-mark
01-26-05, 07:59 AM
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Count me in.
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01-27-05, 07:00 PM
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Well, I haven't heard back from him yet. Is "bicivideo@yahoo.com" his address?
I started a new thread to continue discussion of the 2005 ProTour race DVD group.
I started a new thread to continue discussion of the 2005 ProTour race DVD group.
02-01-05, 11:49 AM
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Yahoo's video search is a great place to find cycling clips. Lots of archived Giro finished for instance.
And cool things like this:
https://www.mandjou.com/kraftwerk/fil...e%20France.mov
Warning: Load time is sloooooow.
And cool things like this:
https://www.mandjou.com/kraftwerk/fil...e%20France.mov
Warning: Load time is sloooooow.
02-01-05, 01:49 PM
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Maglia Ciclamino
Well it's looking deader than dead regarding this DVD thing. Unless it's on TV here (e.g. TdF on OLN), it's not going to be as easy as I thought to acquire race coverage. If I'm lucky I'll find some stages of the Giro in torrents. Sucks. Just plain sucks.
Whoever said it's a small world wasn't a cycling fan.
Whoever said it's a small world wasn't a cycling fan.
02-01-05, 02:00 PM
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Which is exactly why I asked the question in the first place. I have had no luck putting together a group to share a membership locally. We still have some time to finalize a long distance group. Let me get my trial Verona 2004 worlds DVDs and have a look. If they seem worthwhile I will route them around to those of you who are interested. A long distance group may not be the most convenient thing, but it's better than nothing.
Regards,
Raymond
Regards,
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02-01-05, 02:08 PM
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Maybe the best bet would be to get the DVDs from that guy, convert them into streaming video files, and upload them to a server.
Then create a password enabled web site for access to them.
Still isn't legal but it seems safer and cheaper.
Then create a password enabled web site for access to them.
Still isn't legal but it seems safer and cheaper.
