ot- not even computer related

[Michael Havens]

that explains it.... thanks.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:36 PM, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>  when you watch and it goes to commercial sometimes they show less than one
>> second of a commercial and then go to another one... anyone know why?
>>
>
> local 'drop in' adverts run on top of (in place of) the national feed;
> additionally one can buy differnt drop in's for different customers, as is a
> commonly pitched 'advanage' of placing adverts through a Cable operator.
>
> Obviously clock synchronization down to the sub second is not attained as
> to 'cuts' between content feeds; when this happens, the 'blips' appear
>
> You can see this kind of 'missed switching timing' a lot on CNBC and so
> forth
>
> -- Russ herrold
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