Question- What Do The Pocket Cam And A Vacum Cleaner Have In Common?

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THE SILENCER said:
they both SUCK!!
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Totally agree. I now quit watching a match that uses that pocket camera. Do they think that this is being creative or will cause more viewing interest? It is a insult to the viewers. Why don't they do this with golf or bowling? How about putting it in the glove of a baseball catcher? How about the hand of a quarterback so we can see the ball being hiked. Better yet ESPN should shove it up their @$$. Then call it the @$$ cam and show a cue stick being shoved up and broken off.
 
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THE SILENCER said:
they both SUCK!!
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The Silencer is dead on. While all mainstream sports receive excellent coverage on tv, pool suffers from the total lack of knowledge of the game by ALL involved in its production, with the exception of some of the pros that add commentary. The folks who produce football, baseball, hockey, b-ball, soccer, etc, have expertise in every aspect of the games, and production values are such that the fans can better enjoy the games on tv than in person. About pool, they know NOTHING!! At the pro level, that a player will make most shots is almost a given, yet the camera will zoom in and follow the object ball into the pocket while the cueball is still moving. This has not changed for the 40 or so years pool has had any tv coverage. The best pool I have seen on tv was not pool, but snooker, produced by the Brits, of course. Wake up, ESPN. I love that pool gets air time, but get some production people who have an idea of what the game is about, and maybe the casual observer might begin to understand the beauty of the game, and the die hard fan will not tune it out.

paul
 
THE SILENCER said:
they both SUCK!!
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haha Bernie, that was too easy. I knew the answer before I clicked the thread.

I agree the pocketcam is about the dumbest thing in the history of pool. Maybe they were trying to come up with the equivalent of the "helmetcam" in racing and baseball (which is pretty cool, BTW).

What's next, the "cuecam"?

-CM
 
glad you all feel the same way i do. actually the pocket cam hails from britian. if you watch the world championships, they use it over there, however, their cam is perfectly clear, and they have something like 32 cameras!, so they will show it from their clear pocket cam, and every other angle. what makes our cam so horrible, is it's blurry, shaky, and like looking up from a toilet, (not that i ever did) also, they only show the shot from that lousy pocket cam, so we miss the beutiful position of the cue ball. next time, you see the world championships, notice that from the overhead view, their is something shining in the side pockets, that's their pocket cams!, also, notice when their shooting from them, it's perfectly clear, not foggy, and not blurry or shaky, plus, they show the shot from every angle. what does all this prove? the british know how to shoot cuesports, america does not. barry hearn, WE NEED YOU!
 
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