Superior Patriots TV Viewing: How To Mute Phil Simms: A Simple Guide

billdog3484 said:

your plan sucks...when do you have time to drink your beer?

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I have mastered the art of drinking constantly with my left hand and use the right to mute / de-mute.

robertweathers said:

Same in my house. I had this college roommate who used to watch this tv show with this guy and two robots commentating and making fun of these crappy B-movies. Kinda like that.

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Dr Pain said:

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Yep. Thats the one. Only way I could watch that back in the early 90s was baked

I don't seem to have any delay issues when I mute the TV and play the game call from over-the-air FM via the Patriots radio network on my stereo.

robertweathers said:

Simms and Greg Gumbel were a decent tandem as well.

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The problem is Simms and Nantz are pretty much the same guy. At least Gumbel was different and got Simms to loosen up. Nantz is a goddamn golf commentator, for crying out loud.

BennyBledsoe said:

The problem is Simms and Nantz are pretty much the same guy. At least Gumbel was different and got Simms to loosen up. Nantz is a goddamn golf commentator, for crying out loud.

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He used to be good at hoops but is bad now as well.

I can get 'Zo on Sirius XM but they're always way behind the TV anyone have a suggestion as to how to sync them?

PlanB said:

I can get 'Zo on Sirius XM but they're always way behind the TV anyone have a suggestion as to how to sync them?

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If they're behind the TV broadcast, use your DVR and pause for a couple seconds then restart to sync up.
Keep trying until you're in good sync.
If Sirius is ahead, you're screwed

PatsWickedPissah said:

If they're behind the TV broadcast, use your DVR and pause for a couple seconds then restart to sync up.
Keep trying until you're in good sync.
If Sirius is ahead, you're screwed

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thanks!! xm is always behind

turkeyneck said:

Too much work. I just turn the sound down and follow the game thread here.

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I'm not sure that's any better...

I tried the ol' listen on Patriots FM radio and liked it. During Jest games, I would play Yakety Sax on my phone during their drives...made the game WAY more enjoyable.

If you really want a great viewing experience, watch the game on Sky Sports. Its quite amazing. Earlier in the season I wanted to watch a game which wasn't available here in our area. Found a stream from sky sports and I was blown away.

Instead of tons of commercials like we have, they only have a few commercials. During (our) normal commercial breaks, they instead show the side lines/field and discuss the game. Heck, they might even have video of the colts person illegally measuring Brady's intercepted football from last year.

Here is the biggie though (for me), they rarely talk while a play is being run. The let the play finish and then discuss what happened. You get to hear all the sounds of the field without someone blabbing away. It was very refreshing.

Doesn't matter how bad the announcers are, I can't stand watching with some other audio going on. Just too weird and disconnected.

Dr Pain said:

http://deadspin.com/5673181/silencing-joe-buck-and-tim-mccarver-a-simple-tech-solution

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Am I the only one that doesn't mind these guys during playoff baseball?

Dr Pain said:

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i used to love that show on saturday mornings

Tunescribe said:

That's fine and all, but my problem is Nantz more than Simms.

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Then reverse the order of muting.

robertweathers said:

Sims used to be good. Typical for broadcasters who have been around a long time to become lazy, mail it in and believe that people are tuning in to listen to them and not watch the game.

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I guess i wasn't the only one that thought this. At one time Simms was fine, but he stinks now.

It's either MST3K or Google Play Music for me. I split the screen on my computer, watch the game, and bring da funk.