Sky sports - is the picture on sky digital seconds behind ntl analogue?

Superhands

does anyone know if sky sports on ntl cable (analogue) is the closest to live?

i suspect sky digital and ntl digital are perhaps 2-3 seconds delayed compared to the analogue signal

does anyone know anything about this?

reason i ask is i like to listen to radion commentary during matches, and as radio is always practically perfectly live (no delay) it can be annoying watching a delayed picture on the TV if the radio commentator is 3 seconds ahead

Mossy Monk

Sky Sports on ntl analogue? thought that was made digital only a few years ago

Alun

All the channels on ntl: digital are a second or two behind the equivalent channels on ntl: analogue. It's all down to the delay in the encoding process.

i was watching the World Cup Final in a pub in Bordeaux. and the pub had 8 screens, 6 inside which were clearly digital, and 2 outside which were hooked up to an analouge source..

The tv's outside were about 3 seconds ahead, prompting everyone to pile out of the pub onto the street for the penalties.

Superhands

thought i could still get sky sports on analogue, maybe not

what about sky sports on sky digital vs sky sports on ntl digital - any idea if the pictures are delayed by the same amount or is one ahead of the other?

Mossy Monk

it isnt an ntl only thing. happens on Sky, channels on Astra 1. digital is a second or 2 behind