Comments on: NBCOlympics.com | Olympic Games Videos & Live TV Only on Vista. No Linux, Mac or XP

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:33:46 +0000

Hi,

I understand that a VPN with an IP in the US will allow viewing of NBC. Is that true?

By: alex

alex — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:12:43 +0000

well, i guess i can watch this on my laptop, it has vista, but all these retarded restrictions are absolutely pointless…

By: Z

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:20:29 +0000

CBS had the best on demand coverage of any sporting event during march madness. NBC 0 CBS +5

By: Lia @ The Bahamas

Lia @ The Bahamas — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:06:12 +0000

So what about us Americans living abroad??? How can we watch it?

Lia

By: Speaker2Animals

Speaker2Animals — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:24:16 +0000

What’s even better about this is that if you go to NBC’s website and follow the convoluted trail to locate an email address to complain about this, you finally get to:
[email protected] on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:49:14 -0700
The recipient name is not recognized
Assholes.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:31:50 +0000

This article is deeply flawed and full of false information.

NBC Olympics online coverage IS NOT restricted to Vista users only. The website has no additional restrictions aside from what Microsoft Silverlight already supports. Silverlight supports the following platforms:

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2+, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2008, MacOS Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel only).

IE7, IE6, Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0 and Safari are among the supported browsers.

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0#sysreq has a full list of system requirements.

By: etudiante

etudiante — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:53:26 +0000

I had really hoped to watch live streaming on the internet because I don’t have a television. I also have a mac, which renders the internet as a venue for watching the olympics totally useless. Thanks for nothing, NBC

By: AC

AC — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:46:26 +0000

I am currently have no issues watching the HD streaming content on my XP media center machine and I am using firefox.

By: Macho Slavich

Macho Slavich — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:45:14 +0000

Shame on the people that restricted the web serves like this …witout even a warning about not being able to watch without Vista being your operating system….maybe it is time to get a mac..

By: JR Heron

JR Heron — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:44:19 +0000

The MS monopoly has found another way to hurt consumers by forcing them to use a lousy product. How can anyone be surprised?

If people have the sense and foresight to boycott this coverage, we can force media companies to change their ways and actually serve the consumers, not the other way around. If people just do what they’re told and buy Vista so they can watch sports on it, the monopoly’s exploitation of what could have been a great event will be the way of the future. What will you choose?