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    From KaiserD2@KaiserD2@gmail.com to rec.sport.soccer on Sat Jul 25 14:37:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

    Well, this group is a shadow of what it once was 20 years ago, and
    there isn't much discussion, but I would like to share something that
    I just observed.

    I watched a good deal of this great WC in bars with large TVs,
    but it was often hard to follow the action in detail. The players
    looked tiny. I began to wonder about something. I have a very large
    archive of matches going back to 1970, and I took out one from 1998
    and one from 1978, and they confirmed my suspicions.

    In those days, the basic camera shots used to follow the action
    were zoomed in much closer, showed a smaller portion of the field, and
    let you see what individual players were doing MUCH more clearly.
    These were the days before widescreen format came in, of course, but
    that would have allowed them to use the same zoom level and include a
    little more of the action. This is to me a very sad an inexplicable
    shift. With all our wonderful technology, why are we getting a worse
    view of the action? I will welcome any comments.

    DK
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.sport.soccer on Sat Jul 25 19:59:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

    KaiserD2 wrote:

    Well, this group is a shadow of what it once was 20 years
    ago, and there isn't much discussion, but I would like to
    share something that I just observed.

    In fairness, a lot of newsgroups are only shadows of what
    they were twenty years ago...

    I watched a good deal of this great WC in bars with
    large TVs, but it was often hard to follow the action in
    detail. The players looked tiny. I began to wonder about
    something. I have a very large archive of matches going back
    to 1970, and I took out one from 1998 and one from 1978, and
    they confirmed my suspicions.

    I noticed something similar not that long ago... ITV4 have been
    showing re-runs of "The Big Match" with episodes covering games
    from the mid-1970's - early 1980's... the pitches look shit,
    compared to today's lawn like surfaces, but the footage was
    indeed more 'zoomed'.

    The 4:3 format looks quite dated now too... but it possibly
    helped the cameramen focus on the action.

    PS: Brian Moore was brilliant!
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  • From Futbolmetrix@futbolmetrix@yahoo.com to rec.sport.soccer on Mon Jul 27 23:39:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

    On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:37:52 -0400, KaiserD2 <KaiserD2@gmail.com>
    wrote:


    I watched a good deal of this great WC in bars with large TVs,
    but it was often hard to follow the action in detail. The players
    looked tiny. I began to wonder about something. I have a very large
    archive of matches going back to 1970, and I took out one from 1998
    and one from 1978, and they confirmed my suspicions.
    In those days, the basic camera shots used to follow the action
    were zoomed in much closer, showed a smaller portion of the field, and
    let you see what individual players were doing MUCH more clearly.
    These were the days before widescreen format came in, of course, but
    that would have allowed them to use the same zoom level and include a
    little more of the action. This is to me a very sad an inexplicable
    shift. With all our wonderful technology, why are we getting a worse
    view of the action? I will welcome any comments.

    Isn't the general view that watching matches at the stadium gives you
    a better experience because you can see how all players move
    simultaneously, off the ball runs, etc. instead of just focusing on
    where the ball this? If that is the case, then the modern TV
    production would be superior.
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